ilovethesea
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Hi everyone :)
I'm looking for some help interpreting some symptoms I'm having lately, and how I might adjust my thyroid dosage. Just fyi I have half my thyroid gland left and have been taking T3/T4 meds for just over a year now.
Since about Christmas time I've been on a dose of 2 Cynoplus per day, which helped me feel warmer and happier in the winter - although it didn't seem like quite enough as my morning temperature during menstruation was around 36.2-36.4.
Around March I noticed that during times of stress (like having to talk to a doctor -ugh) I would get a racing heart and feel more nervous - like I could tell my body was feeling quite stressed, whereas in the past I could control my nervousness and basically overcome it. I also felt this way when I would be rushing to get somewhere - eg. walking really fast. I don't know if it was caused by the physical activity or the mental state of feeling like I was going to be late. (I gave up exercising so I don't really know if that would bring on the same symptoms.)
I've never had these issues before even when I was severely hypothyroid, so I'm confused why they would appear after 2 months on the highest dosage I've ever taken of Cynoplus. I was wondering if maybe they were actually hyper symptoms, even though my waking temperature (and other symptoms like many allergies) still indicate hypothyroidism.
A practitioner I've been consulting with recommended to me trying 1/6 Cytomel tablet every hour and then 1/4-1/2 a Cynoplus before bed - she said she sees more progress in her clients when they take it that way. I decided to try it, keeping the same level of T3 as in my previous dosage, but reducing the T4 so it was a 1:1 ratio. (So basically 2 Cytomel with 1/2 a Cynoplus.)
Since then I feel like the nervousness symptoms are still happening (maybe even worse), and I've been sweating and flushing way more than is normal (although hands feel a bit colder). I also noticed shaky hands and air hunger if I have to speak and it's the slightest bit stressful. I'm not a super shy person so this is all really weird for me.
One other factor - I started reducing starch around the time these symptoms first came about (and am now on zero starch) - so possibly there is a connection? I noticed the nervous feeling can be worse when I haven't eaten enough. I do get my 80g of protein and lots of sugars but I have mostly OJ and milk instead of the heavy potato/rice/meat meals I used to have before. The reason I don't eat the starches is because I got a huge improvement with my allergies once I cut them out.
I did measure my temperatures before and after eating (in the evening) and I was around 36.8 before, and then it dropped to around 36.4 after a meal which I think indicates stress hormones?
I'm really confused about where to go from here with my thyroid dosage, and how to control these annoying symptoms. Does anybody have some ideas about my situation? Thank you :)
I'm looking for some help interpreting some symptoms I'm having lately, and how I might adjust my thyroid dosage. Just fyi I have half my thyroid gland left and have been taking T3/T4 meds for just over a year now.
Since about Christmas time I've been on a dose of 2 Cynoplus per day, which helped me feel warmer and happier in the winter - although it didn't seem like quite enough as my morning temperature during menstruation was around 36.2-36.4.
Around March I noticed that during times of stress (like having to talk to a doctor -ugh) I would get a racing heart and feel more nervous - like I could tell my body was feeling quite stressed, whereas in the past I could control my nervousness and basically overcome it. I also felt this way when I would be rushing to get somewhere - eg. walking really fast. I don't know if it was caused by the physical activity or the mental state of feeling like I was going to be late. (I gave up exercising so I don't really know if that would bring on the same symptoms.)
I've never had these issues before even when I was severely hypothyroid, so I'm confused why they would appear after 2 months on the highest dosage I've ever taken of Cynoplus. I was wondering if maybe they were actually hyper symptoms, even though my waking temperature (and other symptoms like many allergies) still indicate hypothyroidism.
A practitioner I've been consulting with recommended to me trying 1/6 Cytomel tablet every hour and then 1/4-1/2 a Cynoplus before bed - she said she sees more progress in her clients when they take it that way. I decided to try it, keeping the same level of T3 as in my previous dosage, but reducing the T4 so it was a 1:1 ratio. (So basically 2 Cytomel with 1/2 a Cynoplus.)
Since then I feel like the nervousness symptoms are still happening (maybe even worse), and I've been sweating and flushing way more than is normal (although hands feel a bit colder). I also noticed shaky hands and air hunger if I have to speak and it's the slightest bit stressful. I'm not a super shy person so this is all really weird for me.
One other factor - I started reducing starch around the time these symptoms first came about (and am now on zero starch) - so possibly there is a connection? I noticed the nervous feeling can be worse when I haven't eaten enough. I do get my 80g of protein and lots of sugars but I have mostly OJ and milk instead of the heavy potato/rice/meat meals I used to have before. The reason I don't eat the starches is because I got a huge improvement with my allergies once I cut them out.
I did measure my temperatures before and after eating (in the evening) and I was around 36.8 before, and then it dropped to around 36.4 after a meal which I think indicates stress hormones?
I'm really confused about where to go from here with my thyroid dosage, and how to control these annoying symptoms. Does anybody have some ideas about my situation? Thank you :)