Hello all,
I wonder if any of you have opinions about this. Any suggestions or references are welcomed.
- Short story: After months of Peat eating (no thyroid supplements yet), I have high TSH (5.66 mU/L) but "normal" free T4 (17.2 pmol/L).
- Long story: I'm a male of 26, I have suffered from low energy and insomnia all my life (other frequent symptoms: brain fog, acne, poor coordination, stress). It appears like I have textbook symptoms of hypothyroidism, but what is unusual is that I've had them so early in life, as far as I can remember. I tried to cure myself, did some bad experiments: a few years of SSRI medication for insomnia (which worked in putting me asleep, but made me very drowsy during the day), and Paleo diet for a year.
A few months ago, I read Peat's articles and followed his diet strictly. Within days I noticed more energy, a body volume increase (mainly muscles) and a libido level comparable if not higher than that of my teens. However, I still suffer from energy problems and feel considerably more tired than a healthy person.
My pulse looks normal (around 80) but my oral temperature is low - I almost never ever hit 86.6 during the day, I'm usually at 97.7. I did a blood test this week with only TSH, free T4 and antibodies: my TSH is very high (5.66 mU/L) but my T4 seems in the normal range (17.2 pmol/L) and so is my thyroid peroxidase antibodies (<35 IU/mL, normal range: < 60 IU/mL). Before I did the Peat diet, I had a blood test indicating a TSH of 3.6 - I am surprised that the TSH increased on the Peat diet because I feel better now, although I still have low temperature and major energy problems.
I plan to start supplementing on cynomel/cynoplus.
I wonder if any of you have opinions about this. Any suggestions or references are welcomed.
- Short story: After months of Peat eating (no thyroid supplements yet), I have high TSH (5.66 mU/L) but "normal" free T4 (17.2 pmol/L).
- Long story: I'm a male of 26, I have suffered from low energy and insomnia all my life (other frequent symptoms: brain fog, acne, poor coordination, stress). It appears like I have textbook symptoms of hypothyroidism, but what is unusual is that I've had them so early in life, as far as I can remember. I tried to cure myself, did some bad experiments: a few years of SSRI medication for insomnia (which worked in putting me asleep, but made me very drowsy during the day), and Paleo diet for a year.
A few months ago, I read Peat's articles and followed his diet strictly. Within days I noticed more energy, a body volume increase (mainly muscles) and a libido level comparable if not higher than that of my teens. However, I still suffer from energy problems and feel considerably more tired than a healthy person.
My pulse looks normal (around 80) but my oral temperature is low - I almost never ever hit 86.6 during the day, I'm usually at 97.7. I did a blood test this week with only TSH, free T4 and antibodies: my TSH is very high (5.66 mU/L) but my T4 seems in the normal range (17.2 pmol/L) and so is my thyroid peroxidase antibodies (<35 IU/mL, normal range: < 60 IU/mL). Before I did the Peat diet, I had a blood test indicating a TSH of 3.6 - I am surprised that the TSH increased on the Peat diet because I feel better now, although I still have low temperature and major energy problems.
I plan to start supplementing on cynomel/cynoplus.