LOL, Diane! That's the truth! :-D My personal experience is that I was mis-diagnosed with Hypothyroid and given the wrong thyroid hormone (Proloid - similar to Armour). It screwed up my T-levels even more, so after a few years my doctor finally took a microsomal antibody titer and it was 1-6800...and I was a pretty sick puppy. I was correctly re-diagnosed as having Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, and put on Synthroid, and later changed to Levothroid (Synthroid has a base that has a derivative of the acacia tree in it, and I'm allergic to acacia, but otherwise, it's basically the same, I think). I've been on .2 mg of Levothroid since 1985. I get tired of new-agey type chiro's, etc. who insist that they can turn around and cure the Hashi's with this or that treatment or supplement, when it's just a shriveled up thing by now (which my endo has confirmed). I still get checked about every 6 months to keep tabs on my blood levels and to make sure no nodules have formed. Don't know if this helps....? Ananda On Wednesday, July 09, 1997 3:39 AM, Thyroid on behalf of Diane Fisher wrote: > Once Hashimoto's has destroyed the thyroid, you can't be more hypo! > > Diane Fisher > > > On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Laura Dolson wrote: > > > > i was recently diagnosed with Hash. The doctor did not explain anything other > > > than the fact that i will be taking medicine for the rest of my life and will > > > be going in the lab for blood work ever two months for the first > > > year?!.....can anyone help me understand what this is and what to expect with > > > it?!?!? > > > > I also have a question which I haven't seen the answer to regarding > > Hash - I don't know what caused my hypothyroidism - if it is Hash, > > does that make a difference as far as treatment/symptoms/prognosis? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Laura Dolson > > >