Looking at thyroid health from a Holistic point of view where the systems of the body are considered as part of the whole, with the same caveat as with any medication, that it suits you, you will do well. The principal is to build up the thyroid system helping you recover. Recovery is something mainstream medicine take as impossible. The UK product is so confident it offers a refund for those who do not improve.

From my understanding, those of us put onto t4 medications are only being given iodine, unless our personal advisers say differently we are not advised to add supplements of additional vitamins and minerals known to support they thyroid system. This can be why many of us fail to thrive on t4 because our conversion to t3 the active form is still lacking. The product you have been advised to use covers the most commonly needed vitamins and minerals which should help greatly.

I suggest you read as much as you can from thyroid support sites, the UK has at least one, in the USA there is Stop the Thyroid Madness, named so because hypothyroid patients have been treated poorly for many many years. General Western medicine does not always listen acutely enough. Their care revolves around the Thyroid stimulating hormone level alone which does not give the best information on which to rely.

One site gives 300 possible symptoms, broadly they come under umbrella terms, emotion reactions are well represented on the list, these unsettling symptoms are often not seen as indicative of thyroid problems so are treated with little success as stand alone issues. Naturally if the physical base of the problem is not addressed the problem still remains despite the medication. In times gone by. when the only treatment for hypothyroid was natural decicated thyroid, patients given this preparation started to thrive. Breathing, digestive, and cell reproduction are also high in the listing. Free access, Teaching Hospital Papers I have read on endocrinology indicate menstrual frequency should be 28 days for all without excess or pain and other problems when a female is at a her true thyroid balance, yet this fact is frequently disregarded.

Many, on this list may consider the role of our digestive tract in conversion as irrelevant. It is becoming more well known that we have things at play in our digestion which enable some t4 to t3 conversion in our gut. The information coming from the Functional side of medicine is that we need to ensure we feed out digestive biome so as to increase our range of microbes because they contribute to our bodies well being. General Medicine proffer antibiotics which decrease all things in its tracks, some medics recommend taking supplements in tandem to prevent additional damage.

I expect your Holistic adviser will monitor how you do on the dose given after a couple of months, take stock and if necessary make other suggestions. I'm sure this is a very good place to start. All the very best please don't hesitate to give it a go. Thyroid problems lump us all together as one body but we each have our personal symptoms as well as answers. I hope this is yours.

Also, I meant to add that i am on Erfa Thyroid, which is available in Canada but is basically the same thing.

I was one of those people who suffered abuse from doctors (ignored, verbal abuse and ridicule, placed on anti-depressants, and sent to psychiatrists) for decades before finally getting a diagnosis of Hashimoto's, and even then, was under-treated for 20 years with Synthroid. Only two years ago, at the urging of my N.D., was I able to convince a doctor to run a full thyroid panel, and lo and behold, I do not convert T4 to T3.

I have had issues getting accustomed to having T3 in my body after all these years without, but am slowly starting to feel much better. Most of my Hypo symptoms are gone now.