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I switched my thyroid medication from the fake, awful synthetic drug to natural Armour thyroid, which contains T1/2/3/4 and calcitonin.
Synthetic drugs usually contain only T4, and simply do not give us those other things we desperately need. I don't know a single person on the synthetic drugs who is doing well. Every single one (and I know at least 20 people), has issues that are not being solved.
The five people I know on Armour are doing great, feel great and look great.
The effects of switching to Armour for me were good, but they recently improved to a really wonderful degree, and I want to share my experience.
The newest thinking about Armour thyroid: if you split your daily dose into two, or even three, per day instead of one, you will achieve an optimum effect.
I break my Armour pill and take 1/2 at 7:45 (before I even get up), 1/4 at 1 p.m., and the last 1/4 at 5 p.m. I played around w/ these times until I felt good for the whole day. When I took 2 and 3 at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m., I would get too tired in the evening.
The other thing that I did was to place the pill in my mouth rather than swallowing it with water.
This is called "sublingual" and "bucal" dosing.
Taking something Sublingual means "placing it under the tongue".
Taking something Bucally means "placing it between the lower cheek and gum, near the bucal gland" (in the middle near that hard bone).
At first I was taking all of it bucally, but one day I split the piece and put half under my tongue and half in my cheek. This worked great for me because I got some straight into the bloodstream, and some more slowly through the bucal gland.
I feel I am at optimum effect right now, although I need to get tests to see what my blood levels are.
The best way for me to know how my meds are working is looking in the mirror and what my weight is doing.
Since starting this new method, I have lost 10 pounds. I have not dieted, in fact I am eating more often. One thing I noticed lately is that I am not craving things as much. I feel more even througout the day, and sleep much better. I am getting up earlier too.
The appearance of my face and neck has changed a LOT in just five weeks, and the goiter at the base of my throat that has been there for 2 years is gone.
I bought a cheap little alarm clock that is really easy to set, and it goes off five times a day for my meds. Since doing that I am feeling much better. I suppose you could wear a watch w/ an alarm too.
Anyway, if anyone wants more detailed information about any of this, please feel free to contact me.
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MoreThis is a reply to # 902,521I started on Armour (60 mgs.) one week ago in place of levothyroxine. Aside from other problems, I'd been eating nothing and putting on weight for about 2 months. How long after you started taking it (and how much are you on?) did you notice you were losing weight? Thank you for your time and thank you so much for giving me hope!
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This is a reply to # 904,431hi,
at about 5 weeks I had lost 10 pounds.
I am on 120 mgs -- which I break up into three doses (7:45, 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.). Those three doses I break up further. I put 1/2 of a dose under my tongue and the other half between cheek and gum at the bucal gland.
I personally feel that if your T3 level is not optimal, you won't lose weight. Body temp is a good indicator to follow. Mine is always 96-97.9 except maybe once a day it goes up to 98.6.
TSH is not a good measure of how you are doing or whether you are taking enough because many of us have resistance and have to take a little more than a TSH level would indicate.
My ND told me 'ignore tests, go by how you feel and look', and I feel and look so MUCH better! (my face/neck especially), and mentally feel awake since changing how I take these meds. The goiter I had for years has disappeared in the last 3 weeks.
I went through 2 weeks of severe depression/extreme fatigue until I learned that some people react that way to Calcium, and as soon as I got off the Calcium,
I felt good again.
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Hello,
I am glad I ran across this post. When I started taking armour, I remember losing the double chin, etc. i also started taking sublingual, also. For some reason, I quit, I guess I felt it was a pain!!!!!! But now I have a double chin, so I am glad you all reminded me, and I am also going to do the different time's throughout the day, and I did lose 10-12 pounds. Bloating in the face neck, upper respitory went down, and trust me, my diet didn't change. So, thanks pals, never hurts to educate yourself even when you think your fine! I will be sucking on my pork rind flavored pills tomorrow.
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This is a reply to # 902,521Please let me know if I need to have doctor's prescription for Armour thyroid. Thanks for your help.- Re: Thyroid meds -- so wonderful I H... jchap
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This is a reply to # 910,071yes, you have to have a prescription. Some dr.s are even hesitant to prescribe it. Check out this website, stopthemadness.com for more on thyroid and the lies Dr.s and Pharm. Rep.'s are telling us about the synthetics. It also can teach you how to convince your Dr. who may be hesitant in prescribing it. Pharm rep.s bad mouth the natural form, of course, they want us, or insurance, the viscous cycle, to spend hundred's of dollar'd on the synthteic, when I go to Target and pay $5 and some c hange for a one month's supply. By the way, my insurance does not cover it, go figure. Be sure to check out that website, move over to the natural stuff, and also, if your Doctor say's your number's are normal, be sure to see if they are the same one's as the new number's they say are normal on this website I am talking about. Some "old school" Dr.'s are going by t3 t4 number's that some endo.'s are now saying are outdated. Get educated and armed before your next visit, I didn't even know I had a problem until my dr. told me, and she put me on Armour. What a saint.
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hi there,
generally, yes, but I do know some people who purchase it on the Internet. If you visit us over at
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormones/
someone there can tell you how.
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This is a reply to # 910,718Hi!
the best way is to see an ND. You would probably have some tests, etc.
An MD will rarely do the right tests, and rarely give you Armour. If you have an MD who is cool, and listens to you, maybe he/she will cooperate.
You can also get Armour over the Internet -- a source list is available from
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormones/
Go there and post a request for the "Resource List".
There are a lot of people there who are experienced and helpful.
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This is a reply to # 902,521Hi, I'm writing to see if you still feel the same after 2 more months; when I started armour I felt good for 2-3 months then I crashed; I kept increasing the dosage until I was up to 2.5 g. and then i would crash again....it would look it in my hair especially which would begin to look awful again. Then I read how the adrenals are so important and you have to control them before the thyroid can be controlled. I lowered the thyroid armour to 2 g and began taking isocort for the adrenals (the saliva test showed I was adrenal deficient)....i am going through a difficult time now b/c i still feel terrible and my hair looks horrible. I am having a long distance tel consult with a adrenal/thyroid specialist next week who hopefully can steer me on the right course to recovery. however i would never go back to the synthetic meds, i never felt right on them and they always lead to another problem........Advertisement
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This is a reply to # 944,062You are entirely correct.
I should really get back on Isocort. It's prescribed, but I stopped taking it because of funds. Symptoms of adrenal deficiency have worsened recently, probably due to severe family stress.
I upped my Armour to 2.5 gr. just one week ago because I still felt hypo. I have Wilson's, so my body temp is the best way for me to tell.
Once you've been supporting your adrenals for 3-4 weeks, if you still feel bad, continue upping 1/2 grain every 3 weeks until you feel better. You can ALWAYS reevaluate and go back down if it turns out to be too much!
My hair is beginning to look tremendous (finally). I have Interstitial Cystitis, and take Elmiron for that, so I lost about 1/3 of my hair for the first year. It did start to grow back independent of the thyroid switch, but is FAR less dry/breaking than it was before the thyroid switch. It's grown past my waist now.
I have lost 20 pounds since switching to taking my Armour sublingually 3.5 months ago! Before that I couldn't lose 5 pounds for a million dollars no matter what I ate or didn't.
I got most of my information from "stopthethyroidmadness.com".
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This is a reply to # 944,151Hello,
I was curious to know if you dieted or ate a certain way when you lost 20 pounds.
I'm taking generic armour thyroid and just learned about taking it sublingually a couple of days ago. I'm trying to eat small to moderate amounts of quality protein and low carbs most of the time, unless we eat out and am still having trouble losing weight. I have lost inches though on an exercise program I am on.
thanks for your help,
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Well, yes and no.
I did not deliberately undertake a "diet", but because I have several disorders, I have an extremely strict diet.
Here is what I am able to eat:
cooked vegetables (I eat goitrogens only occasionally), natural bird (chick/turkey, hen), eggs, yogurt, some cheeses, raw greens of all kinds except iceburg lettuce, coffee.
I use xylitol.
I absolutely cannot eat: sugar/starches/grains/red meats or ANY food that comes in a box/package - they all have added chemicals & hidden starches. I can only eat fruit 1/2 small piece 3 x's a day.
With severe blood Sugar problems I have found that eating every few hours serves me best, and this is a complete reversal from how I used to eat.
I also did 2 other things:
I went from 2.5 grains to 3 grains because I was still feeling hypo symptoms *edited - sorry I got my grains wrong in the first post!*
and
I ended up splitting my thyroid into *FOUR* doses --
1 gr at 6 a.m.
1 gr. at 10 a.m.
1/2 gr. at 1 p.m.
1/2 gr. at 5 p.m.
Give it some time -- it did take several weeks for the new way of taking the thyroid to jump-start my metabolism and raise my body temp. You may have to up your dosage 1/2 gr. at a time every 3 weeks until you are optimal. Are you with a doctor or self-treating? Check out the yahoo natural thyroid group - they are a very informed and helpful bunch.
good luck!
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This is a reply to # 944,609Hello,
thanks so much for your help. I'm taking 2 armour 60 mg each a day, I just started taking them sublingually, since I just found out about this way.
I basically have been eating a protein with vegetables all summer. Plus I started doing the body flex system, which is an exercising system I found off ebay. this is very effective since I have lost a total of 8 pounds and 18 1/2 inches measuring in 6 places, I would encourage anyone that is wanting to lose some weight to look into this. its very inexpensive, I found mine for $10.98 off ebay, which included shipping.
again, thanks for your help,
Angie
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This is a reply to # 902,521I'm on Armour also, I take 120 mg a day. How many mgs are you on?
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If you don't mind telling me how old you are that would help. I'm 54, soon to be 55 next month. I've been on thyroid meds for 31 years, I'm hypothyroid and have a multi-nodule goiter. I just purchased Lugol's iodine, and I'm going to try that while I'm taking my thyroid meds. I'm on armour, 120 mgs. I could try splitting the dose, but it smells bad and tastes bad..how do you get past that so let it sit in your mouth?
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This is a reply to # 949,116The 2 questions I have are how old are you (it's ok if you don't tell:) and how do you stand the taste of the armour in your mouth if you let it dissolve and 3 times a day?
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This is a reply to # 949,137I'm between 40 and 50 years old :)
I've been hypothyroid for 22 years. For the last 8 I've been fat, and nothing I did changed that very much up or down. The weight gain was caused by a doctor taking away my thyroid meds for 9 months after another doctor accidentally put me on double the dose I actually needed (in a foreign country). I gained 50 pounds in the first 4 months.
When I began to place Armour under my tongue, I started losing weight. I've lost 21 pounds in 3 months, and have done nothing deliberately different, except that having thyroid evenly throughout the day, and in my bloodstream more efficiently, has made me feel less hungry ... so I suppose if you measured what I eat now, it would probably be less. I am not *trying* to diet to lose weight, I just eat when I am hungry, and feel satisfied more than I did before.
So, in a nutshell, any taste I experience from the Armour is WAY worth it. Anyway, it doesn't taste that terrible to me - it's sort of sweet. I take 1 grain at 6 a.m. and go back to sleep. I take another grain at 10 a.m., and 1/2 gr. at 2 p.m. I hardly notice the taste most of the time. I think the smell bothers me more - it is mildly unpleasant, but like I said - even if it tasted really awful, I'd still think it was worth it. Being fat and unhealthy is more awful.
My appearance has changed more than anything else - my face and neck used to be thick and puffy looking, and after only one month of sublingual, I look 10 years younger, and the thick/puffy look is gone. People have been remarking to me about the difference.
hope this helps,
Janie
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This is a reply to # 902,521Does splitting your thyroid medicine still working for you & getting you good results?
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This is a reply to # 902,521Hello
I would like to know if you take your Armour on an empty stomach
Thank you
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