Re: Some improvement so far...

[Guest guest]

It's so interesting the things you learn when you pay attention to your body.

Sometimes you can teach a dr a thing or too.

Naomi

tps_1486 <tps_1486@...> wrote:Hi, I know it hasn't been too long since I

wrote about my thyroid

concerns but I've already gotten my temperature up to 98.5 degrees.

I've been doing a few different things. I cut out wheat from my diet

since I'm quite sure I'm intolerant of it. I've also increased my

sun exposure to about 1.5 hours a day and stopped wearing sunglasses

(http://www.drdebe.com/BARRIERS.htm explains why this helps)

Along with the sun exposure I was exercising at the same time which

might have helped.

Of course, none of this would benifit anybody who is truly

hypothyroid. It could (and so far did) help people like me with low

body temps and normal thyroid test results.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/12/2003 9:48:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

tps_1486@... writes:

> Also, that

> whole 's syndrome thing was a quack after all

> (http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/News/wilson.html)

>

Well, I disagree. Having never tried it, the Quackwatch people are not in a

position to say for sure--its just their opinion. Also, the ATA's bias

against it is based solely on the fact that they receive a hefty amount of

underwriting from the drug company that manufactures $ynthroid!

The 's Thyroid Protocol has absolutely saved my life! And that of

many, many others Just wanted to let you know there is another opinion that

is valid and tested. No, 's treatment is not for everyone but neither

is any other thyroid treatment method out there.

in LA

[Guest guest]

Once again, happy to report this morning that my temp is still at

98.5 Another thing I've been doing is right when I wake up, I turn

on my ceiling light and stare at it for about 5 minutes. This seems

to give me a good burst of energy and I'm ready to go. I think my

problem all along was the melatonin spillover effect. Also, that

whole 's syndrome thing was a quack after all

(http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/News/wilson.html)

[Guest guest]

Hi, I know generally the things that thyroid enlargement can indicate; but

from the general info, I'm not sure whether there are instances when one

side of the thyroid can be enlarged temporarily (eg as a reaction to a

virus). Does anyone know, please?

[Guest guest]

What do you mean by the " melatonin spillover effect? " Larrian Gillespie

strongly recommends against using melatonin, something I take every night

just to get to sleep.

Val in Boulder, CO

-----Original Message-----

From: tps_1486 [mailto:tps_1486@...]

Once again, happy to report this morning that my temp is still at

98.5 Another thing I've been doing is right when I wake up, I turn

on my ceiling light and stare at it for about 5 minutes. This seems

to give me a good burst of energy and I'm ready to go. I think my

problem all along was the melatonin spillover effect.

[Guest guest]

Actually, it's just the opposite--this is where melatonin production

doesn't stop like it's supposed to after you wake up. In other

words, the melatonin being used for sleep is " spilling over " somewhat

into the daytime hours when it shouldn't be present. Bright light on

the retina signals the brain to cease production, so good sunlight

exposure can help this. I was always wearing sunglasses when I went

outside and therefore wasn't getting the right amount of sunlight

needed to stop production. Now I stopped wearing them and I've had

success.

> What do you mean by the " melatonin spillover effect? " Larrian

Gillespie

> strongly recommends against using melatonin, something I take every

night

> just to get to sleep.

>

> Val in Boulder, CO