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Anyone taking thyroid meds and experiencing enamel loss?

I recently switched from Levothyroxine 50mcg to Armour thyroid 60 mg half a pill a day about a month ago. Recently I noticed my front teeth, especially the two top front teeth, have been losing enamel at a really alarming rate. Losing enamel as in they're turning clear on the edges and you can shine a blue light thru them easily. I haven't really changed anything in my diet and I don't eat or drink alot of sugar, coffee, wine, acid foods, etc. But I do sleep with a Over the Counter mouth guard cause I grind my teeth at night. But before taking Armour thyroid, I never noticed mouth guards causing this problem.....Just wanted to know, is there anyone else on Armour thyroid or thyroid meds period and experiencing something like this or similar?
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Please post your thyroid related test results and reference ranges shown on the lab report.  

Reactions such as you mentioned when taking thyroid meds can sometimes be related to deficiencies in other areas.  Have you ever been tested for ferritin and cortisol levels?
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My tooth enamel has cracked off on various teeth along with white spots (decay) on my teeth. This was one of my symptoms of too much thyroid hormone for a year although my teeth issues showed up earlier than a year but I'm not sure exactly when.
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well hello all iv been dealing with hypo thyrid for 8 years and still cannot regulate me iv changed brands from unithroyd to levoxel and had bad palapations and almost ended up in a coma and the doctors could not figuer it out and in the emergency room when they put the iv in i felt a little better ( i was in a wheel chair thats how bad it was)i went home and looked at my meds and they changed brands without telling me i went back on unithroyd 88 and got better in 3 weeks but still have bad palpations right now still dealing with not sleeping right sluggish iv been to 7 diffrent doctors they all say im low but when i go on the 100mg i go crazy panic atticks and cant sleep paplitations anxiety mussle weakness blurie vison iv been threw  stuff that some people never make it im up at 230 in the morning right now from palpations  and i feel just terabile that they cant get it right (help)
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