Doc Sandoz
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I am 66 years old and discovered Ray Peat two months ago. Since then I've been off PUFA, eating coconut oil, drank my last Diet Coke and am generally trying to follow a more or less Ray Peat food regime. I suspect I have low thyroid. Temperature never gets above 98, most often its around 97.4.
Today I had a strange new experience while walking. I suddenly started sweating profusely, mostly from the head and shoulders, while at the same time feeling light-headed, almost dizzy and nearly needed to sit down but then the feeling eased a bit. When I got home my temperature was 93.6. Over the course of an hour and after some OJ, it has come back up, now 96.6.
Background: Yesterday I took for the first time in years Vit D, a tiny dose (10 mcg), because it had caused tremendous stress and anxiety when I tried it before. Even this low dose did the same thing again lasting into today. Then I found on this forum that such a reaction could be a sign of low Mg, so I took 400 mg of that and voila, anxiety gone in minutes. Later, I bagged my hand - that has a mild case of psoriasis - in a bath of pure CO2 for an hour. I had a small dose of coconut oil at dinner. Then the walk.
The drop in body temperature and sweating almost seems like hypoglycemia, as I have a friend that has it and have seen the results. But I have never in my life been hypoglycemic and I had eaten just two hours before. Then I thought maybe this was caused by the suspected thyroid deficiency, but I have not been able to find a similar experience on the forum or described in Ray's articles, interviews etc. I am wondering if someone has had these symptoms as a sign of hypothyroidism. Any thoughts that might help with diagnosis are most welcome.
Today I had a strange new experience while walking. I suddenly started sweating profusely, mostly from the head and shoulders, while at the same time feeling light-headed, almost dizzy and nearly needed to sit down but then the feeling eased a bit. When I got home my temperature was 93.6. Over the course of an hour and after some OJ, it has come back up, now 96.6.
Background: Yesterday I took for the first time in years Vit D, a tiny dose (10 mcg), because it had caused tremendous stress and anxiety when I tried it before. Even this low dose did the same thing again lasting into today. Then I found on this forum that such a reaction could be a sign of low Mg, so I took 400 mg of that and voila, anxiety gone in minutes. Later, I bagged my hand - that has a mild case of psoriasis - in a bath of pure CO2 for an hour. I had a small dose of coconut oil at dinner. Then the walk.
The drop in body temperature and sweating almost seems like hypoglycemia, as I have a friend that has it and have seen the results. But I have never in my life been hypoglycemic and I had eaten just two hours before. Then I thought maybe this was caused by the suspected thyroid deficiency, but I have not been able to find a similar experience on the forum or described in Ray's articles, interviews etc. I am wondering if someone has had these symptoms as a sign of hypothyroidism. Any thoughts that might help with diagnosis are most welcome.