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Thyroid - weight gain and hair loss, and living in Asia
I desperately need some help here. I am a 22-year-old college student in China. While I was up north here about 3 years ago, I went hypothyroid. I was living in a rather remote village, so I started putting on weight and losing hair with no idea of what was causing it. Though I finally figured it out when I went back to the West to visit, I felt like I was doing battle against the doctors and clinicians just to get them to treat me, and I had very little time before I came back to Asia. Without several months of tests, they would not give me a perscription, and I was feeling awful, putting on weight faster than the doctor said was "possible", forgetting things, you know the story.So, I spurned the medical industry, did my own research, and ordered T3/4 from a country where the laws are nowhere near as stringent. I immediately felt better, though certain problems have not been solved. I am back in China now, and I have to get my medications shipped in. And now for my point:
My hair will not stop falling out. I used to have a head of hair I could yank a brush through, and now every time I touch it, I come away with several strands. I've lost probably about 1/8 of my hair so far. When I'm on a lower dosage of thyroid medication, the hairloss is continual, but not so heavy. However, the lower dosage is not enough to keep me feeling healthy and at a steady weight. When I raise the dosage, my hair falls out more rapidly.
I'd like to find some homeopathic remedies that are available in China for hair loss, nothing with fancy names and titles. They know very very little about hypo/hyperthyroidism here, so I'll have to grab something that's not only used for this purpose. Does anyone have any herb names that I could hunt down that I might be able to use as supplements?
Thanks
Myrrh on 2005-03-25
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if the hypothyroid is due to lack of iodine kelp supplement is helpful. But not all thyroid problems are helped by this.
erika last decade
♡ PANKAJ VARMA last decade
Hi I have recently moved from Australia to Hong Kong I am a 25 year old female and I am having the exact same problem. I not living anywhere remote of course but I connot work out why my hair is falling out and I am gaining weight. What causes thyroid problems? Is there something missing from my diet? Can the thyroid fix itself? If anyone knows anything I would be so grateful.
kim123 last decade
Hi, I experienced the same when moving from Singapore to UK, weight gain, depression, fatigue, memory loss but no hair loss. I suspected thyroid malfunction, TSH was up to 10.I am not keen on synthetic thyroid so am exploring other options. Now TSH down to 4 which is still too high but better. Reading your stories I can't help but feel that stress can be a BIG factor.
There are some good sites on the internet. Look for Mary Shomon, Dr. Barry Peatfield. 'Stop the thyroid madness' is another site. Look up nutrition and supplements for hypothyroidism, I found a great site, must look for it and re-post.
The right foods, supplements depending on your needs, some herbs, and YOGA asanas to stimulate the gland (plough, fish) can really help. Candida, heavy metal and other pollution can attack thyroid and cause autoimmune thyroiditis.
Detoxification with topical clay poultices may help. Green vegetable juices, seaweed. Exercise, sunshine, happiness.Maybe more protein and zinc. Adrenal fatigue and exhaustion, also emotional, can drain the thyroid.
Ginseng, Kelp, ashwaghanda, bee pollen, maca (I eat this like a food). Enough natural vitamins, selenium, fatty acids.No sugar and stimulants.
Express yourself, live your dreams (5th chakra is thyroid). Learn Emotional Freedom technique. (free at www.emofree.com)
Reflexology can really help, too.
Learn Jin Shin Jyutsu. One exercise for thyroid: Place right hand on top of head, left hand over thyroid area. Feel the flow of energy.
If you take thyroid hormone and are not happy with the results, try natural thyroid from bovine or porcine source which may work much better for some people.
I am ready to try homeopathy for this again, have not had much success with it so far but I believe the remedy is out there!
There are some good sites on the internet. Look for Mary Shomon, Dr. Barry Peatfield. 'Stop the thyroid madness' is another site. Look up nutrition and supplements for hypothyroidism, I found a great site, must look for it and re-post.
The right foods, supplements depending on your needs, some herbs, and YOGA asanas to stimulate the gland (plough, fish) can really help. Candida, heavy metal and other pollution can attack thyroid and cause autoimmune thyroiditis.
Detoxification with topical clay poultices may help. Green vegetable juices, seaweed. Exercise, sunshine, happiness.Maybe more protein and zinc. Adrenal fatigue and exhaustion, also emotional, can drain the thyroid.
Ginseng, Kelp, ashwaghanda, bee pollen, maca (I eat this like a food). Enough natural vitamins, selenium, fatty acids.No sugar and stimulants.
Express yourself, live your dreams (5th chakra is thyroid). Learn Emotional Freedom technique. (free at www.emofree.com)
Reflexology can really help, too.
Learn Jin Shin Jyutsu. One exercise for thyroid: Place right hand on top of head, left hand over thyroid area. Feel the flow of energy.
If you take thyroid hormone and are not happy with the results, try natural thyroid from bovine or porcine source which may work much better for some people.
I am ready to try homeopathy for this again, have not had much success with it so far but I believe the remedy is out there!
annika last decade
well hypothyroidism can be treated by homeopathy. please post your complete problem.
Patient ID: Sex: Age: Nature of work: Habits:
Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.
1. Describe your main suffering?
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst? Describe the sensation in your own words.
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
6. Which time of the day you are worst?
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same? Example- time, temperature, pressure, rubbing, washing, eating, tight clothing etc.
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
Weeping, talking to one self etc?
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
14. How is your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand?
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
20. Do you have any strange, peculiar or unusual symptom or feelings? How are you different from others?
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
22. What major diseases are running in your family?
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance.
(For Females)
24. If your menstrual cycles are not normal, please describe the irregularities, like pains, moods, flow type, clots etc.
25. What major diseases have you had in your life and when. Please write them in a chronological manner.
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Re: Dr Rishimba , kind attention please From gopal18 on 2008-06-05
Patient ID: Sex:male Age:31 Nature of work:Engineer, shift duty Habits: vagetarian( no onion , garlic) no intoxication , not even tea or coffee
Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.
1. Describe your main suffering?the person was sufferring from epilepsy for the last many year. it started in the year 1993.
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?After attack , there is severe pain in the head as if some one is beating with a hammer( pulsating pain), there is salivation from the mouth during attack,and vomiting too after epileptic attack
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?after attack heavy sleep due to extream excertion,
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst? Describe the sensation in your own words.befor epileptic attack , the person comes to know that he is going to have attack there is a feeling of fear especially darkness.
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?it started in the year 1993 but the feeling before attack started way back in childhood . at that time the person was not aware that it is a symptom prior to attack
6. Which time of the day you are worst?there was no time when the attack would come it can come at any time of the day.however vit seems to be worse in the night
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same? Example- time, temperature, pressure, rubbing, washing, eating, tight clothing etc. cold aggravate the symptoms
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?nothing of that sort
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?the person is not sesuptible to hot or cold however cold only aggravate the chance of attack
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc. the person is a day dreamer, he is more a thinker than a doer. he is irritable too if contradicted and is easily offended
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?nothing special
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?consolation make him feel bad.he hates sympathy, he is jealous too.
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc? no
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
Weeping, talking to one self etc? yes nail biting is there andalso high tendency to talk to himself
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife? the person does not care for other feelings and is a blunt speaker
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly? the person has many absurd and unpleasent dreams, many times amorous dreams followed by emission.
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?fond of sweets very much
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive? Excessive
14. How is your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive? normal
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand? He can not tolerate the smell of egg or any non veg item. he is pure vegetarian
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?normal
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type? normal no constipation
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping? sleep is always disturbed by dreams especially sexual
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general? the person used to masterbate a lot now stopped the habit
20. Do you have any strange, peculiar or unusual symptom or feelings? How are you different from others? not as such
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication? no medication
22. What major diseases are running in your family?mother suffered from leocorea after giving birth she was cure by homeopathic medicine(bovista CM)
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance. n/a
(For Females)
24. If your menstrual cycles are not normal, please describe the irregularities, like pains, moods, flow type, clots etc.n/a
25. What major diseases have you had in your life and when. Please write them in a chronological manner.first epilepsy then sexual problem like excessive masterbation and night fall followed by dreams.
Patient ID: Sex: Age: Nature of work: Habits:
Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.
1. Describe your main suffering?
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst? Describe the sensation in your own words.
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
6. Which time of the day you are worst?
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same? Example- time, temperature, pressure, rubbing, washing, eating, tight clothing etc.
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
Weeping, talking to one self etc?
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
14. How is your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand?
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
20. Do you have any strange, peculiar or unusual symptom or feelings? How are you different from others?
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
22. What major diseases are running in your family?
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance.
(For Females)
24. If your menstrual cycles are not normal, please describe the irregularities, like pains, moods, flow type, clots etc.
25. What major diseases have you had in your life and when. Please write them in a chronological manner.
Report post to moderator
Re: Dr Rishimba , kind attention please From gopal18 on 2008-06-05
Patient ID: Sex:male Age:31 Nature of work:Engineer, shift duty Habits: vagetarian( no onion , garlic) no intoxication , not even tea or coffee
Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.
1. Describe your main suffering?the person was sufferring from epilepsy for the last many year. it started in the year 1993.
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?After attack , there is severe pain in the head as if some one is beating with a hammer( pulsating pain), there is salivation from the mouth during attack,and vomiting too after epileptic attack
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?after attack heavy sleep due to extream excertion,
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst? Describe the sensation in your own words.befor epileptic attack , the person comes to know that he is going to have attack there is a feeling of fear especially darkness.
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?it started in the year 1993 but the feeling before attack started way back in childhood . at that time the person was not aware that it is a symptom prior to attack
6. Which time of the day you are worst?there was no time when the attack would come it can come at any time of the day.however vit seems to be worse in the night
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same? Example- time, temperature, pressure, rubbing, washing, eating, tight clothing etc. cold aggravate the symptoms
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?nothing of that sort
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?the person is not sesuptible to hot or cold however cold only aggravate the chance of attack
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc. the person is a day dreamer, he is more a thinker than a doer. he is irritable too if contradicted and is easily offended
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?nothing special
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?consolation make him feel bad.he hates sympathy, he is jealous too.
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc? no
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
Weeping, talking to one self etc? yes nail biting is there andalso high tendency to talk to himself
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife? the person does not care for other feelings and is a blunt speaker
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly? the person has many absurd and unpleasent dreams, many times amorous dreams followed by emission.
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?fond of sweets very much
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive? Excessive
14. How is your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive? normal
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand? He can not tolerate the smell of egg or any non veg item. he is pure vegetarian
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?normal
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type? normal no constipation
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping? sleep is always disturbed by dreams especially sexual
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general? the person used to masterbate a lot now stopped the habit
20. Do you have any strange, peculiar or unusual symptom or feelings? How are you different from others? not as such
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication? no medication
22. What major diseases are running in your family?mother suffered from leocorea after giving birth she was cure by homeopathic medicine(bovista CM)
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance. n/a
(For Females)
24. If your menstrual cycles are not normal, please describe the irregularities, like pains, moods, flow type, clots etc.n/a
25. What major diseases have you had in your life and when. Please write them in a chronological manner.first epilepsy then sexual problem like excessive masterbation and night fall followed by dreams.
♡ gopal18 last decade
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