Confused...Hormones a Mess...HELP?

Training Over 35 Lifter
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95.5? That doctor sucks! Even the internet says at least 97.0 upon waking.
My doctor said (past tense) if my waking temperature is less than 97.2 I need thyroid.
I’m on thyroid now too. (I was at 95 or so waking temp) I used to take Armour, but I made too much RT3, so I it was worse than having no thyroid meds at all.

I now take liquid T3 once or twice a day to compliment the time release T3 caps my doctor had made for me and I check my temp twice or three times a day to see how to dial in my dosage.

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[quote]KNB wrote:
95.5? That doctor sucks! Even the internet says at least 97.0 upon waking.
My doctor said (past tense) if my waking temperature is less than 97.2 I need thyroid.
I’m on thyroid now too. (I was at 95 or so waking temp) I used to take Armour, but I made too much RT3, so I it was worse than having no thyroid meds at all.

I now take liquid T3 once or twice a day to compliment the time release T3 caps my doctor had made for me and I check my temp twice or three times a day to see how to dial in my dosage.

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I agree with you. I did go it alone with a min/mod dose of armour thyroid in the past and felt so much better but when my pcp looked at my thyroid report he said i was over doing it (even though my levels were still with in normal ranges.) He told me to get off of it immediately. I really did feel better on tis, but perhaps a different thyroid would have been better?
I tell you my morning temp is really low and just abut every doctor I’ve been to my entire life doesn’t want to treat it based on the fact the paper report says I’m normal. Alot have even told me the morning temp. check is nothing more than voodoo medicine. Pisses me off.

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Great info on this thread.

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Voodoo, huh? I’ll bet if you asked Dr. Chrisler he wouldn’t say that.
I had a doctor that said “I was in range” so he offer nothing. Another doctor asked if I was ever “oddly” cold, tired, unmotivated, gaining weight, and six other things to which I replied, “yup”. And i got another thyroid test so I could start on thyroid meds.

Most doctors heard all the negative stories years ago about “natural” (armour) thyroid and claim it is inconsistently dosed even to this day, when Armour has to test each batch before it gets shipped out.
So “voodoo” doesn’t surprise me, neither does their general ignorance.

My doc just changed my time released T3 dosage to three a day based STRICTLY on my lack of proper body temperature.
So, how’s that for Voodoo?

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[quote]KNB wrote:
Voodoo, huh? I’ll bet if you asked Dr. Chrisler he wouldn’t say that.
I had a doctor that said “I was in range” so he offer nothing. Another doctor asked if I was ever “oddly” cold, tired, unmotivated, gaining weight, and six other things to which I replied, “yup”. And i got another thyroid test so I could start on thyroid meds.

Most doctors heard all the negative stories years ago about “natural” (armour) thyroid and claim it is inconsistently dosed even to this day, when Armour has to test each batch before it gets shipped out.
So “voodoo” doesn’t surprise me, neither does their general ignorance.

My doc just changed my time released T3 dosage to three a day based STRICTLY on my lack of proper body temperature.
So, how’s that for Voodoo?

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KNB,
I believe you 100%. There are some thing’s that have perturbed me for decades about my physical build. I have battled weight problems since childhood, and even when I achieved a very good physique I was always tired, lethargic, and had to go really overboard (jogging in 100 degree heat to get trim,) anyway I think my friend the anti-aging doc is gonna take over and check these things not only based on paper printout’s but patient symptom’s as well.

I just know with my very being that something is out of whack (or alot of things.)I know the shock of my wife’s illness drove me over the edge and being in a state of “flight or fright” for years on end must have sent my adrenal’s into a panic, but when you’re gutting out life or death situation’s there is no time to worry about your adrenal glands or thyroid or basically any other thing.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner become a cup of coffee and 2 motrin’s. I often get tired of being told by old acquaintences “man you’ve gotten fat.” It’s to the point I wanna throttle them to death, but in the end I know every day above ground is a victory (for all of us.) So it’s fair to say REVENGE and good health are motivating factor’s for me right now. I think the fact that I felt an immediate pop with the self administration and trial run of DHEA could be telling about where my adrenal’s are at.

I appreciate the follow-up’s and will suck up the courage to get my blood checked and get back in the game. The iron is like a siren. Every time I think I’m out she sucks me back in :slight_smile:

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The Siren song of big iron. I know that tune myself. I am sorry to hear about the long term stress you have gone through. Mine was different, and 6 plus years later is still here, and my adrenals were shut down, and I was fat too.

With the help of two great doctors and a drastic change in lifestyle, (exercise and diet) at least that part of my life doesn’t suck anymore, The rest just lingers on…

Hang in there, we are all here to help.

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[quote]KNB wrote:
The Siren song of big iron. I know that tune myself. I am sorry to hear about the long term stress you have gone through. Mine was different, and 6 plus years later is still here, and my adrenals were shut down, and I was fat too.

With the help of two great doctors and a drastic change in lifestyle, (exercise and diet) at least that part of my life doesn’t suck anymore, The rest just lingers on…

Hang in there, we are all here to help.

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Well…I hope your stress lessens. One thing for sure if you don’t have to strees thing’s then don’t. If you do you have to put it at the foot of the Cross or in whatever faith you have. Sometime’s (espescially for guys who take pride in handling thing’s their own way,) it’s tough to give it up to a higher power, but at some point you’ve got to or it’ll break you down. Enough pain to go around ay, but we still gotta try to capture those iincredible moments in life and cherish them as much as possible. Stay tuned. Talk soon.