12/10/2009: Jen from R: "hello earth clinic readers, i am looking for a cure to thyroid eye disease, I have tried everything posted on earthclinic for the eye to reduce swelling but nothing seems to help as my swelling is behind the eyeball itself. Any new advice would be greatly appreciated. I currently take lemon balm, motherwort, bugleweed, and selenium for my HypeRthyroid. Also i have cut out all the bad for you stuff like caffine, sugar, processed food etc. I take flaxseed oil 2000 mg per day, leutine and eyebright for my eyes. Also i have not tried the honey as i cant seem to find exact amounts and procedures for the honey in the eye. Thank you in advance. J in ca"

12/11/2009: Rob from Manhattan, New York replies: "do some research on Bilberry & Pycnogenol.. Bilberry, especially, increases eye circulation & works
quickly. (try a tincture formula) (reported that, WW2 pilots ate it before bombing runs to increase their night vision)"

12/13/2009: Dott from Ft.lauderdale, Florida, Usa replies: "If you are having swelling behind the eyes and the result is "buggy eyes" and a lot of dry itchy eyes with the possibility of your lids sticking to the cornea overnight as the result of HYPER-thyroidism (OVER-active thyroid, NOT underactive!! This is important.) you can try a long-term course of vitamin "E" intake. This was a major component of treatment of hyperthyroidism for me.

I was dangerously hyperthyroid once upon a time, very bad off, really, but had no interest whatsoever in the surgery OR oral toxic waste "cures" that were my endocrinologist's only options. Fortunately for me, she was willing and open to tolerate other ideas, if I could find any. I reasearched and came to her with my research in hand, and told her I wanted to try daily high-dose vitamin "E", and all the cabbage cole slaw that I could stand. She went along and monitored me for several months to see how things turned out. I took a high dose of natural vitamin "E" and had to keep taking it daily for about 6-8 months.

My endocrinologist insisted I cut back the dose twice, because I was starting to bruise pretty badly, so I wound up with a high 600 i.u. daily total dose (200 i.u. 3 times a day.) My thyroid levels started coming down in about 4 months and after about a year, she dismissed me from care, saying that I seemed to have it under control. After about 3 years, give or take, I was able to drop the bulk of the treatment, opting for 200 i.u. of "E" a day instead and the cole slaw with lunch or dinner, or whenever I actually wanted some (thank the Lord, I was getting pretty darn sick of the stuff by that time!!). Got long-lasting relief from hyperthyroidism, though, and I have kept it for the better part of a decade now.

Vitamin "E" also came in handy to take the place of that hideous petroleum goop that my eye specialist used to give me to keep my eyes from drying out at night. (Please Note!!! -- Make absolutely sure to have very clean hands, and to use a new "E" capsule each and every time if you decide to try "E" as a bedtime eye drop, and know that a fresh diabetes lancet works well to pierce gel capsules, if you are interested.)"

05/04/2013: Cynthia from Montgomery, Al replies: "Hi, You and your son are severly iodine deficient. I was diagnosed with thyroiditis and have started on iodine, selinium and magnesium. You must take Vitamin D as well. You should look on the internet for Lugol's Iodine 5%. Start small with 1 drop in 8 oz of pure water for you per day. For your son 1 drop divided into 2 doses per day. Make the glass of 8 oz water with the 1 drop of iodine and give him half in the morning and the rest at dinnertime. Make sure to take your 200 mg selinium, 400 mg magnesium and vitamin D 5000 mg every day. After 1 week, you can go to 1.5 drops per day and also your son. You may feel tired as you are detoxing, if so take 1/4 spoon sea salt, grey is best, with 8 oz water to help get the release the toxins. You will both start to feel better, a lot better, very soon. It worked for me. I feel great and all the symptoms are gone. Please see this video, watch it all! I suggest that you get a pen and paper. Dr. Tenpenny will talk about all thyroid problems. Good luck to you and your son. God bless you both. Cynthia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMjKmi12UX0"

[YEA]  01/17/2006: Joanna from England: "hi, i suffered with weight gain and thinning hair, although blood tests showed borderline hypothyroidism i started taking sea kelp and at last my weight has slowly started to come off and as a plus my hair grows much thicker and quickly. i will take this supplement for life."

03/17/2009: Gail from Somewhere, in USA replies: "How much Kelp did you take?"

[YEA]  05/17/2008: Daniella from Beirut, Lebanon: "Carbicarb remedy which is a solution for many symptoms!! I had painful red itchy hands with pimples after working in the garden and i took 1/4 teaspoon of soda crystals (baking soda and sodium bicarbonate) in a glass of water the trademark is Tricel, made in the Netherlands, and in one hour the symptoms were gone. I also had running nose and the soda crystals dried my nose. My nose sometimes gets blocked and with daily use of soda crystals can return your nose to its normal condition and opened sinuses. Soda crystals does a lot! It helps my mother sleep easily, it alkalises your brain, helps your hypothalamus and help your exhausted adrenal glands to recover.This remedy and advice i got from Ted, he advised me to take daily soda crystals with a lot of water... It is helping my thyroid problem as well as i have hypothyroidism. I hope it will clean my liver too from the fats and clean it like it cleans a dirty plate. Thanx Ted for the great help you give with your advice as always. You are the best website!!! And Ted is the best! What do we do without Ted? What do we do without Earthclinic? We would probably die.. I am telling everyone i know how great Earthclinic is and they are checking your site."

[YEA]  07/08/2011: Laura from Logan, Ut: "When I was a teen my thyroid was so low that I had the highest TSH score my doctor had ever seen. He said my thyroid was most likely dead. I believed him for twenty years. After a lot of research, I was lead to try alternative methods and found a good "muscle tester". She said my body did NOT like my Rx, (Levothyroxin, but I had used Synthroid in the past with similar results being that I was still very symptomatic) and replaced it with a whole foods supplement. I was VERY wary about stopping my meds. I expected to see the exhaustion and mental fog I feel the next day when I accidently skip a dose, but I was shocked to see an INCREASE in energy and in my ability to focus mentally. I was able to sort clutter all day for four days straight in preperation for an upcoming move. This would have been a nightmare for me before. I have been off my medication and taking the supplements for over a month now and I feel so much better! The supplement I use for thyroid is called Thytrophin PMG and is made by Standard Process (www.standardprocess.com). It is very reasonably priced and it's all natural. It is supporting my body to make its own hormone which I never dreamed would be possible.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have muscle testing done to determine the needed dose. You can also learn to self test. It's actually pretty simple. The good news? My tester said it's pretty common that people can eventually stop taking the supplements once their bodies recieve the necessary nutritional support. I figure I will probably always have to check up on my thyroid and use this natural support on and off, but that's a far cry from a "dead" thyroid with lifelong Rx requiring blood work, etc.

I feel so good I can't even explain what this has done for me! PLEASE look into this. It's really true that you can get off your meds. Chiropractors are licensed to carry this, so they would be a good place to start."

07/09/2011: Loren from Queens, Ny replies: "Thanks Laura for this wonderful post. I heard a lot of Standard Process supplements but was always wary of using them because most of them contain animal products. I am especially scared of the ones that are made with beef. Do you know if this is an ingredient in the one you are using? I have been using meds for low thyroid for 2 years now and am dying to get off them. Also, how long were you on thyroid meds? Thank you so much once again for this wonderful post. It's people like you that make EC the place to be."

06/27/2009: Exp from Charlotte, N.C., U.S.A. replies: "SamLaunch...What amounts of each did you use, and how often did you take them! Please be much clearer! Also, others posting their results, please remember to give exact measurements, time of day, times taken each day, whether it was pills, liquid, tablets or what ever! This information request is stated on the "comments/contact us" page. Thank you for your post though."

06/28/2009: T from Maryland, USA replies: "SamLaunch's post is about HYPERthyroidism (such as Grave's Disease), not HYPOthyroidism. This is a very important distinction! One is overactive, the other underactive. People with HYPER-t should not necessarily be taking the same measures as those with HYPO-t or vice versa. Please be careful to make these distinctions both when posting and when reading the posts of others or doing research."

EC: Very true, thanks for pointing that out. Posts moved to correct section.

08/21/2009: Samlaunch from Knoxville, Tennessee replies: "Yes, of course. I had been cured of Grave's Disease by using a combination of: Co Q-10, Selenium, and L-Lysine. Since, I'm very happy and back to my normal athletic self I did some research on Selenium and found that one atom of Selenium combines with one atom of mercury to neutralize the affects of a lifetime of vaccine/shots. Mercury causes a myriad of problems including hypo/hyper-thyroid problems: Protein inhibition, Disruption of mitochondria function, Direct affect on ion exchange in a neuron, Disruption of neurotransmitters, Destruction of the structural framework of neurons. L-Lysine regulates hormones in the body. Hypo/Hyper, to me it is one-and-the-same: too little or too many hormones, the three vitamins listed can bring your system back to productive functioning. Of course, the way you eat and what you drink (good water) will aid in your recovery. I don't drink tap water because I think it is poisonous. Mercury also causes gray hair and makes a person sterile. Ted, I love you very much. The link you provided to Dr. Denham Harman's reasearch on Free Radicals provided the clue into my finding my very own personal cure. I began taking Co Q-10, L-Lysine and Selenium on June 7th, noticed a change within one week and it is now August; a total transformation during that time. The good news is: I won't need the Nuclear Medicine treatment of burning out my thyroid or an operation to remove my thyroid. I can keep it (my thyroid) in place, where it belongs!!!"

08/21/2009: Samlaunch from Knoxville, Tennessee replies: "Someone asked about how much was taken of each vitamin to cure my hyperthyroidism (Grave's Disease): one of each per day.

1. L-Lysine: 1 pill (500mg)
2. Selenium: 1 pill (200mcg)
3. Co Q-10: 1 pill (100mg)

The Selenium detoxified my system so that the Co Q-10 could do its' job of helping my mitochondria along. L-Lysine regulated my hormones. I should really stock up on those pills as there is mention of something called the CODEX: that will ban supplements as early as December 2009."

12/05/2009: Samlaunch from Knoxville, Tennessee replies: "Hyperthyroid: My Story

August 14, 2007: Hyperthyroidism begins. This condition came out of the blue (nowhere) and hit me hard.

January 1, 2008 thru June 7, 2009: Condition worsens. Can't stand for more than a few seconds without shaking, can't hold a pen/pencil without my hands shaking all over the place. No sleep for more than 1-hour. Eyes and neck bulging. High blood pressure, 130-beats per minute is my resting heart rate, hair thinning and falling out, and small bumps begin appearing all over my body.

At the beginning of June 2009, I read Ted's post that linked to Dr. Denham Harman and researched any article on Dr. Harman; especially the interviews. He mentions Co Q-10 and Selenium. This website (earthclinic) mentions L-Lysine to regulate hormones.

June 7, 2009, I begin taking the three vitamins: Co Q-10 (100mg), Selenium (200mcg), and L-Lysine (500mg). One pill of each is taken everyday. I began noticing a change; 3-days after beginning my personal vitamin regimen. From December 2007 thru June 2009, I visited my doctor and the nuclear medicine specialist. They suggested radiation treatment to burn out my thyroid.

Between June 7, 2009 and October 7, 2009; drastic improvements have taken place. In October, I've switched my toothpaste to non-fluoride and drink only non-fluoridated water. At this point, I'm thoroughly cured. My doctor tells me to quit taking vitamins and to come in for my thyroid destruction. I tell him to get lost and continue with the vitamins.

December 5, 2009: No more symptoms. Hair is looking good, skin is nice and smooth with no problems, sleeping nicely, heart rate is normal, eyes back to normal, and my neck has shrunk back to normal. I haven't changed my soda pop drinking habits and it's one vice I'd like to keep.

The drastic changes occurred with the three vitamins, and eliminating all fluoride intake. The biggest plus working for me is that I was always in shape before the hyperthyroidism hit so my heart could take the rapid pace; until the health reinforcements could be found. Anyway, Ted saved my life and this earthclinic website. I do owe them a gigantic debt. One more thing, I mix one teaspoon of baking soda in a glass with bottled water; to drink every so often."

12/06/2009: Saba from Mentor, Oh replies: "Question to Samlaunch from Knoxville, Tennessee - Are you taking any prescribed medication along with the vitamins or just the 3 vitamins ? Thank you."

02/22/2010: Fxdiva from Atlanta, Ga replies: "Samlaunch fron Knoxville, Tn - I wish you would come back and give us more detail about the hyperthyroidism cure.

Did you continue to take your perscribed medication while doing the Selenium, CoQ10 and L-lysine or did you stop? My thyroid is 4x faster than it should be and I just refuse to let them kill my thyroid. I've been on your vitamin workup for about a week now and my husband told me I was getting lighter [darkening of skin can be a side effect of hyperthyroidism] so the vitamins ARE doing something.

I tried coming off of my medication and my hyper symptoms started to reappear. I'm afraid to but am interested in trying to maybe double my dosage of vitamins by doing one in the morning and one in the evening to see if that will allow to discontinue the perscription. I'm on 4 - 50mg of PTU 4x day.

Your direction would be greatly appreciated."

[YEA]  04/14/2010: Fxdiva from Atlanta, Ga replies: "Oh my goodness, I can't even begin to tell you how much better I'm feeling!!! I've been on the suppliments now for exactly 8 weeks and it has made all the difference in my world.

I did double my dosage - same amounts, but one dose in the morning and one at night and I've been off my medication for 7 of the 8 weeks. The first thing I noticed was NO MORE heart palpitations or sweats. My thyroid shrunk almost immediately - I'd say within 24 to 48 hours, my breating and heartrate also slowed. My overall dispositioned improved considerably. I'm soooooooooo much happier these days and other "stuff" has started working better too ; )

I'll be going to the doctor to get my levels checked really soon, but I'm pretty sure that these suppliments are working 100 times better than my medication ever did. Even if I have to take this for the rest of my life, I'd rather take something natural than something perscribed.

And last but not least, all 3 suppliments combined cost around $20 for what ends up being a 2 month supply. Folks, you can't beat that with stick. . .

If you have HYPER thyroidism [Graves Disease], please don't hesitate to try this, you'll really be glad you did."

04/15/2010: Debbie from Okanogan, Wa replies: "this is to fixdiva, about hyper thyroid, hey I also have hyper thyroid, for more then 26 yrs, was suppose to have the radioactive iodine, but chickened out, I've been trying to find somthing that would help, i missed the message you wrote, about what you've been taking, could you write another post and let me know, thanks, and so glad its helping you, thankyou debbie"

04/22/2010: Fxdiva from Atlanta, Georgia replies: "Hi Debbie,

I'm taking the supplements that Sam Launch suggested, right above my first post: one each of CoQ-10 (100mg), Selenium (200mcg), and L-Lysine (500mg).

I started off doing one pill each, once a day and half of my medication. The first 48 hours that worked very well, but when I tried to come completely off of my meds the symptoms began to show up again.

So, I took a chance at coming completely off of my meds by taking one pill each of the supplements in the morning and then once again at night, works like a charm.

My thyroid is 4 times faster than it should be, so I show results very quickly. Give it a try and let us know how it works for you.

Good luck"

03/31/2011: Iwanttobehealed from El Paso, Tx, Usa replies: "Thanks for the info. I was diagnosed on new year's eve with hyperthyroidism with goiter. Because of the health care situation and lack of specialists in my area, I have yet to see the endocrinologist. So far the 4 general physicians I have seen told me I will need my thyroid gland removed and perhaps the goiter to be treated radioactively. This is my first time being attended/treated for any medical situation and it's definitely not easy. I'm not sure what all of my options are either. Everyone has told me the easy way to treat this is to remove the gland and that I will be on pills for the rest of my life. I've never had surgery before so you can understand how I am hesistant. I am looking to heal myself in natural ways. Can anyone give me any other advice? Right now the only medicine I was given is propranolol. Please help me, I don't know where to turn (websites, doctors, supplements, etc.)!"

03/31/2011: Wishingyouwell from Gentle Earth, Ks replies: "You might want to read a book called:

Living Well With Graves' Disease and Hyperthyroidism What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You... That You Need To Know

by Mary J. Shorman

You can check out reviews about it on Amazon.

Wishing all the best to you in your healing journey!"

04/01/2011: Bill from San Fernando, San Fernando, Philippines replies: "Hi Iwanttobehealed... If you take the recommended medical solution for your problem with hyperthyroidism, and have your thyroid removed, then you will be permanently hypothyroid and you will have no other option but to take synthetic thyroid hormones for the rest of your life.

But, in my opinion, you have other options that you should try first. Thyroidism is a huge subject, and I haven't got enough space to fully describe the reasons which are somehwat complex. But here is a short article on the simple use of Lugol's Iodine that completely explains it:

http://www.newswithviews.com/Howenstine/james37.htm

Here is a further interesting article that, in much more detail, describes the importance of mineral nutrient balance and how estrogen, cadmium, zinc and copper imbalances also play a definte role in thyroid disease.:

http://www.ithyroid.com/thyroid_theory.htm

And finally here are all the detailed research articles from The Iodine Project on the causes of thyroid problems, whose authors have discovered easier and less drastic ways of resolving thyroid problems -- including hypo- and hyper- thyroid problems -- using just larger dose lugol's iodine:

http://www.optimox.com/pics/Iodine/opt_Research_I.shtml

The Iodine Project is the most current independent research on the benefits of iodine that is ongoing. No doctor will recommend iodine as a cure for hypo- or hyper- thyroid conditions but the research simply speaks for itself.

It would seem to make sense to try these other options first before you decide to have such drastic surgery to remove your thyroid which will be irreversible."

07/01/2012: Violetto from Atlanta, Ga, United States replies: "Hi, I've been looking tirelessly for the "link [Ted] provided to Dr. Denham Harman's reasearch on Free Radicals provided the clue into my finding my very own personal cure." but I could not locate it. Would you mind giving me some pointers? I've looked through google search engines outside of the website and within the website and within several topics on every single page. It would be so much appreciated if you could point me to the right article.

Thanks a lot for the help."

EC: We didn't find a link from Ted either. Fortunately, Bill provided some resources on Dr. Denham at this link: http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/BHT.html#BHTO

[YEA]  03/08/2008: Jay Lo from Manila, Philippines: "HYPERTHYROIDISM In response with NAY question: Hi NAY, we have the same situation, I also took (50mcg of Euthyrox) for six months. I stopped using this medicine because my situation became worse. In short, the simple diagnose from June 2007 tripled in six months. Holistic medicine is a great remedy. I am not advertising these holistic medicines but it worked with me. If you have heard about the DXN products, these are best products that can cure lots of illnesses. Try using Ganocelium and Reishi Gano. Since you are from Thailand, you can check this out: DXN International (Thailand) Co. Ltd. 12/F BB Building Sukhumvit, 21 Asoke Rd, Klongtoey Neur Wattana, Bangkok. Tels: 00-6326875091-94. Email: dxnthai@dxnthai.co.ph. Tel: 006622040154-8. "

[YEA]  08/30/2007: Ann from Duncan, sc: "I have been using Turmeric for my inflammation for 2 years now and swear by it. I have an autoimmune disease which causes a lot of inflammation. I take 1 tablespoon a day and it keeps my swelling way down. I am now goiter free and do not need thyroid removal surgery. If I go off of it the swelling picks back up and my goiter returns. I have taken it in capsule form or by mixing it with water and swallowing fast!"

05/03/2011: Dixie Pearl from Tracy, California replies: "Thank you Ann From Duncan, for your posting, I too have a goiter, and I was told I need to have my thyroid removed, I will try the turmeric."

09/21/2011: Lauren from Queens, Ny: "This message is for Bill from San Fernando or anyone else with an answer. Why is it that everytime I try to wean myself off my thyroid meds I would do well for about ten days then its downhill from there? Usually I would attempt to do this when I do my labs and all my levels are where it should be but its always the same. I rarely eat junk food, watch my diet, take a multi vitamin, vit c, selenium, iodine religiously, but yet I can't seem to get off these meds. I have read so many success stories of people who have done this and am asking myself why can't I? If you can give me any input on this I would so be grateful. Also, is it normal for hypothyroid patients to feel breathless sometimes even when their labs are perfect? Thank you in advance for a prompt response and also for all your awesome posts. I always look forward to reading them!"

11/10/2010: Janice from Coloma, Mi: "Does anyone know anything about Wilson's disease or natural treatment for it?"