I've been reading a lot of Ray Peat's stuff and trying out some recommendations but I thought it would be a good idea to ask if anyone's got any perspective on my situation.
My diet is a lot of milk, bananas, oysters 2x/week, eggs, OJ, carrots, hamburger, bacon, apples... I have white toast with my eggs but have mostly cut out grains. No vegetable oils.
I'm now getting a good amount of Vitamin A, C, and D. Still trying to find good sources of E and K. I'm taking gelatin pills, 5g per day (maybe that's not a lot).
I'm really skinny and I have a really hard time gaining weight. I'm 6'4" and 138 pounds. On average I eat about 1700 calories per day but for the last week or so I've eaten about 2000 calories per day. I was pretty disappointed when I got on the scale and found that I had actually lost weight after the week. Eating all that food was hard work.
What brought me to Peat was hair loss. It's gotten bad. I've got a really tense scalp and forehead.
I'm hoping to be able to get some red lights soon, also some Great Lakes gelatin. I'm currently waiting on MyMexicanDrugstore to deliver my cynomel & cynoplus.
other issues that might give you an idea:
-had TSH tested six months ago (pre-finasteride). was 2.46
-red dots on legs, arms [like this: http://s1263.photobucket.com/user/cipro ... 3.jpg.html ]
-some kind of acne on hips
-cold hands almost always
-difficulty sleeping. some nights, though, I sleep 11 hours.
-crippling social anxiety, stemming from panic attacks I had over a year ago
-long term side effects from one finasteride pill I took 5 months ago (Finasteride. Not even once.)
-really sensitive teeth (from sugar, not cold)
-brittle toe nails
-dandruff
-purple half circles under eyes, outlined by tiny cystic acne
-I think I've actually lost hair on my legs, not certain
-low appetite
One other weird problem is that when I masturbate, I feel like ***t for the next few days. Really depressed, a lot of pain in my body, horrible tension headaches coupled with bad stomach pain. To be clear, it's NOT shame (my doctor thought it was, ha). The same thing happens when I've gone 6 or 7 days without masturbating.
Is this mostly indicative of low thyroid? Any other ideas?
My diet is a lot of milk, bananas, oysters 2x/week, eggs, OJ, carrots, hamburger, bacon, apples... I have white toast with my eggs but have mostly cut out grains. No vegetable oils.
I'm now getting a good amount of Vitamin A, C, and D. Still trying to find good sources of E and K. I'm taking gelatin pills, 5g per day (maybe that's not a lot).
I'm really skinny and I have a really hard time gaining weight. I'm 6'4" and 138 pounds. On average I eat about 1700 calories per day but for the last week or so I've eaten about 2000 calories per day. I was pretty disappointed when I got on the scale and found that I had actually lost weight after the week. Eating all that food was hard work.
What brought me to Peat was hair loss. It's gotten bad. I've got a really tense scalp and forehead.
I'm hoping to be able to get some red lights soon, also some Great Lakes gelatin. I'm currently waiting on MyMexicanDrugstore to deliver my cynomel & cynoplus.
other issues that might give you an idea:
-had TSH tested six months ago (pre-finasteride). was 2.46
-red dots on legs, arms [like this: http://s1263.photobucket.com/user/cipro ... 3.jpg.html ]
-some kind of acne on hips
-cold hands almost always
-difficulty sleeping. some nights, though, I sleep 11 hours.
-crippling social anxiety, stemming from panic attacks I had over a year ago
-long term side effects from one finasteride pill I took 5 months ago (Finasteride. Not even once.)
-really sensitive teeth (from sugar, not cold)
-brittle toe nails
-dandruff
-purple half circles under eyes, outlined by tiny cystic acne
-I think I've actually lost hair on my legs, not certain
-low appetite
One other weird problem is that when I masturbate, I feel like ***t for the next few days. Really depressed, a lot of pain in my body, horrible tension headaches coupled with bad stomach pain. To be clear, it's NOT shame (my doctor thought it was, ha). The same thing happens when I've gone 6 or 7 days without masturbating.
Is this mostly indicative of low thyroid? Any other ideas?