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bradthemedic
bradthemedic Posts: 623 Member
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After a lifelong struggle with hypothyroid and the challenges we all experience receiving treatment- my naturopath prescribed me desiccated thyroid (erfa) yesterday! I started it yesterday and so far an on a half grain a day. She has me self medicating, increasing every 2 weeks by half a grain until my symptoms go away.

I'm so excited I don't even know how to contain it and its been 36 hours since she wrote me the prescription!!

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  • SarahHebert1
    SarahHebert1 Posts: 98 Member
    Congratulations! Hope you are feeling better very soon! =D
  • strawberrytoast
    strawberrytoast Posts: 711 Member
    keep us up to date on how you get one :smile:
  • notabrat1
    notabrat1 Posts: 60 Member
    Brad,
    Glad you finally got someone to listen and hopefully it helps! I wish you all kinds of success. Good luck!! :) ????????
  • debbylee22
    debbylee22 Posts: 456 Member
    That's so great! Take your temperature in the morning & that will help you in regulating... a bit anyway. You should be feeling better soon! :drinker:
  • sometimes_blondie
    sometimes_blondie Posts: 241
    That is fantastic! Glad to hear that you found a doctor who listens. Hope you feel better soon!
  • buildingdreams
    buildingdreams Posts: 173 Member
    is it exspensive...I have an appt with my endo tomorrow morning. feeling a bit overwhelmed by all hat I want to discuss with her.
  • kcritter77
    kcritter77 Posts: 162 Member
    That is awesome! I love to hear when others find docs that LISTEN! I have an appointment for a second opinion tomorrow... I've been on Synthroid and Cytomel and my T3 just doesn't want to come up. I'm seriously considering switching to Armour. Excited!
  • bradthemedic
    bradthemedic Posts: 623 Member
    So it's been a week since I went on my meds. So far so good. I am noticing that my brain fog and constant fatigue is improving. I don't feel perfect yet but it's a process and frankly at this point any improvement is changing my life. Right now my focus is on my diet, and ensuring that my medication timing is perfect and I don't ingest anything vitamin wise close to my medication intake time.

    I am hoping in another 3 weeks to be closer to my end-dose but I'm playing it all by ear and seeing how it goes. There's no sense rushing it.
  • dancingdeer
    dancingdeer Posts: 373 Member
    I just started on Armour two days ago. I was originally on Synthroid for 4 weeks (first time ever taking anything) and it made me eat like a horse. I feel better already being off Synthroid!

    Please keep us updated on how you're doing. I'm also on 1/2 grain and will go for blood work in two weeks to see how I'm doing.
  • bradthemedic
    bradthemedic Posts: 623 Member
    I've been experiencing horrific hives. I was in the ER and put on prednisone just to stop the swelling because I was going anaphylactic. I am going off of ERFA for now and going to have a full spectrum of bloodwork done. Reverse T3, Free T4, Free T3, and thyroid antibodies for Hashimoto’s (TPO-Ab and TgAb) and antibodies for Graves (TSI). It is common for people with Hashimoto’s to have ‘normal’ TSH in the early stages with cycling up and down between hypo and hyper symptoms, apparently.
  • fiberartist219
    fiberartist219 Posts: 1,865 Member
    I hope you feel better soon! I've never had the hives that you describe, but I do hate it when my body has a hyper reaction to my medication. Neither hypo nor hyper is good. I hope you find some middle ground soon.

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