Hypo symptoms on Levo with normal labs

Keep everyone posted.

I'll try to add something new to the siscussion,beased on my experience,  as it is a lot of work to care for hypothyroidism.

The t hings I've found super helpful:

acupuncture

liver cleansing

colon cleansing

boron/borax supplementation

Chiropractic

OTC organic thyroid glandular medication

gluten-free diet

I've found liver cleansing to be a lifesaver, and feel like it has really helped mediate the effects of the hypothyroidism. If the thyroid is low, metabolism is low, and the liver becomes sluggish, resulting in toxin stores. You can seehow this would reduce your T4 to T3 conversion. Since T4 to T3 conversion happens largely in the intestine and liver, its important to keep these systems healthy. Cleansing and clean organic, grain-free diet help.

I have a cyst, it had been a compound cyst with calcification and soft mass. After years of trial and error without success, I was able to get rid of the calcified portion using boron supplementation in combination with non-local acupuncture treatment.

Extensive acupuncture has indicated treatment of the intestin and heart are the most effective in treating the thyroid. Needles diectly into the thyroid were the least effective method. The point being that although your thyroid has been completely removed, the problems in the rest of the body that caused the growth, likely still exist.  For example, with a car, if you have too much oil your gaskets will blow, too little and your engine block will crack. You can remove and replace the enginbe block and head gaskets but until you get the oil regulated, proper input and working oil pump, it doesn't matter how many times you fix the engine block or head gasket, the car won't work properly.  So you'll need to take a holistic approach and troubleshoot the whole body.

For myself, I found acupunctuire to be the best maintenance treatment, so that while I'm trying to get the meds right, my body is supported. I still have my thyroid, and the meds have never been right on any medication for me. The best I've found is a non prescription organic glandular.

After some research, I found that it is likely that the iregular cells in the thyroid may have a higher number of insulin receptor sites, which means that thyroid function can be influenced and controlled by insulin. You can see how this would really mess with the bloodwork and your TSH levels would not show up as particulalry unusual, because the TSH isn't the only thing stimulating thyroxin productioin. This may give you an idea of what was going on with your thyoid prior to your surgery and why your bloodwork does not make sense with how you feel.

So its moot to try and use your TSH as an indicator, since it was never a good indicator for you, and now it doesn't have any effect on thyroid  production.

The other thing to look at is neck and head health. If you have been in car accidents or have had head injuries, the neck and cranium positioning can hinder brain signals, incuding those from the pituitary gland, such as TSH and other endocrine system signals. You'll typically get migrain headaches if this is the case, due to the old injuries and the buildup of signals as the brain keeps producing chemicals that can't properly get throuigh a misaligned spine.

I mention this because I recently had a treatment where the chirorpractor adjusted my cranium and it felt ike a miracle, as the migraines disappeared and my body started functing better.

Lastly, I have a sort of go-to herbal remedy (frankinsence) that I use as a general support, along with vitamin and mineral supplements. I take coblimated B vitamin because not everyone can process the regular ones- this seems to be genetic, and has been linked to thyroid disease and celiac's.

Lastly, if you've had head and neck injuries, or your thyroid function has been compromised for any perios of time, you'll need to support your adrenals with acupuncture and herbs.

I will be honest with you that even with the best practitioners, the western approach for this disease has been ineffective and inadequate, allowing the problem to persist and result in whole body melt-down.