Underactive Thyroid

[dotty.]

I've had one for 28 years and take levothyroxine, it's stable but i have noticed more and more that symptoms are not being dealt with , has anyone seen this or even given it a go?
http://thyroid-uk.com/

[DTCwordfan]

My immediate reaction is baloney, dotty.

Too much iodine in the body and you can move from hypo to hyper and that brings about another set of problems

If you aren't aware http://www.ncbi.nlm.n...medhealth/PMH0001396/

I am sure Sqad will weigh in to......

[shaneystar2]

Looks like a load of old rubbish to me Dot .You may as well go and get some Kelp tablets from H&B .
Your dose must be right .I presume you have it tested regularly .Thing is too much iodine can make you hyper .Stick with the thyroxine,mines 200mcg per day and I feel Ok :)

[dotty.]

mine is 100 per day, but I think the amount of time i am on my feet at work , 9 hours a day 4 - 5 days a week depending, and the fact that it is a very physically demanding job, is causing me to be over tired and stressed. the dose is medically correct but for my age maybe i shouldn;t be so active? i dunno, just don;t seem to be coping as i was.

[DTCwordfan]

then see your quack, dotty, thyroidism is a bit like bipolarism, its hard to keep it stable and can move up and down, though your needs as hypo seem to increase slowly over time. My mater is on 125 and her quack has just brought her down to 100 following recent vampire work.

[dotty.]

i'm having another test as my bad cholesterol was high last time and they said it was because i wasn't taking the thyroxin regularly enough, which was true, i would forget some days, and so they're monitoring me now to make sure i'm being strict about it.

[Sqad]

Well..........LazyGun will have more to say than me and in a more scientific way.

The vast .....vast majority of underactive thyroid problems are NOTHING to do with low iodine levels in the blood. Your thyroid disease is almost always auto immune and requires supplementation with thyroid hormones.

So taking iodine as a supplement won'tn help.

Could iodine supplement be dangerous?

Yes....the could....they could be rapidly absorbed into the thyroid gland which may well swell up,become painful and perhaps throw you into a state of hyperthyroidism.

No....I would NOT take Iodine supplements.

Shadow your thyroid state with routine thyroid blood tests.

[shaneystar2]

Go and see you GP and have a chat with him about it . I've had a lot of stress recently and mine was all over the place and I'm not working anymore . I was back and forth until they got it right .The fact you are tired etc may not have anything to with the thyroid at all ..it could be you just need an MOT .

[Laelia]

Hi dotty, I agree witht the above posters. Shaney ... if you take pure kelp on top of your Thyroxine .. that may just bring about a different set of problems as DT mentions. Were you thinking of trying this product dotty along with your thyroxine or instead of? Either way .. how can a doctor regulate your medication or moniter the effect on your body? I do sympathise ... I have had thyroid problems for over 30 years. I have just bought a multi vitamin from Holland & Barrett 'skin hair nails' to take along side my thyroxine. I tend to get anemia .. consequently I have three monthly blood tests. Of course all the messing going for blood tests & waiting for results is tiring which made me seek out something to take in addition to my thyroxine. I think pure kelp is too severe in my opinion. No offence shaney x

[shaneystar2]

Laelia
I wasn't suggesting Dot go and get kelp/iodine tablets instead of her thyroxine Or taking it with thyroxine .

The rubbish this guy is spouting on her link is .
If you read my post I've said too much iodine is not good .
Sorry if I worded my post incorrectly .

[Laelia]

Ah dotty ... st reayou may not have been taking your thyroxine regularly. Put them out next to your tea coffee sugar in one of these days of the week tab containers and you'll remember to take them. I've had a problem recently with the tablets crumbling when I pop them out of the blister packs which I return & swap at the chemist.

[Laelia]

Ah .. sorry shaney x

[Laelia]

Incidently, do any of you thyroid sufferers have nail problems?

[Sqad]

No ....I don't.

[shaneystar2]

Laelia
My nails are so hard and strong I can practically turn screws with them :)

[Laelia]

^ lol sqad! You don't suffer thyroid problms you?

[Sqad]

Laelia......pardon?.....why ever not?

[Laelia]

Really shaney lol! I have the little indentations in them. My mum had concave nails .. she has thyroid & her mum had a goitre.

[Laelia]

Oh you do sqad? I thought you were joking.

[Sqad]

LOL.....no......was diagnosed 25 years ago and have been taking thyroxine ever since.

Doctors do get illnesses you know..;-)

[Laelia]

Sqad .. That was meant to say " you don't suffer thyroid problems do you?"