Feeling Hot While Hypothyroid?

[oscarjones]

Here's a good list of the more common symptoms of Hypothyroidism (look familiar TRT guys) from our friends at Stop The Thyroid Madness:

■Less stamina than others
■Less energy than others
■Long recovery period after any activity
■Inability to hold children for very long
■Arms feeling like dead weights after activity
■Chronic Low Grade Depression
■Suicidal Thoughts
■Often feeling cold
■Cold hands and feet
■High or rising cholesterol
■Heart disease
■Palpitations
■Fibrillations
■Plaque buildup
■Bizarre and Debilitating reaction to exercise
■Hard stools
■Constipation
■No eyebrows or thinning outer eyebrows
■Dry Hair
■Hair Loss
■White hairs growing in
■No hair growth, breaks faster than it grows
■Dry cracking skin
■Nodding off easily
■Requires naps in the afternoon
■Sleep Apnea (which can also be associated with low cortisol)
■Air Hunger (feeling like you can’t get enough air)
■Inability to concentrate or read long periods of time
■Forgetfulness
■Foggy thinking
■Inability to lose weight
■Always gaining weight
■Inability to function in a relationship with anyone
■NO sex drive
■Failure to ovulate and/or constant bleeding (see Rainbow’s story)
■Moody periods
■PMS
■Inability to get pregnant; miscarriages
■Excruciating pain during period
■Nausea
■Swelling/edema/puffiness
■Aching bones/muscles
■Osteoporosis
■Bumps on legs
■Acne on face and in hair
■Breakout on chest and arms
■Hives
■Exhaustion in every dimension–physical, mental, spiritual, emotional
■Inability to work full-time
■Inability to stand on feet for long periods
■Complete lack of motivation
■Slowing to a snail’s pace when walking up slight grade
■Extremely crabby, irritable, intolerant of others
■Handwriting nearly illegible
■Internal itching of ears
■Broken/peeling fingernails
■Dry skin or snake skin
■Major anxiety/worry
■Ringing in ears
■Lactose Intolerance
■Inability to eat in the mornings
■Joint pain
■Carpal tunnel symptoms
■No Appetite
■Fluid retention to the point of Congestive Heart Failure
■Swollen legs that prevented walking
■Blood Pressure problems
■Varicose Veins
■Dizziness from fluid on the inner ear
■Low body temperature
■Raised temperature
■Tightness in throat; sore throat
■Swollen lymph glands
■Allergies (which can also be a result of low cortisol–common with hypothyroid patients)
■Headaches and Migraines
■Sore feet (plantar fascitis); painful soles of feet
■now how do I put this one politely….a cold bum, butt, derriere, fanny, gluteus maximus, haunches, hindquarters, posterior, rear, and/or cheeks. Yup, really exists.
■colitis
■irritable bowel syndrome
■painful bladder
■Extreme hunger, especially at nighttime
■Dysphagia, which is nerve damage and causes the inability to swallow fluid, food or your own saliva and leads to “aspiration pneumonia”.

That's a great thyroid book! Another that's on my bookshelf, that I find myself referencing often is "Hormones, Health, and Happiness" by Steven F. Hotze, M.D.

[Brazensol]

I just ordered this book from Amazon. Should get a lot of good info from it!

[Brazensol]

Just got my FT43 and TSH labs back. TSH: 7.55, FT4: 0.62. Still waiting on FT3. I suspect it will be low also. Doctor wanted to put me on synthroid but I told him I wanted armour and he had no problem with that. Another step to getting better.

[Brazensol]

Got my script for armour and will be picking it up today!

[tboney]

Got my script for armour and will be picking it up today!

Glad to hear you are getting it worked out! Armour works great for me.

[Brazensol]

So started on the armour thyroid today. Alternating days with a 60mg dose and a 30 mg dose. He wanted to start me on .75 grains. Does this seem a bit low to start on or about right?

[tboney]

They typically start you low... It sucks I know but yes I am confident he will move you up. I am on 3 grains a day

[steroid.com 1]

As tboney stated; it's a standard start up protocol for many reasons...one not to "shock" the system.

Keep us posted on how you feel and ongoing developments, this could be a nice learning thread for a lot of existing and new members.

Thanks man.

gd

[Brazensol]

Thanks guys. I will keep this updated.

About how long will I need to take this dose before it will stabilize and I can get blood tests? I am also taking Lugol's iodine at 21.7 mgs/day. Is this still ok?

[tboney]

Thanks guys. I will keep this updated.

About how long will I need to take this dose before it will stabilize and I can get blood tests? I am also taking Lugol's iodine at 21.7 mgs/day. Is this still ok?

You need to check with your doc on the iodine.. There are certain thyroid conditions where its a no no??? I am not knowledgeable enough to say on that issue.

With t4 hormone they usually move you up about every four to six weeks. Wth armour its less, at least in my case, then that due to the fact that your body responds more quickly because it does not have to go through the process of converting t4 to t3 which is the more active of the two.

[Brazensol]

The only thing I can think of where it might be a no-no would be hyperthyroid. But honestly, I don't know and will run it by the doc.

[tboney]

The only thing I can think of where it might be a no-no would be hyperthyroid. But honestly, I don't know and will run it by the doc.

You could well be right. I would just check with him.

[Brazensol]

Now off on another tangent. Got a script for cialis. Will take about a week or so to come in. Also ordered some pt-141 and am looking forward to the experience.