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Armour Thyroid

Shirlann46
Shirlann46 Posts: 430 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
Been on it for a week and I lost 1 1/2 lbs. Nothing has changed except I didn't Exercise as much-and still lost weight.
I find myself waking up before the alarm goes off. That has never happened before. I find myself with more Energy and I am sleeping better. I used to take a Tylenol PM or a Sleeping Pill to sleep all night.
I hope this new medicine(for me) keeps working.:smile:

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  • tecallahan
    tecallahan Posts: 732 Member
    WOOHOO!! Awesome!!
  • samhradh
    samhradh Posts: 297 Member
    shirlann,

    well done on your loss, i too am new to armour just moving into my 5th week, as yet no weight loss for me, but then i have not being making any effort in that area.

    I was so low that i think it has taken me this long just to get back to a starting point.
    Sleep was one of the first areas to improve for me also, life just seem to be getting better as each week go by.

    best wishes

    Linda
  • Shirlann46
    Shirlann46 Posts: 430 Member
    Linda,
    Be patient-it will come. It has taken me years to realize that I was overweight and had to do something. Starting with my Thyroid and it was hard to get myself going again. I felt myself in reverse mode a lot of times.
    I'm hoping that Armour is my answer.
    Take whatever energy you have and just keep moving forward. Don't give up!!!!
  • jroseonline
    jroseonline Posts: 45 Member
    I am also currently on armour thyroid. I was on levoxyl prior to that and I felt an extreme difference on armour. I feel more energetic than I ever have in the last 3 years. So much that I am able to run 3 miles a day now and have lost 24 of the 27 lbs I gained since developing hypo.

    I sure hope it works out for you as it has for me. Good luck!
  • cesplaisirs
    cesplaisirs Posts: 10 Member
    This is really eye-opening to me. I was diagnosed with Hashi's after my first pregnancy (2001). Was put on Levothyroxin, I'm at .50mcg now. Didn't do much so the doctor added Cytomel. I was on Cytomel for almost 3 years and experienced extreme bp elevation, heart arrhythmia, insomnia and anxiety which I nor the doctor linked back to the Cytomel ( I separated from my husband and started graduate school the same year, so I thought it was the stress of school, divorce, work). It was only when I accidentally ran out of prescription that I realized all my symptoms went away. Got a new doc this year and the first thing she said was, "get the hell off Cytomel."

    Sleeping, and being able to exercise without my heart skipping constantly, has been wonderful. :) It's such a relief that I don't have to deal with that anymore...I was really worried that I had a cardiac condition separate from the thyroid problem.

    However... only having the Levo does NOT work for me. Since January 1, I've been eating about 1200-1350 calories per day, exercising 5 or 6 days a week (running, swimming, and strength training) and have lost 5 pounds. <_< I think I really need the added T3, or nothing much happens.

    I'm going to an endocrinologist next week for the first time (took 3 months to get this appointment) so I'm hoping to ask her about Armour and whether I can try it. I'm just worried that it will have the negative effects that Cytomel gave to me (my average BP during this crazy time was 155/115...that's with meds to try to curb it. :((( )
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