[wardaddy]

You’ve likely never had Graves’ disease or thyroid cancer or know much about it

Levothyroxine is absolutely essential after radioactive iodine nukes your thyroid or most of it or it’s surgically excised

If you refuse supplemental thyroid replacement of which there are only two variations..pill or organic ..the latter I find problematic and is rarely used or prescribed

Then you can bloat to enormous weight and be sluggish with thickened skin edema and visual issues and reduced mental acuity and peripheral neuropathy myxedema coma or goiter and on and on

Or maybe just let Graves run it’s course and go blind with Marty Feldman eyes and petit mal tremors in extremities and weight loss at Dachau levels and eventual neuro and cardio collapse via possible thyroid storm

Or ignore the nodules on your thyroid which will become cancerous and spread to your brain and lungs

Or treat the disease and take the replacement

It’s your call

Anyone here wish to live with advancing hypothyroidism be my guest

Not me

[linMcHlp]

bttt

[mass55th]

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism almost 40 years ago. They found two nodules. Had me go through the nuclear test, and found no cancer. I've been on Synthroid since I was first diagnosed. The dosage has gone down over the years. I'm doing .88 mcg once a day. I go for fasting blood work every six months, and my numbers are normal. I have a hyper-parathyroid, that causes my calcium level to be high.

My second oldest sister ended up having most of her thyroid removed because she was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. They never put her on any thyroid medication until she was in her 60's. I've been told thyroid problems are hereditary, and that they occur mostly in women, but men can, and do develop problems. Neither parent was ever diagnosed with thyroid issues. My niece (brother's daughter) was diagnosed with hypothyroidism when she was in her teens. I have two sons in their 50's. Neither has beed diagnosed with thyroid issues.

[trebb]

Yep - wife is on Synthroid - as her thyroid went, she bloated and her breath had a strong chemical smell...I hope this article doesn’t get any who need it to decide to try going without it.

[Chickensoup]

you both are correct.

There is Thyroid disease

And there are subclinical findings that get treated

Those who need Synthroid or its brothers really need it to sustain any quality of life... and after a while, life itself.

Those who are subclinical may have some aspects that might be helped or they may find other life changes to be enough to change symptoms or test results.

[ConservativeMind]

Obviously, you are in the 10% who need it.

I have an aunt who had thyroid cancer.

[Honest Nigerian]

Pharmacology is toxicology.
IOW - no free lunch.
That said, each person (patient) that has reached the age of consent is responsible for making her/his own decision/s.
Special exceptions apply for certain persons who are certifiably insane.