Metabolic Damage From Dieting

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FWIW, I think it’s tied to your hematocrit and hemoglobin. Maybe some iron.

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That’s what my doc said; in fact, I am already on Amenidox and Vitamin D, as per her prescription.

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Hey, just in case this could signify something, even if it is just for your retrospective opinion in a couple of days:
Update: today, as soon as I woke up, I grabbed the thermometer from my night stand and got an oral reading; 96.08°F. I then got an armpit reading, just to double check: 95.72°F.
I will update later today to post my afternoon T°.

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Hey, just in case this could signify something, even if it is just for your retrospective opinion in a couple of days:

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Lucas, if you want to spend your money (and blood) on poorly-motivated lab work, that’s your business. I would just urge you not to contemplate any interventions–no iodine supplements, no OTC ‘thyroid support supplements,’ etc–until/unless it has been approved by your physician.

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Here are the websites for two of the leading endocrinology organizations. By perusing them, you can find the extent to which actual endocrinologists rely on body temp in diagnosing hypothyroidism:

https://www.aace.com/college

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Thank you, ignorance is never bliss.

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Ok, thank you.

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So, I saw the endo today. She said I am fine and that, based on the second blood test, I should not worry; the Anemidox and Vit D should do the trick (in fact, since yesterday, I have felt much better after three days of supplementing, the fourth being today). So, in retrospect, just curious, what do you think about my first lab? Were you thinking about the Vitamin D?

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The Vitamin D level was part of it, but not the key part.

The key was the fact that you were anemic, and the specific type of anemia you manifested, in the context of your history of under-eating and over-exercising. This provided strong evidence that your signs, symptoms and pertinent lab abnormalities could be attributed to malnutrition. So while it may in fact be that your thyroid got a little out of whack, this would represent an effect, not a cause, of your primary issue.

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Thanks. Sounds very interesting–almost detective-like :smiley: I was wondering, because you talk of a type of anemia, what type is it?

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