Hi there,
I've been lurking on this forum for a while and have finally got round to posting.
I've been peating for about 2 months now although I have had some of peat's recommendations in place for the last 3 years - mainly no pufas and lots of gelatin/lower muscle meat. I have had undiagnosed thyroid problems for many years, about 4 years ago I could barely function and ended up emptying my savings to pay for a private doctor and blood tests. This showed up an RT3 problem which I treated with cytomel (although I can''t say I felt amazing on it, better but still low energy). When I became pregnant I gradually weaned off cytomel and actually felt a lot better while I was pregnant - maybe just as I had more hormones. I thought I was much better and that my hypo symptoms were a thing of the past, however they have gradually sneaked back up on me and with the return of my menstrual cycle I feel terrible again - I also believe I have estrogen dominance - the 2 weeks from ovulation to menstruation are terrible - I'm irritable, anxious, bloated, with very sore breasts (I used progesterone cream the last 2 months but it didn't help at all, maybe made it worse, I've ordered some progest e). My temps average throughout the day at 34.3 - 34.9 c (93.7 - 95 f), I actually didn't believe my thermometer but I tested it on a friend and her reading was a healthy 36.9 c.
I started NDT 6 weeks ago, beginning at 1 grain and increasing half a grain every 2 weeks, I'm due to increase again in 2 days which would make 2 grains. My reason for posting is that I'm not really seeing any improvement and I wondered weather it should take so long - my temps are the same, for the first 2 weeks I felt the brain fog had lifted and I was a little less fatigued but now I feel as bad as when I began. (I'm also taking vitamin e, aspirin, coconut oil and following ray peats eating suggestions as best I can).
I suppose my question is is it normal for it to take a few months to see an improvement. I'm worried the dreaded rt3 is back and that maybe instead of raising my ndt I should add in some cytomel (I still have some from last time) I wish I could afford to get tested again but unfortunately I can't. Just wondered if anyone had had a similar experience. I'm a single mother with a very energetic toddler, I really can't manage with this fatigue much longer!
I've been lurking on this forum for a while and have finally got round to posting.
I've been peating for about 2 months now although I have had some of peat's recommendations in place for the last 3 years - mainly no pufas and lots of gelatin/lower muscle meat. I have had undiagnosed thyroid problems for many years, about 4 years ago I could barely function and ended up emptying my savings to pay for a private doctor and blood tests. This showed up an RT3 problem which I treated with cytomel (although I can''t say I felt amazing on it, better but still low energy). When I became pregnant I gradually weaned off cytomel and actually felt a lot better while I was pregnant - maybe just as I had more hormones. I thought I was much better and that my hypo symptoms were a thing of the past, however they have gradually sneaked back up on me and with the return of my menstrual cycle I feel terrible again - I also believe I have estrogen dominance - the 2 weeks from ovulation to menstruation are terrible - I'm irritable, anxious, bloated, with very sore breasts (I used progesterone cream the last 2 months but it didn't help at all, maybe made it worse, I've ordered some progest e). My temps average throughout the day at 34.3 - 34.9 c (93.7 - 95 f), I actually didn't believe my thermometer but I tested it on a friend and her reading was a healthy 36.9 c.
I started NDT 6 weeks ago, beginning at 1 grain and increasing half a grain every 2 weeks, I'm due to increase again in 2 days which would make 2 grains. My reason for posting is that I'm not really seeing any improvement and I wondered weather it should take so long - my temps are the same, for the first 2 weeks I felt the brain fog had lifted and I was a little less fatigued but now I feel as bad as when I began. (I'm also taking vitamin e, aspirin, coconut oil and following ray peats eating suggestions as best I can).
I suppose my question is is it normal for it to take a few months to see an improvement. I'm worried the dreaded rt3 is back and that maybe instead of raising my ndt I should add in some cytomel (I still have some from last time) I wish I could afford to get tested again but unfortunately I can't. Just wondered if anyone had had a similar experience. I'm a single mother with a very energetic toddler, I really can't manage with this fatigue much longer!