I have hypothyroidism, but I am not being properly treated right now due to adrenal fatigue. I have been studying lupus and all sorts of autoimmune diseases for a while now. I had a hunch that lupus, scleroderma, and hashimotos' were all caused by long term undiagnosed subclinical hypothyroidism, due to bad testing and poor medicine like synthroid. So, in my many books that I have read and all the research I have since learned, I am wondering if anyone here with Lupus has ever tried Armour to help with their Lupus? Armour is a natural desiccated thyroid medication. And I have heard of some success with it, but would like to meet others who have found success with it too.
Thanks
Mia
hello
i have been hypo since 1978. I was probably hypo most of my life but the goiter showed up in my teens. I have recently been diagnosed with celiac and lupus. Felt like a truck hit me for 20 years on synthroid. Started cytomel a month ago and starting to feel human again. I wonder if the lupus will go away. The pain has subsided significantly since starting cytomel. Go figure!
have you or your doctor ever thought about trying Armour for your lupus?
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Originally Posted by wants2Bwell
hello
i have been hypo since 1978. I was probably hypo most of my life but the goiter showed up in my teens. I have recently been diagnosed with celiac and lupus. Felt like a truck hit me for 20 years on synthroid. Started cytomel a month ago and starting to feel human again. I wonder if the lupus will go away. The pain has subsided significantly since starting cytomel. Go figure!
Hi. My thyroid function is normal, so personally I would NOT take a thyroid supplement, be it Rx or "natural". Having seen people in the "hyperthyroid phase", before they turned hypothyroid---well, they felt awful on both ends of the spectrum.
Systemic lupus involves the unwanted production of a wide range of very specific autoantibodies (anti-ds-DNA, anti-Sm, anti-Ro, anti-La, etc.) not seen in normal people---and not seen in people with "only" thyroid conditions. The goal of lupus treatment is to *suppress* the immune response to disrupt that unwanted production.
I'm certainly no doctor or biochemist [Ha! What an understatement!], but I picture treatment of hypothyroidism as different. Isn't the goal to *augment* a substance the body is making too little of? But maybe excluding the Hashimoto's form, in which anti-thyroid antibodies are seen?
There have been people here in the past with both lupus & Hashimoto's, so hopefully they'll post & make much better sense than I just did! With best wishes to all, Vee
Vee, when you say that your thyroid function was so called "normal" can you share your test results? My test results were normal too, it wasn't until I did my own research that found out that my test was not normal. According to 15 doctors that I saw, including endocrinologists, my thyroid is still normal, but according to the AACE and clinical laboratories and U.V.A, and my new doctor and Dr. Broda Barnes and Dr. Mark Starr, and Dr. Stephen Langer and the morning basal body temperature then my thyroid is far from normal. Had i not pursued this very hard, I would still be undiagnosed. The lab values changed in 2003 and I could not find one lab or doctor in Virginia (to this day) who knows about the new thyroid lab ranges. So please post your test results, then I will give you the proof that the labs are not accurate in our society today.
Thanks
Mia
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Originally Posted by VeeJ
Hi. My thyroid function is normal, so personally I would NOT take a thyroid supplement, be it Rx or "natural". Having seen people in the "hyperthyroid phase", before they turned hypothyroid---well, they felt awful on both ends of the spectrum.
Systemic lupus involves the unwanted production of a wide range of very specific autoantibodies (anti-ds-DNA, anti-Sm, anti-Ro, anti-La, etc.) not seen in normal people---and not seen in people with "only" thyroid conditions. The goal of lupus treatment is to *suppress* the immune response to disrupt that unwanted production.
I'm certainly no doctor or biochemist [Ha! What an understatement!], but I picture treatment of hypothyroidism as different. Isn't the goal to *augment* a substance the body is making too little of? But maybe excluding the Hashimoto's form, in which anti-thyroid antibodies are seen?
There have been people here in the past with both lupus & Hashimoto's, so hopefully they'll post & make much better sense than I just did! With best wishes to all, Vee
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