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19/02/2015 DUCKS IN A ROWhow you need to do it all Stop The Thyroid Madness http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ducksinarow/ 1/5 Home (http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com) » DUCKS IN A ROW–how you need to do it all DUCKS IN A ROW–how you need to do it all (http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/wp/../images/ducks-in-a-Row.jpg)All too often, more than one problem can cause the same symptom, which end up fooling thyroid patients into thinking “this” is their problem, when in reality, “that” may be their problem. So, for example, a person may wrongly raise their thyroid meds when, in reality, they may have needed to look at their iron, or their B12, or their adrenals, etc. Numbers 1-6 below are key elements to feeling better again, informed thyroid patients have learned, and must be maintained, as well. So if you still feel bad, you need to be CLEAR on numbers 1 – 6 below: 1. Thyroid hormones: Get to the right amount of either natural desiccated thyroid or T3, or the amount you can tolerate until you correct #2 and 3 below. (See Chapters 2 and 12 in the revised STTM book .) 2. Adrenals: Bringing cortisol to right amounts is key, whether through the use of Adrenal Cortex or HC, or the T3CM (/t3-circadian-method-for-adrenals/) for minor low cortisol in the mornings only, and/or by having good progesterone levels (which converts to cortisol), and/or by improving one’s MTHFR issue (which is discovered via genetic testing), and/or by lowering inflammation. 3. Iron: You need optimal amounts, not just “in range”. (See Chapter 13) 4. B12: Should be in the upper quarter of any range. Lower and you could have symptoms which resemble hypo. (See Chapter 13)
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(http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/wp/../images/ducks-in-a-Row.jpg)All too often, more than oneproblem can cause the same symptom, which end up fooling thyroid patients into thinking this is theirproblem, when in reality, that may be their problem.
So, for example, a person may wrongly raise their thyroid meds when, in reality, they may have neededto look at their iron, or their B12, or their adrenals, etc.
Numbers 1-6 below are key elements to feeling better again, informedthyroid patients have learned, and must be maintained, as well.So if you still feel bad, you need to be CLEAR on numbers 1 6 below:
1. Thyroid hormones:Get to the right amount of either natural desiccated thyroid or T3, or the amount you can tolerateuntil you correct #2 and 3 below. (See Chapters 2 and 12 in the revised STTM book .)
2. Adrenals:Bringing cortisol to right amounts is key, whether through the use of Adrenal Cortex or HC, or theT3CM (/t3-circadian-method-for-adrenals/)for minor low cortisol in the mornings only, and/or byhaving good progesterone levels (which converts to cortisol), and/or by improving ones MTHFRissue (which is discovered via genetic testing), and/or by lowering inflammation.
3. Iron:You need optimal amounts, not just in range. (See Chapter 13)
4. B12:Should be in the upper quarter of any range. Lower and you could have symptoms whichresemble hypo. (See Chapter 13)
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5. Vit. D:Should be at least 50 with a range of 40-80. Other goals are 60. (We go by the Vitamin DCouncil. Also see Addendum C in book)
6. Better Absorption:Putting one tablespoon ACV, lemon or any acid in the drink you use to swallow your supplementswill enhance absorptionkey for the low stomach acid (/stomach-acid/) too many thyroid patientshave.
Once you have made SURE ALL the above is being worked on, orcorrected and then maintained, and if you still have issues.then its timeto look at these. DO NOT put focus on the below when you havent alsoput focus on all the above! Because the above are common problems withthyroid patients and do, in fact, explain many problems.
1. Re-activated EBV (Epstein Barr Virus): very common for hypothyroid patients under stress. MyMed Lab (/recommended-labwork/) tests this.
2. Lyme disease: the labIGeneX may give more accurate lab results than does the Western Blotand ELISA labs from Lab Corp. Another clue you may have Lyme: having reactivated signs of allof theseEBV, HHV-6 and Cytomegalo (CMV) virus)
3. Other viruses:get your doctor to identify and test any other potential viruses, but do get theabove three tested.
4. MTHFR (/mthfr/) defect:look this up if you seem to need high doses of T3 for what seems to bea thyroid resistance, have high iron, high copper/low zinc, hard time getting or keeping certainnutrients up, high B12, high homocysteine.http://mthfr.net/
5. Chronic inflammation (/inflammation/):can be discerned by too-high ferritin and/or a CRP test.You need to get inflammation downit can not only spread, but affects your HPA axis messagingnegatively.
6. Candida:promotes inflammation!7. Stomach/gut issues (intolerance to certain foods like gluten and more)8. Blood sugar9. Sex Hormones: low levels can make you feel bad. Also look intoPCOS (/pcos/).
10. Parathyroid issues here. (/parathyroid/)11. H.pylori (/h-pylori/)infection a bacteria in the stomach12. Over-exposure to mold13. Iodine levels14. Extreme gluten sensitivity
All of the above can be shared with your doctor! Lets teach them what weve learned!
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1. Treating hypothyroid patients solely with T4-only meds.2. Dosing solely by the TSH and the total T4, or using the outdated "Thyroid Panel".3. Prescribing anti-depressants in lieu of evaluating and treating the free T3.4. Telling thyroid patients that desiccated natural thyroid like Armour is "unreliable",
"inconsistent", "dangerous" or "outdated".5. Making labwork more important than the hypo symptoms which scream their presence.6. Failing to see the OBVIOUS symptoms of poorly treated thyroid, and instead,
recommending a slew of other tests and diagnoses.
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