Thyroid testing
It angers me now, that I look back and doctors didn’t even *consider* the possibility! I get flaming hopping mad and really have to control those retrospective feelings!!!!!!!!! About 8 years ago I was alternately starving myself for a week – and purging the next week. I was a heavy woman and would go to [...]
Thyroid problems and Depression
Thus the added stress which these medications *may* cause is not a good thing for the old ticker. One has to remember that drug companies will record *all* symptoms that occur with meds even if it occurs in an individual case, or in animal tests. A couple of months ago I discussed (another prescription medication) [...]
Home remedies for thyroid
While it has been known for decades that overt hypothyroidism contributes to elevated cholesterol levels, this is the largest study to show that the cholesterol levels among patients with mildly decreased thyroid function were significantly higher than the cholesterol levels in euthyroid patients. Average total cholesterol levels for patients with overt hypothyroidism were 251 mg/dL [...]
Thyroid disease symptoms
More advanced, clinically significant hypothyroidism, however, presents other clinical signs and does not consist simply in an identical presentation to depression. Is an AD the most effective drug to alleviate the depression-like symptoms of hypothyroidism (versus simply restoring the proper levels of T3/T4)? Not at all! You cannot treat what you are calling the “depression-like [...]
Long term storage of medication
Synthroid is not indicated for transient hypothyroidism during recovery of subacute thyroiditis. Thyroid hormones, including SYNTHROID, either alone or with other therapeutic agents, should not be used for the treatment of obesity or for weight loss. In euthyroid patients, doses within the range of daily hormonal requirements are ineffective for weight reduction. Larger doses may [...]
Thyroid Disease and Eating Disorders
Thyroid disease is easy to control with medication (if it’s ordinary thyroid disease and no special complications). Our son Jason was one of the few kids with DS who turned up with Graves disease – that is, OVERactive thyroid instead of underactive, as most kids with DS have. His heart was racing like mad. With [...]
Hypothyroidism natural treatment
How long I had the thyroid disease before diagnosis I do not know. I was eating disordered long before my diagnosis. But let’s just say the thyroid issues definitely strengthened the ED. I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis about 8 years ago. At first they thought it was because of my ED, because it was [...]
Overactive thyroid
Most patients with hypothyroidism have some degree of associated depression, ranging from mild to severe. 10% – 15% of the patients with a diagnosis of depression may have thyroid hormone deficiency. Patients with depression should be tested to determine if they have a thyroid disorder. Several research studies have been done and continue to be [...]
Nodules on thyroid
The Thyroid Foundation of America, and the Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association — publicly supported the continued use of SYNTHROID for the millions of patients on the medication during the FDA’s review. Their support reinforces the importance of this product to patients. “Today’s FDA approval ensures that patients will continue to have access to this vital [...]
ECA stack and thyroid disease
Trying to diagnose yourself based on one number you don’t understand is unwise. If your numbers are out of range, I have to assume you had blood drawn via your doctor’s office and if that’s the case, why don’t you just ask him or her to explain it to you? After all, that’s what your [...]
Thyroid diet
He was a Prof of Clinical Medicine at UCLA Medical School and it was a CEU course called “Calm Before the Storm” dealing with diagnostic trees to help determine what initial symptoms may mean. He was the one who issued the warning (as has been cited to this newsgroup) about the over use of thyroid [...]
Enlarged thyroid
Another thing to consider: has your wife had her estrogen levels checked? Thyroid deficiencies can cause estrogen deficiencies, which are associated with weight gain and depression. Also, when treating thyroid disease, it is possible to unmask underlying problems such as hypoadrenalism. You see, when the thyroid becomes sluggish, it’s not stimulating the adrenals as it [...]
