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(Though this post was first written in 2011, it has been updated to the present day and time. Enjoy!) Wendy is one of those gals that tries to adhere to "natural" in regards to her medication choices. She switched over to Natural Desiccated Thyroid (NDT) from Synthroid about three months ago. The transition was slightly trying, says…
I'm amazed at lingering problems since being on T4: Though I've been on desiccated thyroid for 8 years, and do quite well since correcting low ferritin twice thanks to the lousy T4-only treatment, I discovered that my RBC magnesium is low, as I suspect my RBC potassium is, as well--all probably down due to chronic economic…
(This post was updated in 2015. Enjoy!) Before my thyroid disease of hypothyroidism was discovered, I had horrific and debilitating consequences from exercise or any activity. You can read about it in even more detail in the Introduction of the patient-to-patient Stop the Thyroid Madness book. When my so-called "borderline hypothyroid" was discovered by age 30,…
Last week, I had found my blood pressure quite high for me! Upper 140's and some 150's for my Systolic, and upper 90's and lower 100's for my Diastolic. Stage One hypertension! I was pretty sure my 4 grains may suddenly be a tad too high since entering meno. My temps and heartrate implied that,…