What are your testosterone labs ???? These must be important because you have an estrogen issue going on. If you use pregnenalone and you end up with boobs and belly fat you are doing one thing = converting to estogen. So this indicates you have an underlying issue here.
Pregnenalone will do the same for me and i occasionally try it, but will only use 12.5mcg and generally it doesnt work very well. It is a case of re visiting it occasionally, thats all.
Progesterone can be very different to PREG so you must look at using it. I remember i told another hashis guy to use it on a thyroid forum i helped on and he refused for a year. Eventually he tried it and it really helped him. It wasnt a long term fix, but it definitely was a positive addition.
1) bedtime only in one dose. No need to split. Tap into the circadian rhythm because we make thyroid at night in the first chunk of sleep. This then has a knock on effect to cortisol production in the second half of the night. By taking thyroid at bed (when TSH peaks) we are mimicking this action.
This is why low thyroid patients often have low cortisol numbers. Thyroid is low so cortisol production is low as well. Think of it as a factory. A truck drops off the thyroid delivery around 4/4am and the guys get it out and match it with an equalish cortisol batch. The two can then together for the next day. Very simple, but you get the idea. We do make hormones in the day as well, but the sleep production of these hormones is key to good health. This is why we need good sleep. Beauty sleep = good hormone production.
2) T4 changes and any other change must be one thing at a time. So on a monday say you raise T4 to 112.5, but then on friday you push up the T3 to 10mcg. How can you really tell what is doing what. You must wait if doing a T4 change for about 2 weeks. It can be longer. I have just worked out 150 T4 is to much for me. I raised about 10 weeks ago and it has taken over 7 weeks to show up some negative signs. I wasnt sure what the cause was at first, but i tried lowering to 125 and after 2 days felt much better. It is not easy navigating everything and i am now taking testosterone as well, so this complicates things.
3) Basic vitamins are ok to add in but it is hard to say if they do anything. I notice vitamin D has a bigger effect, but not sure if magnesium or a multi vitamin do a lot for me. I am not to keen on the cortisol /adrenal powders and tablets. They are strong and i am not sure if they produce more negatives than positives. The best way to test them is to get stable first on what ever routine and once ok for a bit try something like this. Does it improve or make things worse.
Progesterone is the one hormone i would recommend above all others, so yes try this. But again try stay stable on your thyroid doses before trying Prog.
It is a long waiting game, but hopefully you have 30 yrs of life ahead of you so there is still plenty to aim for.
Keep a diary of how you feel and what changes you have made. It is important to lok back on when you raised or dropped T4 for example. You jusy dont remember everything you have changed.
4) Just seen your last comment, and yes you need testosterone checking. At 51 you will be low. It is common for all men from mid 40's to benefit from testosterone replacement. Read the Ageless Man by a french hormone doc. Really good read and will open your eyes to better health. It's on kindle.