Guest guest Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I would like to disagree with this theory for the sake of others like me. What Missy wrote only applies if you don't have adrenal fatigue. More than one person in our group has had trouble with 1/8 grain increases, and I personally would probably die of tachycardia and have 100 degree temps at 3 grains. I read one doctor who researched historical Armour dosages before doctors used TSH and found that the majority of people were on 2-4 grains. So I would recommend that once someone got to 2 grains, they slow the raises to every 5 weeks, and then only raise by 1/4 grain. Your temps and symptoms would also tell you whether you can tolerate larger increases, or how far you are from your optimal dose. Someone with 97.6 temps still has a ways to go, whereas someone at 98.5 at only 1.5 grain needs to be cautious. Otherwise you could overshoot your sweet spot, become hyper, and possibly cause a RT3 problem. Not good. IMHO. Barb This is from Missy at the NTH list: > Usually a person is started at 1/2 to 1 grain. It works best to > increase every 2 weeks by 1/2 grain until you reach 3 grains. (1 > grain = 60 mg). You will want to go to www.stopthethyroidmadness.com > and read the pages: > > Natural Thyroid 101 > Things We Have Learned > Mistakes Patients Make > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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