Hypothyroidism

Btease23

I was wondering who is on lexythroxine and who takes a desiccated thyroid. I am on levythroxine and never thought about the later of the 2. I have done a lot of research these past few days and would like to know more about the natural approach. Which is better in your opinion?

Thanks for the help

SarahMorganP

I was on synthroid for years and felt miserable the entire time. My labs always came back great but I had all the horrible symptoms I had prior to getting on the meds. Finally I found a good endo and he added cytomel with my synthroid. That made a huge difference. I felt so much better.

About a year ago I asked him of I could try armour so I have been on that by itself for a year now. I feel about the same as i did on the synthroid/cytomel combination.

I HIGHLY recommend either adding cytomel or going to just armour.

Btease23

SarahMorganP wrote: »

I was on synthroid for years and felt miserable the entire time. My labs always came back great but I had all the horrible symptoms I had prior to getting on the meds. Finally I found a good endo and he added cytomel with my synthroid. That made a huge difference. I felt so much better.

About a year ago I asked him of I could try armour so I have been on that by itself for a year now. I feel about the same as i did on the synthroid/cytomel combination.

I HIGHLY recommend either adding cytomel or going to just armour.

Have you had success with losing weight while on these? Ever since i was diagnosed and have been on medication for it i am having an extremely difficult time losing weight. it just stays the same no matter what i do

SomebodyWakeUpHIcks

Let us research this and get back to you.

Thank you.

deannalfisher

NDT can be harder to get prescribed and at one time was limited supply as compared to synthroid/levo

I'm on Levo, synthroid makes me ill even though they are notionally the same

Also there is a huge range of 'normal' thyroid levels - so while yours could be normal it may not be your bodies optimal - I'm normal at 3.5 but feel like crap - my doc helps me keep myself at .45 and no issues losing weight

SarahMorganP

Btease23 wrote: »

SarahMorganP wrote: »

I was on synthroid for years and felt miserable the entire time. My labs always came back great but I had all the horrible symptoms I had prior to getting on the meds. Finally I found a good endo and he added cytomel with my synthroid. That made a huge difference. I felt so much better.

About a year ago I asked him of I could try armour so I have been on that by itself for a year now. I feel about the same as i did on the synthroid/cytomel combination.

I HIGHLY recommend either adding cytomel or going to just armour.

Have you had success with losing weight while on these? Ever since i was diagnosed and have been on medication for it i am having an extremely difficult time losing weight. it just stays the same no matter what i do

Not really. I had a much harder time losing weight when I was only on synthroid. Now it's hard but only because i am older and I love to eat.

HermanLily

I was on levo for years and felt awful, I asked to try Armour, and feel human again.