I'll start us off!
I'm a 59 year-old male. I've been diagnosed as hypothyroid/Hashimoto's for around 5 years. Until about 5 months ago I had been eating--for over 10 years--a low carb diet. I say "very" low carb, but not near zero. Right before I went to Peat Eating, I had combined my low carbing with a strongly raw diet. I suspect that kind of diet caused the hypothyroidism (which I think was present but undiagnosed for quite a while before the doctor spotted my extremely high TSH; didn't have a physical for a few years there).
I have no conclusive or dramatic "testimonial" to report at this point.
But I have noticed something encouraging.
About a month ago I started seeing my oral temperatures (liquid, mercury-free thermometer) steadily climb.
For years it would always be in the 97's--even down into the high 96's.
But for the last few weeks it has been coming up pretty soon after I wake,
into the mid-98's and even up to 99.
At first I thought I must have some low-grade infection,
but I had my blood checked and my antibodies were normal.
In fact, here this last week I had started having this peculiar feeling I've learned to recognize as
a signal that my thyroid medication (Armour) is "over-corrected"--too much hormone dosage.
The peculiar feeling I refer to is a distinctive kind of inability to sleep well, deeply, or even at all.
I have the sensation, when falling almost asleep, that I am slipping below the surface of the water
into sleep,
only to suddenly "bob" back up to the surface, with a bit of start.
I'm guessing I'm needing less thyroid hormone--haven't been able to schedule a blood test yet to confirm.
But it was driving me a little crazy so I stepped down my dosage
and have felt better and slept better.
I'm a 59 year-old male. I've been diagnosed as hypothyroid/Hashimoto's for around 5 years. Until about 5 months ago I had been eating--for over 10 years--a low carb diet. I say "very" low carb, but not near zero. Right before I went to Peat Eating, I had combined my low carbing with a strongly raw diet. I suspect that kind of diet caused the hypothyroidism (which I think was present but undiagnosed for quite a while before the doctor spotted my extremely high TSH; didn't have a physical for a few years there).
I have no conclusive or dramatic "testimonial" to report at this point.
But I have noticed something encouraging.
About a month ago I started seeing my oral temperatures (liquid, mercury-free thermometer) steadily climb.
For years it would always be in the 97's--even down into the high 96's.
But for the last few weeks it has been coming up pretty soon after I wake,
into the mid-98's and even up to 99.
At first I thought I must have some low-grade infection,
but I had my blood checked and my antibodies were normal.
In fact, here this last week I had started having this peculiar feeling I've learned to recognize as
a signal that my thyroid medication (Armour) is "over-corrected"--too much hormone dosage.
The peculiar feeling I refer to is a distinctive kind of inability to sleep well, deeply, or even at all.
I have the sensation, when falling almost asleep, that I am slipping below the surface of the water
into sleep,
only to suddenly "bob" back up to the surface, with a bit of start.
I'm guessing I'm needing less thyroid hormone--haven't been able to schedule a blood test yet to confirm.
But it was driving me a little crazy so I stepped down my dosage
and have felt better and slept better.