[Doll]

Hey Doll! But I will respond anyway. And as you know, hypos can grow, its just a lot slower.

I grew without meds. but I knew what I needed at the time. This was the reason why I took my tests so extensively for nbe.
Did they find out the cause of her being hypo? Did she take an antibody test for hashis? Most docs miss this. Make sure she does not have hashimoto's as this is an entirely different approach for healing. I am barely in the second month of taking levo and cytomel.

If she doesn't have T3 (readily absorbable form of thyroid compound) She better have good functioning liver or else the levo will be useless. Many of us can't convert the t4 into t3 which is why docs commonly subscribe a combo of t4/t3. T4 being the more and t3 being the less. I am currently on 75 mcg of levo(t4) and am titrating up on cytomel (t3) till my hairloss resolves.

Hairloss is a common symptom of haulting your own t4 production from introducing the meds. One has to titrate up on the combo till it resolves and then you should have your current suitable dose (this of course always changes).
Also, if her cortisol is shot, she will most likely not benefit from thyroid meds at all until adrenals are healed, working properly.

Don't let her lose hope cause nothing has work for her yet. I was this way and left nbe thinking cause my thyroid and adrenals weren't operating like the average that growth was impossible. But its not.

I learned progesterone is more so a thyroid's buddy as estrogen is the enemy! So if she is already estro dominance, she def will most likely not grow.

If its just hypothyroidism, she can take a potassium iodide supplement (lugol's, iodoral tabs, kelp). Of course she should stay away from chlorine and flouride and she will easily fix this.

Thanks for the response! It's greatly appreciated! Don't worry, she's getting discouraged (especially since my growth has been so fast!), but she's definitely not giving up! We're both sure that she will start to see slow growth once she gets this medication.

She is getting blood tests done next week, 4 of them. Her doctor is a moron and said that there is no saliva test like she'd requested, and so she's going to try to do one on her own if the blood tests all come back as being negative. I honestly don't think she's got Hashi's, as she has every single symptom of hypothyroidism, and those symptoms never change.

We were considering trying to supplement with iodine, but we aren't sure that that's the actual cause, so she'd rather start out with the blood tests and go from there. Her hypo meds would only be about $4 a month or so, so she would just rather take those. I am worrying that her adrenals may be too stressed (she's got a very stressful life unfortunately), so I hope that doesn't affect the meds from working once she gets them. Although I think the fact that she's still been cleansing pretty often for NBE has probably been helping out.

Around the beginning of her NBE, even though it's hard to tell using a symptom checker because of her other health problems, we figured she might be estrogen dominant, so we began her on PC. She swelled up maybe a cup or more the first time she used it! When she's able to take her herbs again after her blood tests, I was thinking maybe trying her on 320mg SP extract and just PC. Possibly a low dose of FG just to make sure she doesn't become progesterone dominant.

Sorry I don't understand the thyroid too well, I'm still trying to learn about everything. ^^; But thanks for all your help! We know it'll be harder for her to grow, but that it is possible!