I'm out.

[answersfound]

I've made the decision to no longer visit this forum. I thank everyone for their contributions and help when I had questions. But I find that the forum is not serving me well. Reading all the posts just leaves me extremely overwhelmed. There are millions of hypothyroid patients that recover successfully and have never heard of Ray Peat. I will still incorporate all the Ray Peat principles in my life, as I do think he is right on just about everything. But I don't have the IQ nor the patience to understand what is going on. I'll probably find a Broda Barnes associated doctor who should be able to help me. Maybe I'll end up on adrenal glandulars, but who cares, as long as it works. "My way" ain't working and I've finally come to accept it.

Visiting this forum makes me feel like I'm missing something, hence my name "lookingforanswers." It's time for me to stop identifying as someone who is ill and not whole and maybe then I'll start getting some results. I will be blocking this website from my browser, as I have done with multiple porn websites. I will also be incorporating meditation into my life, more focus on relationships, less time spent on the computer, more time spent reading, working out, and doing other things I enjoy.

The internet is a double edged sword. At times, I am so grateful that I was able to discover a protocol to treat myself when no doctor had an answer. But at the same time, the internet creates this insatiable desire for this perfect state of health. What if I was in this position 30 years ago? I'd probably read a couple books and see a couple doctors, and that would be it.

So for now, I'm going to take my thyroid meds, take my temps/pulse, eat food and thats it. No more research.

Good bye everyone and thank you.

 

[cantstoppeating]

Yup, constant reading and researching can keep us in the mindset of "I'm sick/hypothyroid/zombie. If I can just get 80bpm/98.6f/warn hands/super c02 levels/uncoupled/etc then I'll be perfect and can get on with the rest of my life."

Goodluck and don't forget to get bloodwork. Trust me, save yourself time and effort and do what 99% of people won't... get BLOODWORK.

 

[schultz]

Constantly obsessing about health (or anything) can be very damaging. It's good to step back, relax and relish the positive things in life. Good luck.

 

[Blossom]

I wish you the best lookingforanswers and have a feeling you will do well. We will miss you here. Thanks for saying goodbye.

 

[koganmj]

Wisdom.

Equally as important as technical expertise. (or more so?)

 

[burtlancast]

Good health is something you never get enough of.
You'll be back, trust me.

 

[oxidation_is_normal]

Good choice.
Ray Peat has the skills to help us out on a case-by-case basis, but doesn't seem to know how to give us those skills. What we lack isn't really the knowledge of any one specific field of biological science, but rather some overarching heuristics that Peat may not even know he is using. This is why teaching can even help make the best people even better. You may notice when Peat gets asked hard questions he tends to answer in the form of a story. You can almost see information flying by him quicker than he can get it out as he speaks.

 

[charlie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyy4yaVwsv0

 

[thebigpeatowski]

....you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave....

 

[ilovethesea]

Bye lookingforanswers! I enjoyed your posts and hope you'll be back, but I understand if not. Thanks for saying goodbye and best wishes on your health journey! It sounds like a wise decision.

 

[Rolomoto]

The problem is our level of knowledge is so rudimentary that we don't have any answers, hence it's easy to obsess about this field looking for definitives; they're aren't any yet.

 

[cantstoppeating]

The problem is our level of knowledge is so rudimentary that we don't have any answers, hence it's easy to obsess about this field looking for definitives; they're aren't any yet.

Yeah, to a large extent I'd agree.

One of the problems is our lack of ability to gather measurements/feedback/raw data. With the falling costs and size of computing power, we'll soon have implantable chips that can instantly read and report changes in blood values like cortisol, adrenaline, white cell count, APT, albumin etc. Imagine how efficient it would be to quickly see what works and what doesn't. Research that would otherwise take too much time and money would be easily doable.

It's said 2020s will be the 'biotech' decade (see Ray Kurzweil). It's no surprise since computers with the power of our laptops will be small enough to be injected into our bloodsteam and gather all sorts of data, leading (hopefully) to better models and understanding of the organism.

 

[Amazoniac]

The problem is our level of knowledge is so rudimentary that we don't have any answers, hence it's easy to obsess about this field looking for definitives; they're aren't any yet.

Yeah, to a large extent I'd agree.

One of the problems is our lack of ability to gather measurements/feedback/raw data. With the falling costs and size of computing power, we'll soon have implantable chips that can instantly read and report changes in blood values like cortisol, adrenaline, white cell count, APT, albumin etc. Imagine how efficient it would be to quickly see what works and what doesn't. Research that would otherwise take too much time and money would be easily doable.

It's said 2020s will be the 'biotech' decade (see Ray Kurzweil). It's no surprise since computers with the power of our laptops will be small enough to be injected into our bloodsteam and gather all sorts of data, leading (hopefully) to better models and understanding of the organism.

Apple's watch will probably one of those releases that in the future will be known as premature releases..

 

[kineticz]

At a cellular level, recovery is so troublesome. It is so easy for the body to resort to lipolysis for energy if the liver is not up to speed, among many other factors.

You're doing the right thing. I spend a lot less time now too, I just got accepted to do my MBA.