Makrosky
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Dear Peatarians,
I unexpectedly came across Ray Peat a few days ago and started to read his articles and this forum. Somehow pieces of information here and there started to resonate with me.
3/4 years ago I started to feel LOTS of stress, depression and learned helplessness and irritability and all kind of issues due to stress at work (in fact, the stress is generated by boredom at workplace). Among other things, of course. It all kind of started after discontinuing Prozac which I took for nearly 4 years.
Anyway, after the discontinuation, I tried all sorts of supplements, including 5-HTP and the likes (zinc, vitamin d, adaptogens, you name it). Some of them worked better than others. But I never felt healthy as the “old days”.
However, not long ago I tried Lugol's + selenium + copper/zinc and almost immediately felt SO MUCH BETTER. I felt like my body had been craving that mineral for my whole life. I felt like back to life from a zombie state. I felt like what “health” means. I don’t take it for long periods though because I don’t know what could happen. I am not a doctor or chemist or anything. Of course I won’t even mention it to my MD, they will laugh at me. So I know there’s probably a problem with my thyroid. Probably hypothyroid. Am I right ? .
The thing is that my thyroid panels are quite good!!! :
- Free T3, Free T4, and TSH and Ferritin, all fall in the good ranges.
- RT3, appears a little bit high (the ratio, although I’m not sure I calculated it well).
- Small ammount of Anti-TPO and Anti-Tgb but way under what the lab considers the tolerable limit.
I'm sure most of the Doctors of my country will tell me my thyroid is ok. What’s going on then ?
I never reached a 98.6F temperature for as long as I can remember, so I know my thyroid is probably low. But the bloodwork values are very good!! I’m right now more on the 97.7 area, probably thanks to taking herbal adaptogens + B vitamins who help me cope with stress.
Btw, I am far away of being overweighted. If anything, I'm or almost am underweight.
What would be your suggestions ? Is it possible that SSRI’s ****88 up my thyroids ??? Is it because the fluoride on Prozac ? What route would you follow ? I’m lost. Any advice would be appreciated. I would like to avoid commercial drugs. Where would you start from ? Coffee, salt, aspirins, CO2 ?
Or should I go back to Lugol providing it works so well for me ? I know RP advices agains it but I haven't found any scientifical reasoning behind that advice.
Many thanks.
I unexpectedly came across Ray Peat a few days ago and started to read his articles and this forum. Somehow pieces of information here and there started to resonate with me.
3/4 years ago I started to feel LOTS of stress, depression and learned helplessness and irritability and all kind of issues due to stress at work (in fact, the stress is generated by boredom at workplace). Among other things, of course. It all kind of started after discontinuing Prozac which I took for nearly 4 years.
Anyway, after the discontinuation, I tried all sorts of supplements, including 5-HTP and the likes (zinc, vitamin d, adaptogens, you name it). Some of them worked better than others. But I never felt healthy as the “old days”.
However, not long ago I tried Lugol's + selenium + copper/zinc and almost immediately felt SO MUCH BETTER. I felt like my body had been craving that mineral for my whole life. I felt like back to life from a zombie state. I felt like what “health” means. I don’t take it for long periods though because I don’t know what could happen. I am not a doctor or chemist or anything. Of course I won’t even mention it to my MD, they will laugh at me. So I know there’s probably a problem with my thyroid. Probably hypothyroid. Am I right ? .
The thing is that my thyroid panels are quite good!!! :
- Free T3, Free T4, and TSH and Ferritin, all fall in the good ranges.
- RT3, appears a little bit high (the ratio, although I’m not sure I calculated it well).
- Small ammount of Anti-TPO and Anti-Tgb but way under what the lab considers the tolerable limit.
I'm sure most of the Doctors of my country will tell me my thyroid is ok. What’s going on then ?
I never reached a 98.6F temperature for as long as I can remember, so I know my thyroid is probably low. But the bloodwork values are very good!! I’m right now more on the 97.7 area, probably thanks to taking herbal adaptogens + B vitamins who help me cope with stress.
Btw, I am far away of being overweighted. If anything, I'm or almost am underweight.
What would be your suggestions ? Is it possible that SSRI’s ****88 up my thyroids ??? Is it because the fluoride on Prozac ? What route would you follow ? I’m lost. Any advice would be appreciated. I would like to avoid commercial drugs. Where would you start from ? Coffee, salt, aspirins, CO2 ?
Or should I go back to Lugol providing it works so well for me ? I know RP advices agains it but I haven't found any scientifical reasoning behind that advice.
Many thanks.