Vicious Cycles in Fibromyalgia and CFS - Part 1

Leaky Gut, The Sympathetic Nervous SystemCFS and Fibromyalgia doctors and patients know
and the Hypothalamic Pituitary Axis.that whatever is happening with the HPA,
I have talked in great detail about the effects ofincreasing thyroid hormones is an extremely
failed lymphatic function and the vicious cycle ofeffective method of restoring normal function to
mitochondrial failure that are the foundation of thedamaged mitochondria and most importantly it
ill effects of the fatigue illnesses, Fibromyalgia andmakes sufferers "feel" better.
CFS.It also acts quickly to arrest the vicious cycle of
What is encouraging for CFS and Fibromyalgiadecline that CFS and Fibromyalgia sufferers
sufferers has to be the continued advance ofexperience.
science and research often by practitioners whoAfter so many years living in the shadowlands this
have first hand experience and a particularis often enough for many sufferers to move
interest in treating these illnesses.onto thyroxine replacement and if this is
The Thyroid Factor.ineffective due to poor enzymatic conversion of
As part of the multifactorial failures we see inT4 to T3, you should then try Armour Thyroid or
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue sufferers,equivalent.
ultimately, a lack of Thyroxine T4 andAgain in the muddy waters of thyroid
Triiodothyronine T3 appears to play a large part inreplacement therapy Armour Thyroid itself is also
preventing effective repair and recovery of thethe subject of various heated debates within the
mitochondria themselves.medical profession.
T3 is the active form of thyroid hormone, theArmour thyroid is made directly from desiccated
form that can be efficiently utilized by the bodypigs thyroid glands but there are theories that
and is up to 20 times more bio available than T4.Armour Thyroid pills cannot guarantee an
T4 is generated directly by the thyroid glandabsolutely precise prescription dose of the
under orders from the pituitary and hypothalamus.required hormones within every single pill.
T4 entering the bloodstream is converted to T3Armour Thyroid has been used to treat thyroid
partly by the tissues surrounding the thyroidpatients successfully in different forms for
gland, but largely by the liver.hundreds of years and taking a physiological does
There is particular interest concerning CFS andof both hormones works better for the majority
Fibromyalgia sufferers in a type ofof thyroid patients rather than the synthetic
hypothyroidism caused by the lack of an enzymeversions that the pharmaceutical companies
that is involved in the conversion of T4 into T3.produce.
Without this enzyme it can be seen that adequateIt is blatantly obvious that the pharmaceutical
T4 may be produced by the thyroid but this canindustry has rather a lot to gain by pushing for
fail to convert into T3, the form that the bodyabolition of Armour Thyroid, a superior natural
can actually use.alternative which they cannot licence and profit
The muscles in particular are readily affected by afrom, as oppose to their synthetic pharmaceutical
lack of T3 in many Fibromyalgia sufferers.versions.
Without adequate T3 the mitochondriaCFS and Fibromyalgia sufferers may conclude
themselves have inadequate oxygen to allow theincorrectly that thyroid deficiency is at the heart
mitochondrial cell walls to return to normalof their illness and take a course of action purely
function.aimed at restoring thyroid function.
This means that patients who are undergoingThis strategy alone is inadequate:
manual lymphatic treatment to reduce internalNew research from Dr Meirlier at Protea
toxicity while simultaneously attempting to restoreBiopharma in Holland reveals what is yet another
mitochondrial function with the metabolic protocolvicious cycle leading to the multitude of knock on
and supplements can be left short of fulleffects that we see so often in CFS and
recovery.Fibromyalgia patients.
The treatment option at this stage is basically toThese are the vicious cycles that result ultimately
add in levothyroxine T4 and/ or Armour Thyroid.in the baffling array of symptoms that patients
With thyroid replacement therapy there are reallypresent and which in turn makes treatment so
only 2 options.complicated, difficult and baffling for doctors and
. T4 - Levothyroxine.therapists.
. T3/T4 combination - Armour Thyroid.But we are getting ever closer to understanding
Adding in thyroxine in this way you are replacingthe core system insults and failures and so
the natural thyroid that is produced by your owndeveloping treatment strategies based on real
thyroid gland but you can control the levels moreorganic changes in the body.
accurately with the thyroid replacement.This latest research is particularly welcome and
But what is the true aetiology of these thyroiddovetails with my vicious cycle of fatigue theory.
deficiencies?In the rest of this 4 part series i examine the
Is adding in extra T3/T4 a really effectivenew research that shows how a highly toxic gas
strategy?is implicated in these illnesses.
There is a long tiresome debate concerningThis gas can have a negative knock on effect on
thyroid replacement treatment methodology.many other organ systems, and I detail how to
Traditional endocrinologists argue that treating atreat, prevent, and repair the damage and
thyroid that is not truly damaged but is receivingrestore CFS and Fibromyalgia sufferers to full
incorrect data from the hypothalamic/ pituitaryhealth.
axis is dangerous and illogical.