On July 7, so 11 days ago I had some signs of undermedication both in labs and symptoms and started adding 1/4 grain Armour every morning to my regular dose. At first I noticed some slight improvement to energy. Night sweats went away almost entirely and sleep improved.
However, the last few days I am experiencing a great deal of fatigue. Is this part of the process? Is it too early to test to see if my numbers have perhaps worsened? Something feels so off!
As always, thank you.
When I raise I feel good for the first week. Then weeks 2 and 3 I feel dreadful. So much so that I sometimes drop the dose back down. Then of course, because I really needed the increase, I eventually have to go through it all again! Try to hang on for 6 weeks then do bloods and take it from there.
That’s reassuring. It’s been a while since I changed dosage so maybe that’s what happens to me too and I’ve just forgotten.
So well said. I couldn't agree with you more .It's exactly as you said . At first it feels great . Then I get a slop for about 2-3 weeks or so . It feels as if my body is trying to acclimate to the new dose change till it levels out. Then it either starts feeling better and better or worse. I find that Journaling my symptoms helps me find my optimal. Slow and steady wins the race.
Hey there again :
Do you have any current readings for your core strength vitamins and minerals as I seem to remember around a year ago these all being non optimal and talk of absorption issues and first needing repair and heal the gut, and the suggestion of cutting out gluten and checking for other food intolerances such as dairy, wheat etc :
Are you still on mostly T4 and just adding in a little Armour ?
No thyroid hormone replacement works well until your core strength vitamins and minerals are up and maintained at optimal levels :
Nutrient have creeped up but from clinically low to subclinically low…I’ve been gluten free for years except that I had to eat some for about a month to do celiac testing about a year ago. Every test showed I was not celiac, even the very expensive one that holistic doctor did. I mostly avoid dairy with the occasional exception. Only sign of celiac were some intestinal villi with Intraepithelial lymphocytosis in my upper endoscopy. Still working on that.
Yes, just added more Armour, so now on 88 mcg Synthroid and 3/4 grain Armour. I think raising Estradiol is what’s caused me to become more hypo.
Several years ago my T3 spiked too high and I had hyper symptoms when on Armour only. That’s why I take a combo. Cytomel has been attempted twice over the years with bad results. I am willing to try again, but this is why I am on the unconventional regimen that we see here today.
Raising the dose
Will lowering T3 dose raise TSH?
Gluten free. What to expect
What to expect from T3?
Dose raise
