Great article (as usual:) !!!

However, as we all will recognize, the treatment indicated at the end of the article will accomplish nothing for a patient being treated for hypothyroidism :(

Who wants to send the authors a copy of Dr. Hotze's book and/or the Thyroid Science article written by Dr. Dommisse? ;)

I swear I have early onset Alzheimer's !!! My brain fog is terrible and has not been helped at all by my thyroid meds, 25 synthroid, 75 armour!

Notice that this author also relies on TSH! ......adjust dose until symptoms are relieved and TSH is normal! Dang worshippers!

I used to worry about my mental state - it was downright scary at times. I realized a few times that I was a danger on the road - I'd just "fade out".

I often felt like a blubbering fool :(

My thyroid meds didn't help me, either.....until I was taking doses that optimized my FT4/FT3 levels. What a world of a difference!!(and such a relief to know my brain still works right :)

Great minds notice alike, UG :)

killer is - when they say the patient should be taking the lowest dose to relieve symptoms and normalize TSH, they fail to admit that they will then blame ALL the ongoing symptoms on anything but the thyroid.

And, then the prescription pads come out for anti-depressants, anxiety meds, statins, BP meds, diabetes meds, pain meds, etc.....and the endless testing begins - sleep studies, etc.

blech...blech....blech!!!!

AMEN!

I was about to post another study (and my computer blew a gasket) - now I can't find it, but the opposing study which ALSO relies on TSH (ugh) was done by a psychiatrist who claims T3 CAUSES dementia. What a load of horsesh*t!

If thyroid levels are not measured correctly, then how the heck does HE/She know?!

I did some digging and the idiot who did the study appears to be in the back-pocket of the drug companies (big surprise).

Think of all the altzheimer meds being forced on people who don't need it! And anti-depressants, and anti-anxiety, and anti-psychotic drugs...and the list goes on! It's about the time altzheimer drugs came into the market that the psychiatric board made a BIG push for "early onset altzheimers" to be included in diagnostics for younger patients (as young as 20). Some of those drugs were later proven "ineffective": http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/05/02/popular-alzheimers-drug-proven-ineffective.aspx

It's white-collar highway robbery that leaves a great deal of damage in its wake.

My Aunt (who's tough as nails btw) was being treated by an idiot doctor who had her on 18 different pills a day for "dementia". He failed to read in her chart that she has a history of Hashimoto's and stopped her thyroid meds at 88 years of age. This is the SAME idiot that rx'd her with "frozen shoulder" when she in fact had advanced bone cancer. Yes, there was a family pow-pow...and no, he did NOT come out unscathed. Nor should he have...

Here's a similar article (can't find the one that made my eyeballs roll out of my head):
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820146/

ONE of the researchers is here:
http://publichealth.wustl.edu/people/scholardatabase/Pages/Roe.aspx

On her CV http://publichealth.wustl.edu/people/scholardatabase/Documents/Catherine%20M%20%20Roe%20WU%20CV%20032212.pdf
she lists this as her "invention":

http://knightadrc.wustl.edu/About_Us/PDFs/AD8form2005.pdf

Heck, by those standards I've had Altzheimer's off and on for YEARS. On when my thyroid is jacked up... and off when properly medicated.

Grrrr....

How the heck you find this stuff, MB, is beyond me but, it's great!

Um, yeah, based upon her standards, I've been "cured" from Alzheimer's as well thanks to proper doses of thyroid hormone and I can get mild "Alzheimer's" symptoms if my levels head a bit low.

Sickening state of affairs for thyroid patients - including the countless MILLIONS who don't even know they *are* thyroid patients :((((

This really helps to put my mind at ease! I have been really worried about possibly having Alzheimer's and MS ( my legs are so weak). I often hear of muscle and joint *pain* being a symptom of hypo, but rarely do people mention severe *weakness*.

Thank you, cd, for pointing out that you weren't better until you were at optimal levels.

My Boston doc had me thinking as long as I was on some thyroid meds, the symptoms should have improved! Obviously I am way under medicated! 60 mgs armour is a *starting* dose for most people!

UG (and all thyroid patients really):

When I was really young (27) I started forgetting things - important stuff - like where I was going in the car or how to get home from a local shopping center. It was frightening! Then the fainting episodes started - like a drunk blacking out (only I don't drink (and never have)). I got laughed at, ridiculed, called a liar, and finally diagnosed with all kinds of BS!

Don't despair. I was actually diagnosed with "Early On-set Altzheimer's" at 27. That's TWO SEVEN not FIVE SEVEN! The idiot who dx'd me told me that "your thyroid has nothing to do with your mind".

I called, "Bullsh*t" on that one - thank goodness!

I can't imagine how badly off I would be now had I not trusted my instincts and family history (and family members who called BS on that one as well). Some of those drugs are EXTREMELY bad for hypo patients (and well people in general). I was also told that I had all the signs of MS by another neurologist. But, I had a cousin who was mistakenly dx'd with MS who actually had Hypothyroidism (Hashi's to be specific)...and knowing that...I KNEW I did NOT have MS. They wanted to start me on all kinds of powerful drugs - many of which actually make hypothyroidism WORSE. I finally agreed to "try" lyrica and it nearly killed me (anaphylaxis).

People lose years of their lives due to misdiagnosis and utter ignorance of thyroid disease...and the grand-poo-bah of thyroid tests (TSH) that won't and never has detected Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (the thyroid disease most people suffer from).

You're not crazy...you're just hypo.

CD: Thanks for your story. And, what can I say? When my mind DOES work...it works pretty well - lol. It's the reliability factor that's the issue! :)

BTW: Did you know that HypothyroidMom author is a trained neuroscientist and psychologist?

Here's info on this subject from her:
http://hypothyroidmom.com/about-dana-trentini/

" I obtained an M.A. in Organizational Psychology and an Ed.M. in Counseling Psychology. A distinguished Columbia University professor selected me as the team leader for his research team during the course of my studies. I was no stranger to scientific research. So why hadnt I used my science background and research skills to learn everything I could about my thyroid disease"

Hopefully with sites like this one (DS) and others (like Dana's) we can change minds one doctor at a time...one patient at a time (GO UG!!!).

I'm SO lucky to have found this site...and if I haven't said so lately: I'm thankful for each of you members.