beat my thyroid disease

Hey there,
does anyone know if taking kelp supplements can help an underactive thyroid?

Apparently I’m supposed to stick with the dose for the time being, but I’ll make an appointment with those women from the feminist health center, FFGZ. Need to find out how to go about this – what to do when I want to experiment with a lower dose. Herbal tea, singing, all that.

On the test result sheet it also said that I should do something about my low vitamin D level. Weird.

why usy i take synthroid my whole life for hypothyroid?

To my surprise, the doctor, a male one I hadn’t talked to before, approved of my casual (pretend, pretend) inquiry about medication and whether I might stop taking the pills at some point. He actually perked up all of a sudden. Maybe it doesn’t happen everyday that someone wants to break out of the routine of annual checkups? I was happy to hear his suggestion to try lowering the dose from 100 to 75 micrograms daily. He was also the first doctor ever patient enough to show me the ultrasound, rather than just talking about how there are no lumps. I had never really seen my thyroid before. It’s true that it looks like a butterfly… so fragile. I hope the test results turn out okay.

I’ll see my doctor again in March, for a check-up after six months. Curious to see if anything has changed – why would it? Afterwards, I’ll make an appointment with the people from FFGZ. Find out what alternative plans they come up with. And – I really should speak up, and sing, more often!

GD Hashimoto! MInd over matter and all that. I can convince my immune system to behave and leave my poor thyroid alone. I saw the doc Friday…I’m doing this!

Hello, Im new here. I was just diagnosed with Graves disease. My endo wants me to start on Methimazole right away, the thing is I dont have any symptoms of graves disease. Im afraid if I take the medication Ill just end up with underactive thyroid. Does anyone have any experences with Methimazole? -Shay

Just got my second set of labs back, and they are NORMAL! Originally it’d been multinodular that had kicked up a hyperthyroid reaction, and now it’s resolved itself. Go figure!

Just got diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. I want to do whatever I can to beat it without radical intervention. Wish me luck!

I am a 25 year old female that is hypo…..I’ve been taken my med for 4 or 5 years now and still dont feel any better, i keep telling my doctor but he says my TSH is good….4.5 he saids and tells me that’s normal….if anybody could help me by telling me more about this and the blood work that should be done and all, it would help me alot. ......Thanks alot…

carolinagirl