So, got a question for anybody who reads this blog…
I am hypothyroid, have been so for many years; it runs in my family.
Stoneleigh over at The Automatic Earth says that pharmaceuticals will be unavailable in probably 5 years, due to economic collapse and the lack of infrastructure to get meds, even were they made, to the places where they will be used. That leaves me with about 3 years of living after I quit taking my thyroid meds going by my mother’s example.
What do you all suggest for avoiding my possibly premature death? I’m not sure I can stockpile this, I get it directly from my doctor who gets it from Canada — which incidentally is the only place it’s made (Armour Thyroid, it’s not synthetic like Synthroid and contains both T3 and T4 unlike Synthroid).
Anybody ever heard of repairing a thyroid that’s gone kaput?
The Tin Foil Hat Society 
Hi- I don’t know how long thyroid supplement can be stored, but I bet it’s a long time in an unsealed container. Perhaps your doctor can write you a prescription for a 6-12 months worth, get that Rx filled and just keep it with the emergency supplies. Natural thyroid comes from a critter (swine I think), so I imagine down the road somebody would think about medicines derived from animal tissues, and save the parts needed to come up with some substitute.
Ew. That is not an issue that I envy at all. No answers TFHS – just empathy.
Have you tried researching any of Dr. Weil’s stuff? I know he’s really a proponent of alternative medicine. He used to teach at the university in Tucson, don’t know if he still does. http://www.drweil.com/drw/ecs/ask_dr_weil/index.html
I’ll keep your question in mind.
Blessings,
Julia
Thanks Julia!
I went to the site and there appears to be no ‘cure’ for an underactive thyroid; there is however a synthetic thyroid medication comparable to Armour thyroid that I can possibly get a prescription for and throw in the freezer.