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To: valleygal
It may all go back to the fact we've been hypothyroid nearly all our lives. They tried me on Premarin when I was in my late 40's it gave me a MIGRANE headache along with the acid reflux. Symptoms of of hypothroid include leg crams, muscle pain, dry skin, nails and hair. My skin was real flaky until I started the Wheat Germ oil and Flax Seed Oil. Now it is 'normal' for a 55 year old.

I've heard of whole body cleansing to flush the body of toxic build up. I don't think I could tolerate that. But it should be considered.

77 posted on 02/18/2003 4:16:14 PM PST by GailA (stop PAROLING killers Throw Away the Keys http://keasl5227.tripod.com/)
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To: GailA
HECK reading the symptoms for hypothyroidism sounds like READING FMS symptoms!

TIP 2: SYMPTOMS OF HYPOTHYROIDISM AND WHY THEY ARE IMPORTANT

If you have fatigue, weight gain, low motivation and ambition, heat and/or cold intolerance, headaches and migraines, dry skin and hair, irritability, anxiety and panic attacks, hair loss, fluid retention, depression, decreased memory and concentration, unhealthy nails, brittle nails, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, low sex drive, insomnia, hives, asthma, allergies, slow healing, acne, or carpal tunnel syndrome, you may have a thyroid disorder.

If you have you experienced female problems (tumors, fibroids, ovarian cysts, endometriosis, PMS, cramps, (dysmenorrhea), amenorrhea, female cancers, spontaneous abortion, cyclic seizures, dry vagina and infertility), weight problems (usually high, sometimes low), gallbladder disease (six times higher in women with excess estrogen or on birth control pills or ERT), heart disease, cancer, colon problems, low blood sugar, attention deficit disorder (ADD), adrenal exhaustion from excess secretion of adrenaline, and osteoporosis (from excess estrogen leading to excess adrenaline and then to excess cortisol), you may have thyroid disease.

Why is it so important to take note of your symptoms?

If you don't get your thyroid disease diagnosed and start a course of proper treatment, you are setting yourself up for many problems down the road. The longer you leave it untreated, the harder it is to respond to the treatment when you do get it.

78 posted on 02/18/2003 4:19:38 PM PST by GailA (stop PAROLING killers Throw Away the Keys http://keasl5227.tripod.com/)
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