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Hey everyone I'm usually not one to post personal questions like this but here it goes... I'm 22 and I has diagnosed with Hashi 2 years ago. It's been miserable trying to find a doctor that will help me but I've finally found a nurse practitioner willing to prescribe Armour. I've been on it a month and I'm feeling better but not great yet (but I have another appointment tomorrow so we'll see). Anyway enough background. Through all of this I've been able to tell that my libido has been lower than normal but it has never caused a significant problem. However a few weeks ago I started dating a really nice guy that I really like. He's wonderful and very attractive. Mentally I'm very attracted to him but my body doesn't seem to respond to him much at all. Have any of you experienced this or noticed this significant of a reaction (or non-reaction...) ?

Hello! Armour is not a good medication for you. Armour is made from desiccated pork thyroid. With Hashimoto's - your body is attacking your thyroid and will also react negatively to more thyroid being put into your body through Armour. You need synthetic hormone replacement. I have the same issue and take compounded synthetic T4 and T3 that my doctor prescribes specifically for me. Armour may make you feel better in the first couple of weeks, but it will eventually make you feel worse. Hopefully getting on the proper medication will help all of your issues. You should also get off gluten as that is also a complication that makes Hashimoto's worse. Please check out some of the articles I have written about this subject on the Thyroid Health here at BellaOnline. Good luck!!