Stopped taking thyroid medication and......

Please call your doctor
You need some type of Thyroid replacement therapy. You can't live without a thyroid or some type of supplement. The Thyroid controls your metabolism, energy, etc. Eventually you will run out of the thyroid hormones in your body and will become totally hypothyroid!! Run.....don't walk and call your doctor and have them do something to adjust your meds. Your next set of blood work will not be as good! Thyroid hormones control so much in your body and you can't function without them!!

Here is what your thyroid gland does: The function of the thyroid gland is to take iodine, found in many foods, and convert it into thyroid hormones: thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). Thyroid cells are the only cells in the body which can absorb iodine. These cells combine iodine and the amino acid tyrosine to make T3 and T4. T3 and T4 are then released into the blood stream and are transported throughout the body where they control metabolism (conversion of oxygen and calories to energy). Every cell in the body depends upon thyroid hormones for regulation of their metabolism. The normal thyroid gland produces about 80% T4 and about 20% T3, however, T3 possesses about four times the hormone "strength" as T4. The thyroid gland also produces calcitonin, which participates in the regulation of parathormone and phosphate metabolism in the bones. Calcitonin also acts to regulate calcium levels in our bodies. Low calcium levels in the blood will inhibit the calcitonin output. Our sex glands, parathyroid glands, pituitary gland and our bodies metabolism are influenced by our thyroid gland function. Please either put yourself back on medication or call your doctor and tell them what you have done!! You cannot live without any type of thyroid supplement since you have no thyroid gland!

Did you have a TT? I have a
Did you have a TT? I have a FNA dx of Hurthle cell neoplasm. You are the first person I have seen that reported having an adenoma as opposed to malignancy. I have Hasimotos DX and I felt horrible on synthroid. It took many years to find a docotr who listened and then put me on Armour. I found out recently I also have a very high reverse T3 ratio which causes a whole host of problems where T4 (like synthroid) can not be absorbed by the body causing all kinds of hypo symptoms & other problems. I had to ask for these tests to be done by my GP doctor, who then had to insist the lab run them as ordered. But anyway, it sounds like you need thyroid medication of some kind. I felt over 100 times better going off of Synthroid and onto Armour, I'm just still not great. Maybe my situation has to do with what is going on in my thyroid (still have it until surgery). Please try to find a doctor who understands that synthroid and it's varieties of T4 only, is not for everyone, and is willing to do more than the normal thyroid tests and prescribe natural thyroid medication, if you need it. I had to drive several hours to see a doctor like this (holistic MD) back in 2004, and pay out of pocket, but it was very well worth it! I know a ton of people who went from horrible, to almost better, with just with the change in medication. I hope this helps! Lois

weberdns said:

Actually with a Hurthle cell neoplasm you have
a 30% chance of it being malignant, and a 70% chance of it being benign according to my surgeon, but without removal and examination of the total tumor they don't know which it is.

wouldn't it be great to have more information?
I can't believe how varied all the information is on Hurthle cell. I have read it varies from 15&-65% with a FNA biopsy. The ATA 2009 thyroid nodules guidelines state: "Indeterminate cytology, reported as "follicular neoplam" or "hurthle cell neoplasm" can be found in 15-30% of FNA specimens and carries a 20-30% risk of malignancy.
It worries me that I am finding a lot about this on my own. I have over 8 nodules, most have not been biopsied. I am not feeling well and the stress of waiting to know has not helped at all! In the same article from the ATA - it goes on to discuss the advantages of FDG-PET scanning -"it has been utilized to distinguish those indeterminate nodules that are benign from those that are maglignant". "FDG-PET scans appear to have relatively high sensitivity for malignancy but low specificity, (I wonder, they can't tell what type of malignancy?) but results vary among studies."
Lois