kamaladasi
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Hi I'm from Australia and have hashimotos and the antibodies for graves and adrenal issues (I think).
The docs in Australia are useless at helping thyroid patients so I have used alternative treatments wherever possible. I take dessicated thyroid (2 grains per day) and b12, vit d and on and off iron, magnesium, zinc.
I have just recently started having phone consultations with a doc in America who is helping me manage my thyroid meds and supplements as I have been doing this on my own. This doc prescribed me selenium, b1 b2 b3 b5 b6 b12 biotin, vit d, coq10, iron, a adrenal support and pregnenolone 25mg daily. I started taking the pregnenolone but was feeling very angry and full of rage at times so I jumped on the net and started looking into pregnenolone a bit more. I found a lot of people saying to only use very small doses and no more then 10mg so I got a little scared and have been taking half the dose by opening the capsule and roughly taking half. I feel better from this but not entirely and its hard to know if its a case of mind over matter as I read the large doses can be dangerous and panic a little.
So I'm hoping someone can tell me if I should have just stayed on the 25mg and the side effects would have gone or if I should stay on a lower dose. It would also be helpful if someone could inform me about what to do with body temps and pulse? I have 3 young children and have trouble finding the time to sift through information.
I am 30 years old and in the past year I have put on 7-10kg ( I weigh 70kg) and feel like I have a lot less strength and stamina then I used to. I have always been a vegetarian from birth and have been mostly gluten free for 4 years (my dads a ceoliac) and I have just finally gone dairy free. I make most of my food myself from scratch but still use staples (such as tin tomatoes, almond meal, some tin lentils, tin kidney beans etc) and some gf bread here and there.
I'm new at this forum and not very good with computers so hopefully I have posted this in the right location.
Warm regards
Kamaladasi
The docs in Australia are useless at helping thyroid patients so I have used alternative treatments wherever possible. I take dessicated thyroid (2 grains per day) and b12, vit d and on and off iron, magnesium, zinc.
I have just recently started having phone consultations with a doc in America who is helping me manage my thyroid meds and supplements as I have been doing this on my own. This doc prescribed me selenium, b1 b2 b3 b5 b6 b12 biotin, vit d, coq10, iron, a adrenal support and pregnenolone 25mg daily. I started taking the pregnenolone but was feeling very angry and full of rage at times so I jumped on the net and started looking into pregnenolone a bit more. I found a lot of people saying to only use very small doses and no more then 10mg so I got a little scared and have been taking half the dose by opening the capsule and roughly taking half. I feel better from this but not entirely and its hard to know if its a case of mind over matter as I read the large doses can be dangerous and panic a little.
So I'm hoping someone can tell me if I should have just stayed on the 25mg and the side effects would have gone or if I should stay on a lower dose. It would also be helpful if someone could inform me about what to do with body temps and pulse? I have 3 young children and have trouble finding the time to sift through information.
I am 30 years old and in the past year I have put on 7-10kg ( I weigh 70kg) and feel like I have a lot less strength and stamina then I used to. I have always been a vegetarian from birth and have been mostly gluten free for 4 years (my dads a ceoliac) and I have just finally gone dairy free. I make most of my food myself from scratch but still use staples (such as tin tomatoes, almond meal, some tin lentils, tin kidney beans etc) and some gf bread here and there.
I'm new at this forum and not very good with computers so hopefully I have posted this in the right location.
Warm regards
Kamaladasi