Thyroid dangers in reality? -- EVERYONE VOTES

[fugative1]

It all started about 9 yrs ago but I knew somethin wasn't right but docs kept telling me i was fine all blood test normal. Finally after about a year i felt a lump in my throat so doc did ultrasound and sure enough they found a lump. A few months later they determined it was CANCER and removed my thyroid. For the next 8 weeks my body was deprived of thyroid hormones so they could do radiation on me. Let me tell you it was a living HELL i would not wish this on my worst enemy. After years of trying to get dosage right I finally am on comb t4 and t3 so almost normal but just not the same as the real thing. To me this is something we really should leave alone and I am not conviced that supp with t4 or t3 accomplishes much anyway. The more you take your thyroid just produces that much less. I am in no way blaming cancer on steroid use at all it was just the luck of the draw. Food for thought

 

[treneriffic]

My thyroid was removed due to cancer also. Id like to try the armour thyroid. My endo is persistant with synthroid and does NOT want me on anything else...I think most Endo's are in the pockets of the makers of synthroid.

 

[fugative1]

Ya mine to but i self medicate he doesn't have a clue. Felt like shit just on synthroid. Would like to try Armour too but pretty happy with with cytomel along with synthroid. Take 150 mcg synthroid and split cytomel 25 mcg twice daily.

 

[treneriffic]

Im on testosterone replacemnt therapy also, and I had my trt doc check my thyroid levels last week and my tsh is high (over 9) and my t3 is in the low normal range..83.
Im going in today and ill see if he can supplement me with cytomel. Right now im on 175 mcg synthroid. I used to be in the normal tsh range at this dose, but after going on testosterone replacement im going hypothyroid but my trt doc doesnt seem to think the testosterone will effect it...i think it is though.
Are you on any androgens fugative?

 

[fugative1]

Im on testosterone replacemnt therapy also, and I had my trt doc check my thyroid levels last week and my tsh is high (over 9) and my t3 is in the low normal range..83.
Im going in today and ill see if he can supplement me with cytomel. Right now im on 175 mcg synthroid. I used to be in the normal tsh range at this dose, but after going on testosterone replacement im going hypothyroid but my trt doc doesnt seem to think the testosterone will effect it...i think it is though.
Are you on any androgens fugative?

Havent done a cycle since all this shit happened 9yrs ago. Just thinking of getting back into it 49 now so we will see. I would tend to agree with your doc test replacement should have no bearing on your levels. Have you added anything else like vitamins or calcium as these can have a huge impact on how much your body absorbs. How long have you been on synthroid.

 

[treneriffic]

My thyroid was removed in october of '08. I was on synthroid for a few months and then stopped for the radiation treatment then went back on. Ive been on steady since Jan '09 (I also went off for two weeks for the scan which came up clear for the cancer)I havent added any type of supplements.
I was experiencing some serious brain fog, fatigue and various other symptoms and my endo didnt want to check my test levels so I went to a trt clinic and they tested it and it came back on the low end so he put me on test cyp every week (been on for about 8 weeks now).
After reading thyroid forums just about everyone thats on synthroid complains about it and have switched to armour or supplement with t3 and feel better. My Endo says he does not want to supplement t3 cause he thinks it will cause my heart to do wierd things (there is nothing wrong with my heart by the way)..so Im gonna see what a different doc has to say. Ive gained weight (fat) and Im tired all the damn time...I dont think my body is converting the t4 into enough t3

 

[fugative1]

My thyroid was removed in october of '08. I was on synthroid for a few months and then stopped for the radiation treatment then went back on. Ive been on steady since Jan '09 (I also went off for two weeks for the scan which came up clear for the cancer)I havent added any type of supplements.
I was experiencing some serious brain fog, fatigue and various other symptoms and my endo didnt want to check my test levels so I went to a trt clinic and they tested it and it came back on the low end so he put me on test cyp every week (been on for about 8 weeks now).
After reading thyroid forums just about everyone thats on synthroid complains about it and have switched to armour or supplement with t3 and feel better. My Endo says he does not want to supplement t3 cause he thinks it will cause my heart to do wierd things (there is nothing wrong with my heart by the way)..so Im gonna see what a different doc has to say. Ive gained weight (fat) and Im tired all the damn time...I dont think my body is converting the t4 into enough t3

Ya that heart bullshit thats the same thing my doc was concerned about. Some people just can't convert t4 to t3 at the cellular level or at least enough of it. Your thyroid does produce t3 along with t4 but that doesn't do us any good. Thats why i self medicated and if you can convince him or her you should notice a great improvement in a short time I sure did. Let me know how you make out and you could always do what I did played with doses on my own till I felt close to human.

 

[KenBraggofCarroltonGA]

i never take anything that might jepoardize my thyroid.

 

[treneriffic]

Ya that heart bullshit thats the same thing my doc was concerned about. Some people just can't convert t4 to t3 at the cellular level or at least enough of it. Your thyroid does produce t3 along with t4 but that doesn't do us any good. Thats why i self medicated and if you can convince him or her you should notice a great improvement in a short time I sure did. Let me know how you make out and you could always do what I did played with doses on my own till I felt close to human.

Just saw my trt doc. He wants to try upping my synthroid to 200mcgs for a few weeks and see what happens. He said if I still feel like shit he'll supplement me with t3 or switch to armour if I want...so we'll see how it goes...thanks for your info. Its nice to know there is someone else like me out there (not saying im glad you have/had thryoid cancer though)

 

[Discreet User]

Interesting thread.

I had blood drawn last week and am going to the doc for the results today.

Makes me wonder how my thyroid levels will turn out.