Thyroid "Detective Doctors" -- Clues to Lead YOU the Way

I very much appreciate your coming by Lumigrate to share the 'bullet points' and quick 'down and dirty' about what you suggest providers check with patients, and what you suggest patients ask their providers 'order' for them to check about their thyroid status.  I suggest people follow the links to your website or to your vitae here on Lumigrate and consider having you become one of the providers on their "YOU" team (see home page model for "The Lumigrate You Model").  Sometimes that is possible, sometimes it is not.   

I've learned a great deal through the Internet from you about thyroid and naturally, from meeting in person when you assessed me.  The color of the bottom of my feet, the shape of my tongue... all 'clues'.  I had been diagnosed and treated for a handfull of years before you saw me, but the last year beforehand, I'd had an averse reaction to a thyroid compounded I had made when the Armour shortage/outage occurred and had it tested and it was off/low by about 50% on T3 and about 50 (but high) on T4.  NO WONDER I felt so much better WITHOUT the prescribed and (in my opininion) inferiorly compounded thyroid.  But that naturally, was not 'ideal', just 'better than being done badly'.  Sad but true, it doesn't always get done best/right all the time.  Then we must persist!

I very much appreciate that when turned me onto ITC Compounding and Natural Wellness Pharmacy ( www.itcpharmacy.com ). for many reasons, including that they've educated me about a whole level of quality assurance and testing to be certain what is in the product they're providing is accurate, that I have renewed confidence in the compounding pharmacy 'business' done WELL (which is more expensive and provided by those who have been in 'the biz' longer but that does not necessarily preclude others: I suggest you meet with the pharmacy you select or speak with them as close to 'in person' as you can and decide for yourself your comfortability and confidence in them and proceed from there.  

Naturally, I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that Lumigrate launched with an hour of video about this important topic, a seminar which is free to download and comes with the files in a variety of ways to print out the handouts, titled Hypothyroidism: Misunderstood, Misdiagnosed.... Missed!', by Scott Rollins, MD, a Grand Junction-based leader in the integrative medicine movement, where Lumigrate was housed in our first, formative year in 2008-early 2009.  

It is a pleasure to integrate on Lumigrate local (to me) information with nationally known experts such as you, Dr. Spurlock.  I hope that it benefits many who come to Lumigrate to learn about all things related to integrative medicine, including the ubiquitous fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome!  I know your information here to set up to PRINT, or EMAIL or phone/discuss with providers by the people, providers and public alike, will benefit.  

~~ Mardy

Link to the video is at Videos tab here at Lumigrate.com and is at: www.lumigrate.com/catalog/seminars

Also, look in our forums for one titled 'hypothyroidism' which has a lot of adjunct information, including a nice piece from ITC's pharmacists and is at: www.lumigrate.com/forums/health-issuesdis-eases/thyroid-dysfunction-hypothyroidism-underdiagnosed/treated

We also have two podcasts from ITC Pharmacy that talk about their history and then more specifics related to what they specialize in related to wellness related to thyroid, the gut/immune system, and 'all that' at: www.lumigrate.com/forums/introduction-lumigrate-lg-101/podcasts-listen-computer-or-itunes-has-lumigrate

Hi, I've transferred a question from our facebook page (Lumigrate: Fibromyalgia) from one of our 'customers' at Lumigrate to "put it out there" for our experts to answer if they wish.  Thank you in advance for reading and if you answer, doing so; this is very helpful related to education for people and it is very much appreciated ~~ Mardy

Just wandering if anyone could shed light on why someone with. Fibro/cfids need thyroid but are unable to tolerate it. I have taken compounded T3, cytomel alone, cytomel with synthroid and would feel good for awhile then start feeling bad. Now any amount no matter how small causes joint muscle pain and weakness excessive sweating and overheating headaches and painful nodules in abdomen. Can't find answers from anyone but have severe symptoms of low thyroid and tests show it to be low.