Thyroid med.

My tsh is at 3.80, range 1.0 - 4.0. , I feel depressed, loosing my hair, sleep from 9:30pm to 9:30am, not hungry despite gaining weight

No thank you

Welcome to the forum.

Hmmmm, uti's are not usually from anxiety, although I suppose it is possible.

Did you do a course of antI biotics? Most bacterial infections do not go away without a full completed course.

Bet thing for UTI, lots and lots of water. No soda, coffee or tea. 16 Oz of 100% cranberry juice.

THYROID, well I have no answer except perhaps chonest medicine.
I am on med. I am hypo. Definitely effected my depesoon in a negative way. And a goiter was not on the game plan.

Peace
Trina

Thank you. I take cipro. For UTI.

I had heart palp. With thyroid med., so I am not about taking more.

Thank u

you should talk to your doctor about what is going on. Let them know you stopped your thyroid medication. See if they can help you with your depression too.

I hope you feel better soon.

Hugs, Karen...

Ok

My wife, Mrs. F27, spent a long time learning about gut problems with her Functional Medicine Doc, and she offers the following advice:

Drink good quality bone broth - fancy it up any way you want to make it palatable. Take probiotics. Avoid excessive gluten.

Good luck :)

Mrs F27 makes really simple bone broth. Grab a roast chicken from the grocery store, eat the chicken, then boil the carcass in water with a couple of tablespoons of apple cider vinegar. The idea is to leech the collagen out of the bone marrow. It's pretty tasteless, so be prepared to add bouillion and other flavour enhancing stuff.

She says to take your glutathione before bed, not before meals.

Her Functional doc is in Calgary - you can google Doctor Lynn Murfin. We're lucky, Dr. Murfin is pretty leading edge.

Mrs F27 recommends hypothyroidmom.com for easy to digest thyroid data. She said if she was you she would cut the synthroid in half and see if the palps improve then see your doc when s/he gets back.

I have major muscle stiffness when taking any thyroid med. or supplement

I was treated at 6, Mrs F27 was at 22. Thyroid supplementation improved my mood significantly and changed Mrs. F27's life overall. In Canada, they'll argue that anything below 10 is sub-clinical which is horsesh7t as far as I'm concerned.

If the synthroid makes you feel better then you should take it. Doctor Murfin wants Mrs. F27 between 0 and 1, as does my GP for me, so make of that what you will. If it's any consolation, I have muscle stiffness from synthroid too, but it beats feeling like crap all the time.

Hi Caroline,

I think Bovril is mostly yeast, so that's not a good solution. Basically it's all about releasing the collagen from bones, so boiling any bones in water and vinegar will do. You'll know you have a good batch if your lips feel sticky after eating it.

Mrs. F27 suggests avoiding sugar and gluten wherever possible, and eating lots of salads. Take good quality probiotics, especially now that you're taking cipro.

So much app reciated!