"Thanks for the info, that's awesome that you're still dropping the pounds!
I'm still a bit confused about who you saw at the Wellness clinic, is he is pcp that also knows about natural remedies? Or is he a Dr at all?
So is "Armour Thyroid" something you would get on prescription? Or do you get it at a vitamin store? Does it come in different doses etc? Wondering if you would need to take different doses based on your EIA units...
This doesn't sounds like something an endo would be familiar with (correct me if I'm wrong) I'm going to bring all this info to her, I hope she's not dismissive about it."
My doctor at the wellness center is an actual doctor. He was actually a DO first and then went back and got his MD credentials. Then he started looking into natural remedies because traditional methods weren't always helping all of his patients. Then he was finding he was able to help more patients with non-traditional methods so he opened the wellness center.
You need a prescription to get Armour Thyroid. It does come in different doses. It's used to treat hypothyroidism, not the yeast overgrowth. The EIA units are related to candida yeast overgrowth. Your endo might not know or be open to the yeast concept, but he/she might so it's worth mentioning. I took Diflucan for 10 days and I am currently taking Nystatin for 90 days for the yeast overgrowth. You also need a prescription for those also. I'm not sure, but I think Yeast overgrowth is something natural doctors look into more. I'll send you a PM with a link to the wellness center so you can look it up.
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Dx: PCOS, Estrogen Dominance, Migraine, Hypothyroid (caused by high levels of reverse T3), Candida Yeast, Vitamin D deficiency, Adrenal Fatigue, Insulin Resistance
Meds: Armour Thyroid, Bio-identical Progesterone cream, Nystatin
Supplements: EPA/DHA, Chromium Picolonate, Multivitamin, CLA, Vitamin D, Ortho-Biotic, L-Carnitine |