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When should low thyroid be considered and when could it be blamed for contributing to risk for heart disease?
You’d think the answer would be straightforward: Either it’s normal or it isn't.
But the boundary between “normal” and “low” thyroid has been the focus o...
My TSH was 3.8 and my total cholesterol was 278. Within 60 days of taking Armour Thyroid (.5 gram for two weeks, then 1 gram for two weeks, then 1.5 gram), my total cholesterol went down to 107! My TSH level has been staying steady at 5 mU/L. I am no longer losing hair and no longer staying awake in bed at night with my teeth chattering from being cold all night. My doctor did not want to treat with TSH at 3.8 but I demanded she treat me for my symptoms. The only other change I made during that 60 days was the addition of taking krill oil supplements twice a day. I am sure the lower cholesterol is a result of both. I can't wait to bring these HUNT study results to my next appointment.
My TSH was 3.2 and I felt like I was dying. Losing Hair and outer eyebrows, depression, rosacea, dry skin, puffy face, shortness of breath, gained weight, poor excercise tolerance, low backache, lack of deep sleep, total cholesterol 224 and the list goes on. Went to a Naturopathic MD after allopathic Drs. failed to diagnos andtreat me. She knew righ away from former blood work and by looking at me that I was hypothyroid. Started taking Naturethroid(similar to Armour) and am feeling better at 1.75 grain, but felt better at 2. Most people feel better at a higher dose. When my TSH is below 1, I feel my best. Undertreatment of thyroid is an epidemic. In the 1930's they diagnosed people by appearance of dry skin, puffy face, high blood pressure cholesterol, metabolic rate, and low body temperature, and mental status. Many people were sent to mental institutions and then diagnosed with low thyroid which was referred to as myxedema back then because of the swelling. Some patients died from myxedema coma, but most recovered on Armour treatment and appeared much younger. Google Myxedema. The TSH was developed in the the 1970's and the range is inaccurate. Go to www.stopthethyroidmadness.com and save your lives. Hair, eyebrows, back pain, cholesterol, skin, and depression have all improved.