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Melody ... please keep me informed of your experience with it .. i will be very interested to hear how it benefits others ... im just is shock that it actually did what it said it was supposed to do ... both my wife and i took it not believing it ... but yup .. it worked.
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This is more of a vent than anything, I suppose, but I'm just really frustrated.
I've been on 50 mcg. of Levo now since Sept. After 3 months, my doctor redid my lab work and said all my levels look good and she was going to keep me on the same medication and dosage.
Fine and dandy, except I still feel like crap ALL THE TIME! My hair doesn't fall out as much, though it's still thin on top. But I just feel so dragged out and generally crappy. I have NO energy, especially at night. I literally feel so lethargic by about 8 o'clock that I can hardly move. I'm constantly freezing. I'm really struggling with depression and feelings of complete hopelessness. I can't lose weight no matter how little I eat or how much I exercise. I can't seem to concentrate on anything at all. Ugh!
I called my doctor a few weeks ago to see if I could convince her to change me over to a natural thyroid replacement, and she never even called me back. Didn't even return my phone call, in spite of the fact that I spoke to someone in the office and left a detailed message about what I was experiencing.
My H is getting frustrated with me because I just can't get up in the evening and do housework and stuff like I used to. I mean, I just CAN'T. It feels like I'm on some sort of drug that's literally slowing down every single bodily process that I have. It takes so much effort just to move.
Oh, and I've been having terrible heartburn the entire time I've been on the Levo. I've never had heartburn before, except when I was pregnant. Now I have it everyday, all day, no matter what I eat. I constantly have this feeling like something is lodged in the base of my throat.
This sucks!!! You may need another doctor. An EXCELLENT endocrinologist doses based on how you FEEL as well as the numbers. Did you get the actual numbers? Or did the doc just pat you on the head and tell you that the numbers look right, therefore you must feel fine.
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Kirby, it was pretty much the pat on the head. Actually, it was just a phone call from a medical assistant. I didn't get the actual numbers. The doctor doesn't return phone calls, so there's not much chance of getting them I suppose. I know I need a new Endo, but it seems there just aren't a lot of good specialists where I live.
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OK, resurrecting this for all you thyroid experts. I have had problems with low thyroid in the past, though it has been awhile since I have taken meds because my tests were normal last time.
I had the hair falling out, tiredness, weight gain, etc. But lately my voice has been doing even odder things, It feels like I have on a really tight turtleneck when I lie down, I am hoarse and have a cough even though I am not sick, I am getting more tired, and my moods haven't been as even even though I take my medicine every day. And now I have noticed a sore spot that is like a hard marble on my neck. Could this be related to thyroid? I go to the doc tomorrow for a checkup and want to know what questions to ask. Anything turn out on this? I'm no "expert," just a dirt-farmer who hands out medications... but the throat issue sounds like the beginning of a compensatory goiter due to hypothyroidism - as are the rest of the symptoms. MNG - I needed maca 3 years ago to reduce my drive and increase my wife's... I prefer my current regimen.
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HHH what is your current regimen? I personally like my new regimen that Maca is helping create! Maca i believe is only reducing my drive becasue i think i overproduced testosterone. I can always Rise for the occasion .. my wife is very sexeh. I am just glad it does not control my thoughts as much as it used to. I feel much more balanced.
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HHH what is your current regimen? I personally like my new regimen that Maca is helping create! Maca i believe is only reducing my drive becasue i think i overproduced testosterone. I can always Rise for the occasion .. my wife is very sexeh. I am just glad it does not control my thoughts as much as it used to. I feel much more balanced. Mr.NiceGuy, do you have some type of financial interest in Maca? I'm just curious - I've seen you posting pretty solidly about this product on quite a few threads. It reminds me of the craze a few years ago, with that acai juice drink that everyone was on a 'pyramid sales team' to sell.
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Maca i believe is ... reducing my drive ... I am just glad it does not control my thoughts as much as it used to. I feel much more balanced. Sounds horrible.
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Nope .. no financial interest .. I just really enjoy sharing something that I feel may help others. As i stated in my earlier post I am just passionate about stuff that works.
People somethimes think im trying to sell marriagebuilders when i tell them about it or explain it to them when I get confronted with other peoples problems (which i feel these days that I am everyones marriage counselor in my real life friends and realitives around me as they all see me and my wife turning around from our many years of emotional turmoil) .. i just have positive results with the product. So positive I am passionately sharing it with many .. not just here on the message boards .. i been telling my entire family about it. You can get it in capsuls .. or powder. I prefer the caps cuz the starch has been removed from it.
Sorry if you and others may feel I am trying to sell something .. there is many brands, but the brand I use is MacaSure. As I stated .. the results have been enormous and I cant help but share my experience with it.
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Edit: if you like I can stop talking about it. I just thought people could benefit from it. Especially women. I am working out and My recovery time has been greatly reduced due to maca .. and my muscles are building faster then when i was working out without maca.
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Markos ... its not THAT bad ... You dont understand how often my mind wandered to sex ... Too often. MUCH MUCH too often .. I felt i was a sex addict at one point it was sooo bad. I felt frusterated all day .. i was never satisfied ... i could do it 10 times a day and still want more.
Edit: adding that it may not effect someone that has normal testosterone leves .. as it only balances your natural hormones. Does not add or take away anything unless some or all of your hormones are out of balance.
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Sorry if you and others may feel I am trying to sell something .. there is many brands, but the brand I use is xxxx. As I stated .. the results have been enormous and I cant help but share my experience with it. Wellll....okay, then, as long as you're just an extremely happy customer and not one of those creepy, ambush-em-with-a-sales-contract types 
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Oh no ... absolutely I am just a happy customer! My wife is an even happier customer and becausue of that it amplifies my happiness! Like i mentioned my wife was even more skeptical at first but when the results began to emerge .. she was very surprised! Shes feeling FAR more balanced than she ever has. Its remarkable. A happy Hunneh is a happy hubby.
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I tried Maca once a few years back...it did absolutely nothing but drain my wallet of about $50.
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Married .. IM sorry it didnt work out for you. Did you take the reccomended dosage? 3000 - 5000mg a day? did you consume the entire 50$ worth? Reason i ask is that it took 4 - 5 days for the effects to show up.
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Yes on the dosage and I took it for a few months...I think I bought two bottles but can't remember for sure ~ it was a few years ago. I kept hoping I would notice a change...
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Yes on the dosage and I took it for a few months...I think I bought two bottles but can't remember for sure ~ it was a few years ago. I kept hoping I would notice a change... Reminds me of a colon-cleanse I tried once...
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Yes on the dosage and I took it for a few months...I think I bought two bottles but can't remember for sure ~ it was a few years ago. I kept hoping I would notice a change... Reminds me of a colon-cleanse I tried once... Hey! I tried one of those once too!
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Gotta make sure its certified Organic. Another issue it may not have worked for you was possibly due to you not having hormonal created issues. *shrugs* I know that macasure works ... i use it and so does my wife .. and now a few others i know are using that brand of caps and they are all feeling it now too .. guess everyone is different.
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HHH what is your current regimen? I personally like my new regimen that Maca is helping create! Maca i believe is only reducing my drive becasue i think i overproduced testosterone. I can always Rise for the occasion .. my wife is very sexeh. I am just glad it does not control my thoughts as much as it used to. I feel much more balanced. Frequent, mind-blowing sex. Put my drive in the dirt. No complaints.
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For me, they redid blood work and she assured me that my numbers were normal. However, she did ask me extensive questions about heartburn and such. I started taking an OTC acid reducer of all things, and my throat no longer feels closed. She thinks that the acid was causing swelling of my vocal chords, which would also explain the vocal damage.
Funnily, since starting this diet, I have almost zero heartburn. I do have a constant sweet taste in my mouth, but no heartburn.
The doctor also tested my white count. Apparently all my symptoms with the bruises I keep getting had led her to worry about some kind of cancer. Nothing there either. Yay!
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I phoned for my latest results and they told me they were NoFurtherAction. So I made an appt to see the GP.
I asked her what they were my TSH was 2.76 (normal range, up to 4.5 Ithink)
So I told her I still had constipation and some other things hanging around which I didn't have in the summer when my TSH was below 1. And I asked if I could increase again. She agreed, but with the threat that she'll take me off if I drop below 1, because of the risk of osteoporosis. - I'm taking the extra 25ug of levothyroxine every other day until my next bloods, to try to keep it as low as poss, without her taking me off it.
It's been about 2 weeks now and the constipation is gone and I'm back on top of house work and things.
I'm having hydrotherapy for all the muscle tension which I have developed - which they think is due to being low for so long.
Just ask if you can trial an increased dose and let them know you'll call them and drop the dose if you start getting hyper symptoms.
I've just had an interview for a magazine article on younger people with hypoT to try to increase awareness.
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