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I have no thyroid and I have been taking 3 grains of NT split up into 3 doses throughout the day. I feel ggod, but my labs came back to day saying FT3 was way too hig: FT3 6.4 FT4 1.71 TSH 0.01 I was on synthroid/cytomel before and lots of different dosages over the last 5 years but switched to desicrated after reading…
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I'm new here and this may sound stupid but what is NSV???:blushing:
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wow! congrats. I am exactly where you started. 148 and my goal is 125. I am 5'4". Did you just change your eating habits or did you do any specific exercise program too? And how long did it take you? you look amazing!
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lovekea....I too have no thyroid, can I ask what dosage you were on of the synthetics and what dosage you now take of Armour? Thanks for your post!
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Peasantsong: Yes, you are in the thick of it now, the worst time for me was the 8 months after thyroidectomy because my labs would look "normal" but I was gaining weight steadily no matter what I did. I also slept 16 hours a day, wore 5 pairs of socks and sweaters (and I live in Southern California!), got horrible dry skin…
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floridagirl, can I ask what the medicine was that you gained all that weight on?? Was it a thyroid med?
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peasantsong, 100 mcg does sound low from what I have heard around the many thyroid forums. I remember it took a long time, about 6 months for my labs to finally come back hypo after being "within range" at 2 months and 4 months post op and never changing a dose. At 6 months post op my dr. added 5 mcg cytomel to my 125…
