Hey my dearests,
I have been off the forum for a while trying to figure out my doses a.k.a continuing my elimination process, and I'm getting closer to the truth
Despite all the crap I had to go and still going through, I am really getting to know my body. Hopefully to the point that I'll save a lot of money on blood tests in near future
Maybe this will help someone out there.
*Managed to keep my vits stable on Floradix and high doses of vit D (8,000-12,000 units daily), my vit D, B12, folate, iron, ferritin are either excellent or vastly improving
* There is a lot of talks about being gluten dairy free. Well, that never reduced my antibodies or helped me in any way. I started to eat really good quality organic dairy and sourdough bread and I'm feeling better and happier
*My antibodies are down from 1000 to 700 many months now. Talked to a specialist professor who knows a tonne about selenium. We, Hashis, always almost will have higher than normal selenium levels, but that doesn't mean we are not deficient! He said that cut off range for Hashi is different. Effects of selenium on antibodies last 6 months.
*Going into ice cold Irish sea helps me to feel strong and alive
*If I want to have a pizza, I have one. I'm done with the self-sabotage, guilt and crap. It's time to live again.
*Focusing on doing something for someone is healing. Or at least it distracts you for a little while.
*Every single day, even in a fire and earthquake, I go to a cafe in the morning,drink coffee for my hypo morning and note how I feel today. Excellent when you need to check symptoms.
*Know that you are some sort of superhero. When I feel like crap, I still feed myself, walk, work and travel. Call it invisible illness or better, and much preferred, an invisible cape of awesomeness. You are alive. It's frickin hard, but once you come out of it,wow what a champion you'll be
*Trust yourself, your body. I now almost know all my patterns: before being overdosed, I become increasingly hypo, on adding t3 I feel extremely fatigued the first 3-7 days, high t4 does nothing for me, high t3 either, on both high and low can't sleep properly and stress, bloat, puff up , you name it.
*When you feel your doses don't work again and you have to take a step back, allow yourself to cry, throw something, break something, get drunk - because you are a human. Don't bottle it up. Then you pick yourself up once these emotions are out.
*If people doctors whoever tell you whatever, it doesn't matter, you are you, you know you and all you need is you.
Alrighty, and now back to lowering Levo and upping t3 business hugs x