CaliforniaKat
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- Sep 11, 2015
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I'm exhausted. Too many things have happened in the last year to list, so I'll start with that. I'm exhausted.
My temps are in the mid-97's during the day. Waking temp is 97.0 most days. Pulse is low 60s and sometimes 50s overnight. I do take 2 grains of Armour. My HMO doc just switched it to Acella NT without talking to me about it and the temp drop corresponds roughly to the time of the switch. I have a cortisol test done and will get results later this week. I'm impatient to feel better but feel like there are too many moving parts to keep track of. I've written about some on other threads here.
Here are the big 3-4. I'm weaning off of Gabapentin. I'm at 300 mg now, was on 700 in July. Dropping 100 mg every 2 weeks. I'm taking 7.5 mg of Mirtazapine. Both are taken at night. I want off both but have to wean one at a time. I had high cortisol at 3 points of the day on last cortisol test in Feb 2018.
I'm 5'7 and weigh 196 pounds. I'd like to be thinner, but got here after a stint of keto and 55 pound weight loss. The other 30ish pounds can wait a few months. I just don't want to gain...
Right now I eat beef, some chicken here and there, CO, dark chocolate, milk, cream, cheese, fruit, zome fruit-vegetables, some gelatin, and potatoes here and there. Rarely fruit juice or ice cream. Rarely grains, though will eat rice occasionally. Decaf coffee for now until I'm done weaning meds.
I am currently taking iron in the form of blackstrap molasses pills from Swanson's. My ferritin is low (like 15) and I have heavy periods. The rest of my iron labs looked ok. Labs were posted in the bloodwork part of the forum. I wonder if I am still under medicated for thyroid?
Right now I am taking things a day at a time. Hopefully cortisol results will be of some help on Thursday. I wish there was a Peat-friendly doc where I live. *sigh*
I know I sound defeated and I hate it. I just want to feel better, like many of us here. One day at a time I can do this. It is what I have to keep telling myself.
My temps are in the mid-97's during the day. Waking temp is 97.0 most days. Pulse is low 60s and sometimes 50s overnight. I do take 2 grains of Armour. My HMO doc just switched it to Acella NT without talking to me about it and the temp drop corresponds roughly to the time of the switch. I have a cortisol test done and will get results later this week. I'm impatient to feel better but feel like there are too many moving parts to keep track of. I've written about some on other threads here.
Here are the big 3-4. I'm weaning off of Gabapentin. I'm at 300 mg now, was on 700 in July. Dropping 100 mg every 2 weeks. I'm taking 7.5 mg of Mirtazapine. Both are taken at night. I want off both but have to wean one at a time. I had high cortisol at 3 points of the day on last cortisol test in Feb 2018.
I'm 5'7 and weigh 196 pounds. I'd like to be thinner, but got here after a stint of keto and 55 pound weight loss. The other 30ish pounds can wait a few months. I just don't want to gain...
Right now I eat beef, some chicken here and there, CO, dark chocolate, milk, cream, cheese, fruit, zome fruit-vegetables, some gelatin, and potatoes here and there. Rarely fruit juice or ice cream. Rarely grains, though will eat rice occasionally. Decaf coffee for now until I'm done weaning meds.
I am currently taking iron in the form of blackstrap molasses pills from Swanson's. My ferritin is low (like 15) and I have heavy periods. The rest of my iron labs looked ok. Labs were posted in the bloodwork part of the forum. I wonder if I am still under medicated for thyroid?
Right now I am taking things a day at a time. Hopefully cortisol results will be of some help on Thursday. I wish there was a Peat-friendly doc where I live. *sigh*
I know I sound defeated and I hate it. I just want to feel better, like many of us here. One day at a time I can do this. It is what I have to keep telling myself.