Sunday, July 15, 2012

Summer Update

I haven't posted for awhile. So I'll update my hypothyroid recovery progress and add some day to day news. After abstaining from DHEA for several weeks, my hypothyroid symptoms decreased while taking 52.5 mcg of T3. When I began to experience cold symptoms (sore throat, sinus pain, etc.), I took a 2.5 mg sublingual DHEA dose at least an hour after my T3 dose or late at night. The DHEA gave me immediate relief from cold symptoms. So I use it when needed, rather than taking a daily 2.5 mg sublingual dose. That seems to work well, because 52.5 mg of T3 daily has eliminated hypo symptoms for almost 3 weeks now, even while taking the 5 mcg tablets (which supposedly have too much absorption blocking cellulose). I will use my last 5mcg tablet tomorrow. So I'll try using 50mcg doses with the 25 mcg tablets. (I can easily split the 25s into halves, but have more difficulty cutting those into quarters to make up 50mcg total daily dose with 3 smaller divided doses.) I've enjoyed the warm summer weather which helped all our garden crops (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, grapes, brocolli, beans, lettuce, leeks, carrots, tomatoes). I played tennis, enjoyed walking around our local lake and taken some day trips. We usually plan a vacation in the fall, but enjoy local activities during the summer. I also continued to sew summer tops, but plan to begin some sun dresses after I finish some alterations. I plan to see my doctor either after I stablize on my T3 dose or just before I run through my current prescriptions, whichever comes first. I'll give her a copy of Paul Robinson's book "Recovering with T3", which taught me how to use T3 only to eliminate my hypothyroid symptoms after T4 only and T4 plus T3 didn't work.