Hello to my fellow hypothyroid-of-any-cause or Hashi’s patients!

Wow, I am steps away from 20 years (!!!) of making my focus about patient-reported experiences, observations, and wisdom!! Blows me away.

And my focus was the result of doctors who failed ME for nearly 20 years, besides my mother, besides what could easily be millions worldwide for many decades.

Let’s talk about the desiccated thyroid brand called Armour.

I caught wind awhile ago that there seem to be strong, black and white rumors going around in some patient groups that today, Armour is working “FOR NO ONE”. Insert loud obnoxious voice: “FOR NO ONE!!” Black and white. Attention-getting end of story.

But there are opposite reports, too—others whose labs prove it’s working for THEM, even after picking up new prescriptions, one after another, and redoing labs to figure things out. Their labs are still spot on.

Rumor, rumor

Or there’s the recent rumor mentioned toe that Janie “is not caught up with what is going on”.  That made me laugh.  I’m still doing the same thing I’ve been doing for near 20 years…listening, evaluating, and reporting on consistent patient reports. That is what Stop the Thyroid Madness is about, and has been changing lives.

In fact, when anyone states “Janie is not caught up with what is going on”, it’s basically insulting (do they realize this?) the body of hypothyroid patients who report and show excellent lab results and feel goods on Armour today. Because what I report is not about “Janie”. It’s about the patients who are reporting what they report. And it is definitely not consistent among patients that “Armour isn’t working for anyone”.

What about those whose labs strongly imply it’s not working like it used to??

It is also a fact, and I’ve seen them, that some have labs that make us very, very suspicious as to what is going on. They now have off-looking labs after having had perfect-looking “optimal” labs. Both!!

So this all leads to questions about what is going on when a body of patients go downhill on the same amount….

Is it a bad batch or two? Have some patients gotten the bad batch or a changed Armour, while others haven’t?? Have the makers of Armour fallen to using crap porcine powder not made in the US? Is it just a matter of time?

The bottom line is this…

We do not have all the answers. Why? Because for those who have experienced that something is wrong with Armour (having had optimal labs, then their labs went to pot), others are doing just fine with optimal labs to prove it. This needs to unfold to see….

Why some find themselves with bad labs after having had optimal ones, yet…
2) Others still have labs which are optimal.

And with that unfolding, it is clearly a reach (watch certain people overreact to THAT! lol) and a stretch to state that at the current time, it works for “no one”. In fact and as stated, there still are a clear body of people who have an optimal free T4 and free T3 on Armour with labs to prove it. That’s also why Stop the Thyroid Madness has a page about the gray areas of our experiences and observations.

Want to open-mindedly investigate all this?

Here’s what you can do so we can have better answers:

1) Keep an eye on your labs while on Armour to see which camp you fall in. That’s the free T4 and free T3. BUT, it won’t count if you aren’t optimal. If you have a midrange free T3, or a free T3 just above midrange, it does eventually backfire. Years of experiences have shown that for the majority. The individuality is when it backfires. And that backfire from non-optimal frees does NOT mean “Armour doesn’t work”.  https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/optimal

2) Watch your Reverse T3. (RT3) If RT3 goes above the bottom area of any range, it will become impossible to become optimal with your free T3 and free T4 over time. Then a backfire somewhere down the line. Here’s info about the RT3: https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/reverse-t3

3) If you can, ask if there is a batch number you can be aware of for your latest prescription.

4) Report back to this post as to what you are seeing, discovering…without making black and white pronouncements that insult other’s experiences that are the opposite.

By the way…

It’s also okay to use synthetic T4 with synthetic T3, or continue to use Armour if it’s working for YOU, or EVEN start it and watch those labs! You can still use this wise patient information in either use: https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/optimal

Check out this page on the history of desiccated thyroid, which also includes Armour: https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/desiccated-thyroid-unapproved-drug/ Need to find out what’s going on with your cortisol levels? Here’s where you can order your own saliva test: https://saliva-cortisol.squarespace.com/ Tell me again–what does it mean to be optimal?? https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/optimal Why is my reverse T3 going up and what does it mean?? https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/reverse-t3 About the recalls of NDT: https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/2020/09/20/2020-the-year-of-desiccated-thyroid-recalls/