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Spacehoppa
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Re: Estrogen Dominance, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fibromyalgia..
Thanks Charlie and birdie, for the nice comments about the videos. I'm often wrong, and I'm not a doctor, so I'm painfully aware of the 'duffness' of the information I often give out. I do my best through the brain fog. Mostly, the videos are just for me as a diary of what happened, so I can go back and figure out what was working and what wasn't and hopefully, if I'm lucky, why.
My thyroid supplement is from Natural Sources and is pure bovine glandular. I'm so new to this I really don't know what I'm doing with regard to my thyroid. I'm of the try anything school of thought, so having some odd symptoms doesn't trouble me too much. I am my own experiment! Having said that, I have reduced the dose from one whole pill in split doses (one pill is a whopping 390mg) to more like a quarter pill per day. Two reasons, one is I did get kind of a pounding heart in bed at night, and I already have a rapid pulse, though high normal blood pressure. I think the rapid pulse is due to high levels of inflammation rather than being hyperthyroid.
The other reasoni dropped the dose is because I emailed Ray Peat and he sent me a couple of wonderful replies (what a great guy). Basially he said that the dose will build up over the course of a couple of weeks in its effect, so that dose may be too high for me. Could that be what happened to you Charlie?
I'll post up his replies if anyone's interested, but they're on a different PC downstairs at the moment.
I also asked him about how to increase my cholesterol levels, and selenium figured prominently in his reply. Fascinating stuff as always.
Anyhoo, I am currently laid low with a flu type bug. I probably succumbed because of the huge steroid drop. I dropped from 8mg to nothing, and then went back up to 1mg his week. I'm contemplating returning back to a higher dose, maybe 2 or 3 mg... Not sure at the moment, but as soon as my estrogen starts rising again, I will be in arthritis flare hell.
Kids jumping all over bed... Must go... Thanks for the support guys... Much appreciated.
Thanks Charlie and birdie, for the nice comments about the videos. I'm often wrong, and I'm not a doctor, so I'm painfully aware of the 'duffness' of the information I often give out. I do my best through the brain fog. Mostly, the videos are just for me as a diary of what happened, so I can go back and figure out what was working and what wasn't and hopefully, if I'm lucky, why.
My thyroid supplement is from Natural Sources and is pure bovine glandular. I'm so new to this I really don't know what I'm doing with regard to my thyroid. I'm of the try anything school of thought, so having some odd symptoms doesn't trouble me too much. I am my own experiment! Having said that, I have reduced the dose from one whole pill in split doses (one pill is a whopping 390mg) to more like a quarter pill per day. Two reasons, one is I did get kind of a pounding heart in bed at night, and I already have a rapid pulse, though high normal blood pressure. I think the rapid pulse is due to high levels of inflammation rather than being hyperthyroid.
The other reasoni dropped the dose is because I emailed Ray Peat and he sent me a couple of wonderful replies (what a great guy). Basially he said that the dose will build up over the course of a couple of weeks in its effect, so that dose may be too high for me. Could that be what happened to you Charlie?
I'll post up his replies if anyone's interested, but they're on a different PC downstairs at the moment.
I also asked him about how to increase my cholesterol levels, and selenium figured prominently in his reply. Fascinating stuff as always.
Anyhoo, I am currently laid low with a flu type bug. I probably succumbed because of the huge steroid drop. I dropped from 8mg to nothing, and then went back up to 1mg his week. I'm contemplating returning back to a higher dose, maybe 2 or 3 mg... Not sure at the moment, but as soon as my estrogen starts rising again, I will be in arthritis flare hell.
Kids jumping all over bed... Must go... Thanks for the support guys... Much appreciated.