Reddit mentions of Stop the Thyroid Madness II: How Thyroid Experts Are Challenging Ineffective Treatments and Improving the Lives of Patients

That's likely your problem. You need to find another doctor that will prescribe an NDT like Armour. Endos can't/won't prescribe NDTs, only synthetics that don't work for the majority of thyroid patients (and studies have already proven this).

I wasted about a year on levo (and also include Cytomel) until I found a doctor who would prescribe an NDT. I had to leave my endo and then I found a new doctor at an integrative/functional medicine clinic that would prescribe Armour. A little while later, I discovered my primary care doctor was willing to prescribe Armour so now that's how I get it. I haven't seen an endo in years. My mom had to do the same thing, as have countless people that I know because endos won't prescribe NDTs.

Check out Stop the Thyroid Madness and Hypothyroid Mom if you haven't already. They both also have Facebook (StTM Facebook and HM Facebook) and YouTube pages (StTM YouTube) that you should check out. They're both wonderful sources of information and I believe they will really help you.

If you like to read, definitely read the two STTM books:

• Stop the Thyroid Madness: A Patient Revolution Against Decades of Inferior Treatment by Janie A. Bowthorpe
  
  
• Stop the Thyroid Madness II: How Thyroid Experts Are Challenging Ineffective Treatments and Improving the Lives of Patients by Andrew Heyman (Author), James Yang (Author), Janie A. Bowthorpe (Editor)
  
  Here is a clip from a study proving NDTs work better than synthetics...
  
  "Participants were “blinded” during both phases – they did not know the type of pill they received. After each treatment period patients were weighed, had blood tests, underwent psychometric testing and were asked which therapy they preferred. The researchers report that 49% of the patients preferred desiccated thyroid extract, 19% preferred levothyroxine and 23% had no preference. Desiccated thyroid extract use was also associated with more weight loss." - Summaries for Patients from Clinical Thyroidology (from recent articles in Clinical Thyroidology): Desiccated thyroid extract vs Levothyroxine in the treatment of hypothyroidism
  
  Here are a few quick links I found that I believe will help...
  
  Links About NDTs vs Synthetics
  
  
• Thyroid.org: Summaries for Patients from Clinical Thyroidology (from recent articles in Clinical Thyroidology): Desiccated thyroid extract vs Levothyroxine in the treatment of hypothyroidism
  
  
• STTM: T4-only meds like Synthroid do NOT work, exclaim patients!
  
  
• STTM: Natural Thyroid 101
  
  
• Jeffrey Dach MD: Why Natural Thyroid is Better than Synthetic
  
  
• Amy Myers MD: Which Thyroid Medication is Best?
  
  
• Hypothyroid Mom: Which is Better, Synthroid or Armour Thyroid Medication
  
  
• OP-ED News: New Study Shows Natural Thyroid Better than Synthetic
  
  
• STTM: Transitioning from T3-only to natural desiccated thyroid…or vice versa
  
  
• STTM: History of desiccated thyroid as a grandfathered in, yet “unapproved” drug
  
  Links About Doctors
  
  
• STTM: How to Find a Good Doctor
  
  
• STTM: Doctors Need to Rethink
  
  
• Hypothyroid Mom: 5 reasons conventional doctors can’t fix your thyroid
  
  Links About Thyroid-Related Tests
  
  
• STTM: Recommended Labwork
  
  
• STTM: TSH – Why It’s Useless
  
  
• STTM: Optimal Lab Values–how to interpret your results
  

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