"Bought an 11kg big jackfruit in Thailand. Ate most of it over 2 days until got a sudden very intense migraine and sharp pain in thigh, throat started swelling, eyes swelling, and my sinuses completely blocked! 2 days later and my nose is stilled…"

"Tooootaly! So unattractive to me now"

"Oh crap! I just remembered I did in fact wean myself off over a few weeks...prob around 4-6wks. But I was on a very high dose. I wanted to quit cold turkey but decided to wean, although a few weeks I would say is very fast weaning"

"I'm.soooo pleased ur mums arthritis has healed. My mum has it very bad in hands...makes me very sad. She is a butcher :( and eats mostly meat n dairy and not much else. Unfortunately she wont change that, it underpins too much of her life n she is…"

"Yeh it is well known that arthritis can b resolved on a vegan diet"

"I agree though that a lot of ppl are not capable of doing this themselves. My mum for example has no idea what she is taking or what it really does lol. She would def fall into this category"

"I would also like to add that I am now in the lower normal range for t4! They didnt test t3, but Im not really bothered about the tests anyway as I can tell I'm doing great and steadily improving over time. i feel so better now than I ever have in…"

"Like vegan_v said it takes weeks for the level in ur body to actually drop so its more important to b attentive to how u feel over time. Realising there is a long lag."

"I was on around 300mcg a day thryroxine which is very high, I quit cold turkey and my doc was supportive. He was a conventional medical doctor who specialised in thyroids. He was just on hand if i needed him. Yes u have to b careful with these meds…"

"I was on loads of thyroid meds for years.. Maybe 10 years. I quit cold turkey. Hasnt been easy at all but so worth it. The meds suppress ur thyroid function and so u have to stop taking them for it to start working again and this is not a quick…"