Thyroidstory returns (with a new vitamin list)
Sure, the name is a little different, but it’s the same content (going all the way back to the beginning), and the same author, so let’s get back to the story…
As I posted last, I had an appointment with a local doctor who specializes in hypothyroid treatment with Armour Thyroid, and weight loss (kind of a holy grail combination for hypothyroid patients)! I did indeed go see him, and the first thing he did was bump my Armour dose from 105mg a day to 240mg a day. I was instructed to start off taking one 60mg pill in the morning and one in the afternoon, then add one more in the morning after a couple weeks, and one more in the afternoon a couple weeks later, if I felt I needed it.
This was astounding. I didn’t have to convince him it was OK to raise my dose. He even explained to me that my earlier theory about why suppressing TSH with Armour is perfectly OK was actually completely correct, and the only numbers you really need to track are free T3, blood pressure and heart rate (the last two are to ensure you’re not actually hyperthyroid on your current dose).
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