I cannot tolerate thyroid extracts, natural or synthetic.
2007-01-27 12:03:03 · 5 answers · asked by walkathisway 2 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
I am glad you asked this question now. because once you go on thyroid replacement; you are pretty much stuck there for the rest of your life!
I have a friend whose thyroid is not producing enough of the hormone. She has several family members who take Synthroid, and dod not like what the medicine has done to them; so she began researching the problem, and she has done the following.
1. eat two boiled eggs every day,
2. Eat fish three times a week
3, uses only iodized salt.
and that is working for her. Her thyroid continues to function well enough so she does not need the synthroid.
There are two other alternatives.
1. Go to an accupuncturist who practises TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine)
2. Dr. Robert Martin has a talk show on Sundays, and he addresses subjects such as this, and he does have a website. Maybe you could find some help via the radio show, or the website.
2007-01-27 22:22:14 · answer #1 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-22 23:26:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
extracts and medications are two entirely different things. If you are hypothyroid, you need hormone each and every day. The dosage depends on how much your thyroid gland can produce on its own. When you say you cannot tolerate extracts.....what exactly do you mean? You'd get a better answer if you explained this.
You can take selenium, zinc, and L-tryosine to help convert T4 into T3. Stay away from soy and fluoride. Iodine may or may not help. You have to find out if you are iodine deficient first.
If you are hypothyroid, I suggest that you keep trying different medications to find one you can tolerate.
2007-01-27 12:13:44 · answer #3 · answered by DNA 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try seeing an acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist. There are treatments and formulas that can often help supplement the imbalances and symptoms that result from hypothroidism.
I would suggest looking at your state's (or country's) licensing department for a certified practitioner.
2007-01-27 12:16:57 · answer #4 · answered by Curious George, C.Ac 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they put my dad on synthroid to help with the thyroid but it did the trick.
2007-01-27 12:10:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋