Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Hello Steph, Let me explain a little about the thryoid gland and why you need to get on top of your medication, and what I actually need before I would even attempt to recommend an herbal and food treatment. For now what I said in my last post was stop eating the brassica family of vegetables Broccoli and cabbage slow thyroid function.. It would not hurt you to take Sea kelp. I take this daily anyway. I buy Organic seakelp from the North Atlantic, whihc is high in Iodine. Sea kelp is a concentrated source of minerals... potassium, magnesium, iron, calcium and iodine, and others. Everyone should be taking this daily anyway. Iodine deficiency can cause low thyroid function. Has your Doctor told you what your Iodine levels are? Also, here are a few things you need to know. The medication you are on, in most people makes them lifetime dependent on thyroid medication. The thyroid gland produces two types of thyroid hormone, T4( about 80% is in this form) and T3( about 20% is in this form). T4 is the inactive form and T3 is the active form The hormones are bound in the blood to a Protein( thyroid blood globulin) or TBG. IT is a protein surrounded by 4 molecules and 3 molecules. IT is help inactive in this form until it reaches the cell. T4 is then activated in the cell. THis protein can be manipulated by many things, other medications alcohol illness etcand IT is possible that you have a functional thyroid deficiency. This is where adequate levels of thyroid exist, but your cells fail to convert T4 to T3. In that case taking the medication you are presently taking, which is a T4 medication is not adquate. This is why 80 percent of people who combine this with a T3 drug feel better. Has your doctor explained that to you? Do you experience Dizziness, brain fog, as well as fatigue. This is a sign that your t3 levels are low. So perhaps your cells are not converting T4 to T3. This can be corrected herbally and with diet. Selenium is extremely important in thyroid function. Has your doctor checked your selenium levels. The greatest sourceof selenium is in Brazil nuts. Even greater than pills. Most people have inadequate mineral levels in their body, THe four basic minerals that you absolutely need are calcium. magnesium. potassium and phosphorous. Most people are even lower in what are commonly called trace minerals, but these( copper, zinc, selenium etc) are extremely important in the body. Selenium is used by the body to process toxins, and is easily used up, so you could be deficient in selenium Has your doctor checked your estrogen levels, progesterone levels, done an AAM/PM cortisol level check, checked estrdiol and DHEA's? This is done with a saliva test. Has he/she done that? Without doing that you cannot properly diagnose a thyroid deficiency. Please get back to me and let me know the answers to these questions. The thyroid is too delicate an organ to just prescribe without knowing the answers to these questions. WITH LOVE MARK STEPHANIE DIONNE <esdionne wrote: Hi Mark, Since I'm the person that didn't give a whole lot of info on my thyroid I'll give it to you now...lol I don't know a whole lot about my thyroid other than it is underactive. I'm currently on 88mg of Levothroid which honestly I think needs to be upped but because my current doctor is moving her practice, I couldn't get past the nurse and have a blood test recommended. I am do for one since my doc said every 6 months and it's been 7 months since I've been tested again. I was diagnosed with low thyroid 10 months after my last child was born. My mother also has a underactive thyroid so it does run in the family. I am 5'2 " and weigh in at 125lbs. I still have the " baby belly " and more meat on my thighs and hips but certainly not over weight. Steph The person really didn't give enough information about her thyroid to be prescribing basil. The only thing she said was that her thyroid was slow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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