Comments on: guest post: healing auto-immune disease #6

By: Ghada Fulton

Ghada Fulton — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:29:01 +0000

My son is 28 years old. He has the Autoimmune disease, it affects his face, stomech, legs, and knees. He went to many doctors, run tests, MRI, no one can help him. He is suicidal, i am very worried about him. Pleas let me know what to do.

By: Belle

Belle — Mon, 31 May 2010 23:51:24 +0000

No no NO!

No iodine for Hashimoto’s people. I do not know one Hashi’s person that does well on iodine. It makes you ten times worse!

By: Cat

Cat — Sun, 23 May 2010 10:57:13 +0000

Hi, I have high antibodies and also had terrible issues for 2 years. I finally took control and found a naturopath/GP who had me do very extensive bloodwork.

My adrenals were exhausted which increased the antibodies but moreover my hormones were out of wack for someone my age (32).

I have been doing bio-identicals now for 1 year. My body weight is returning to where it should be, my sex drive is slowly coming back (good for my poor husband), I feel days when I am myself.

This is a long process, but I recommend to everyone to test out your hormones as well.

Cat
@theabcblog

By: Allison

Allison — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:07:40 +0000

I second the recommendation of Real Thyroid Help and Stop the Thyroid Madness (the book is also great). I would have really been lost without those two resources.

FYI, goitrogens (eg. broccoli) are only an issue if they’re not cooked and eaten in large quantities.

And, yes, I have also heard of many people with Hashi’s who can’t tolerate iodine so a blanket recommendation to take it is not ideal. I am lucky in that I’m fine taking iodine.

By: Kat Eden

Kat Eden — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:28 +0000

Thanks for that article link Helen, that adds a lot of detail to a topic I only had a limited understanding of.

By: Helen Driscoll

Helen Driscoll — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:24:09 +0000

Hi Sarah and Kat,

There was an interesting article by Dr. Marcola on HuffingtonPost about bromine in plastics, which emulates iodine and keeps the thyroid from utilizing iodine: http://bit.ly/c7Mr2F

I don’t know if anyone in AU studies Donna Eden’s work, but her drills are fabulous for taking down stress response and turning on the joy circuits. Just do a Donna Eden Energy Medicine search on youtube if interested. The routines look a bit strange, but really work. I’ve used in for years and completely changed my reactions to stressors. (And we work in the wedding business, so the triggers are constant!)

Of course, the right organic food, sleep, kind self talk, and exercise are a given
Best to you !

Helen

By: Beverley Garside

Beverley Garside — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:51:48 +0000

Hi Sarah
As the President of The Australian Thyroid Foundation http://www.thyroidfoundation.com.au, I would just like to let you know our organisation is the Australian authority on thyroid disorders and iodine deficiency.

We are a member based volunteer organisation which supports and educates our members with up to date research, treatments and information through our newsletter “Thyroid News”. The ATF is very proud to work with Australia’s leading medical specialsts and researchers. The ATF also holds Member Meetings, Thyroid Information Sessions and events to educate members and the Australian population about the benefits of Good Thyroid Health and How to Achieve It.

For information and support, please contact The ATF on (02) 9899 6962 or info@thyroidfoundation.com.au

Beverley

By: Nikki

Nikki — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:58:03 +0000

Really, really appreciate the weekly posts about this subject. Thanks Sarah. My naturopath has me working on improving my liver as its under stress – most probably from 10 years of medication. I’ve also been given a list of unfriendly thyroid foods. There are a few that you would expect, like gluten, soy but others like broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower are surprising. It really is a case of tapping into your body and working out what works and what makes a difference for you.

By: Juliette

Juliette — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:42:04 +0000

Thanks so much Sarah, for writing about this issue. I too have hashimotos. I was on oroxine for 10 years than switched to dessicated throid extract as the T4 only medication stopped working. I wasn’t wise like you Sarah, so didn’t take it as a wake-up call as the oroxine made me feel fine for about 7 years.I kept up bad habits that have probably made things worse and only really done research and changed my habits in the last year.
The web sites Stop The Thyroid Madness and Real Thyroid Help have been invaluable to me.
I agree with everything that Kat says, except that taking iodine can aggravate hashimotos – it has with me.

Thanks!