Has anyone been able to awaken a sleeping thyroid gland?

[Lioness29]

I am thinking of using alternative meds to reawaken a sleeping thyroid gland. It has not functioned for 40+ years and I have taken Synthroid & other generics during that time.  Has anyone been able to reawaken their thyroid after this long a time using therapeutic essential oils, supplements and desiccated pig thyroid or ???

[Barb135]

That's because we have no one on this forum who has been able to use alternative means to get off thyroid medication, because as I explained before, once the thyroid has stopped producing hormones, there's no way to restart it.  

I've never understood the difference between taking a tiny pill of thyroid replacement medication or a handful of vitamins/minerals/herbs?

[Lioness29]

I still haven't heard from people with hypothyroidism who are using alternative means successfully and been able to come off of Synthroid or generics.  Are there any of you out there?

[Barb135]

I notice that you have an identical thread from back in Feb.  I posted similar comments there, as well.

[Barb135]

There is no way you can "wake up" a "sleeping" thyroid.  If you've had hypothyroidism for 40 yrs, chances are you have Hashimoto's and the course of Hashimoto's is that your thyroid is eventually "killed off" - meaning that eventually, it produces nothing and there's nothing that will make start producing again.

Even desiccated pig thyroid does not "wake up" your own thyroid; all it does is replace hormones that your own thyroid can no longer produce.

If you've still having symptoms of hypothyroidism, chances are, your dosage of synthroid (or levo) is not adjusted properly.  

I've done a little research on protandim and you should look into it very carefully before you try to buy it.  The individual ingredients can be purchased separately in your local health food store much cheaper than the protandim and there's much controversy over the company itself, it's marketing scheme, etc.

Smiles4444 your e-mail address was blocked because personal, identifying information is not allowed here; neither is trying to sell a product for your own benefit.

[Smiles4444]

I just saw on my previous post that the email was put in a private format etc. So I will try this. If you'd be interested in ordering some protandim since it can only be purchased through network marketing now, feel free to email me at musicrebeccal(l as in lightbulb) at yahoo ******* :) . Anyway, my brain fog issues personally are gone ever since using protandim:). I still take levothyroxine 150mg a day. My thyroid is supposedly in excellent shape on that dose being at a 1.5, and my T3 and T4 levels are great etc. Yet I still was having major low thyroid symptoms such as the tiredness and brain fog. One of my co-workers was taking protandim and emailed me a video to watch and I did a lot of my own research as well. I've only recently been on it this week but seriously no longer have the brain fog or sluggishness/ tiredness at all. This could just be me personally but if it could possibly help you, it may be worth a shot:).

[Smiles4444]

Feel free to email me if you'd like and I can get you more info on getting some protandim shipped to you if you'd like to try it out. But if I were you I would still stay on your thyroid meds. I still take my levothyroxine daily. The protandim really helps me personally with the brain fog sluggishness aspect where I can confidentially study for my classes at school again not being zoned and too tired anymore etc. It might be worth a shot for you. And it's Natural herbal formulas used:):):):). Feel free to email me (***@****)and I can get you more info because protandim has to be purchased through network marketing now. It's no longer on the shelves at health food stores. They only sell it through network marketing now.  It may or may not help you but might be worth a shot?:) it has for sure helped me:).

[Smiles4444]

Hi Lioness29. I have hashimotos. I was diagnosed with it over 13 years ago now. I have recently started taking protandim and for me personally it has definitely helped with "brain fog" energy issues. For example I was having a brain fog day amid being on 150 mg of levothyroxine, diet and excersize. I had also given myself a shot of vitamen B12 and even that didn't give me the usual energy. I felt super sluggish and zoned even though I had slept a lot as well. I felt like the only thing that could help me were to be if I drank one of those double big gulps of caffeinated soda which I really didn't want to have to revert to doing. But I was trying to study for finals and could not think effectively at all. Then I tried protandim for the first time and for me personally it was as if I had a diet coke, but without any of the negative side effects of diet coke:). I felt like I got my brain back. I have not had to rely on caffeine anymore. I feel like my head and body are working together again:):):).  This is for me personally. Who knows if this would be the effect for everyone with hashimotos but it certainly has helped me:).

[UmmYeahOk]

I think the only way that could be even remotely possible is if the cause wasn't due to an autoimmune disease. Like if it were due to an iodine deficiency or something.

I would not go off your meds without consulting a doctor first. Your body is used to the hormones you are giving it. So if you suddenly decide to stop, your body will be doing without. And if you have hashimoto's, odds are good, after 40+ years, the gland has called it quits, and unable to produce any hormones on its own.