Isn’t It Crazy?

Isn’t it crazy, how much these two and a half tablets a day have changed my life? 

On Levothyroxine, the initial thyroid medication I was on (T4-only), I just became more and more unwell. But this medication, NDT, the one in my hand this morning, has brought my levels up to optimal, symptoms to a minimum and trips to the doctors few and far between.

Isn’t it crazy, that despite how well Natural Desiccated Thyroid medication works for me and thousands of other patients, it is still not the norm or even offered to most hypothyroidism patients.

Even though it is a natural form of thyroid hormone and has provided relief of hypothyroid symptoms for many people, the synthetic option is often favoured by doctors.

Isn’t it crazy that these two and a half tiny tablets a day keep me alive? Without thyroid medication replacing the hormones my own thyroid gland fails to make, I would eventually die. Myexodema coma may be slow but it is fatal, as each process and organ shuts down.

To think back to how ill I was when on no thyroid medication or even T4-only medication and how much these two and a half tiny tablets of NDT enable me to wake up and function each day, is crazy.

Isn’t it crazy that I used to have to self-source this medication before eventually going private and paying hundreds, just to stay alive?

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Please remember that if you’re a thyroid patient living with poor mental health or lingering physical symptoms, that you don’t have to live this way. To address why you may still be feeling unwell (often despite being on thyroid medication too), please see this article and go through each suggestion, putting your thyroid jigsaw back together.

You can find even more about my personal experiences of changing thyroid medication, including everything else that has got my health back on track, in my book.

I also don’t recommend self-sourcing thyroid medication lightly. It is accompanied by many risks. Always talk to your doctor about having thyroid medication prescribed. 

You can click on the hyperlinks in the above post to learn more and see references to information given.