new member: body temperature issue

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

I am a 41-year old male who has been on TSH-supressive doses of T4

after having radioactive iodine treatment for hyperthyroidism 10

years ago. Recently, I've been experimenting with 150mcg T4 + 25mcg

T3 (changed gradually over a month). Before that I was on 300mcg T4

for 10 years.

My body temperature on 300mcg T4 stayed around 96F. On T4 + T3, it

rises to 96.5-97F, but my heart starts racing over 90 bpm and I

sometimes feel a pinch in the chest (left side) which I interpret as

a sign that I'm taking too much T3.

My FT3 and FT4 levels have always been either at the top of the

reference range or a little over that. Yet, my body temperature

doesn't rise. I have some symptoms of hyperthyroidism

(skinny as a needle, poor sleep,elevated free hormone levels,

heat intolerance). Yet I also have symptoms of hypothyroidism: low

body temperature, fatigue, dry skin, never sweating, thin air,

falling hair, etc...

From what I've learned by reading this newsgroup for about two months

makes me believe that the reason I still have symptoms of

hypometabolism in spite of the high doses of thyroid hormone is that

there is an unadressed adrenal issue which, once resolved, will allow

me to drop the thyroid hormones to maybe half what I'm currently

taking and yet no longer experience symptoms of hypometabolism. Do

you think I'm right? I value your opinion.

Thanks

[Guest guest]

ltkpn wrote:

> ... an unadressed adrenal issue which, once resolved, will allow

> me to drop the thyroid hormones to maybe half what I'm currently

> taking and yet no longer experience symptoms of hypometabolism. ...

A reduction of half is probably overly optimistic, but this approach is

worth trying. The euthyroid window is fairly narrow, and your boundaries

were probably fixed long ago by the iodine treatment. Staying outside

the boundaries can mess up the adrenals.

I do hope you can fix whatever is behind the conflicting symptoms.

Chuck B.

[Guest guest]

yes I think you are right!!!

> Hello all,

> I am a 41-year old male who has been on TSH-supressive doses of T4

> after having radioactive iodine treatment for hyperthyroidism 10

> years ago. Recently, I've been experimenting with 150mcg T4 +

25mcg

> T3 (changed gradually over a month). Before that I was on 300mcg

T4

> for 10 years.

>

> My body temperature on 300mcg T4 stayed around 96F. On T4 + T3, it

> rises to 96.5-97F, but my heart starts racing over 90 bpm and I

> sometimes feel a pinch in the chest (left side) which I interpret

as

> a sign that I'm taking too much T3.

>

> My FT3 and FT4 levels have always been either at the top of the

> reference range or a little over that. Yet, my body temperature

> doesn't rise. I have some symptoms of hyperthyroidism

> (skinny as a needle, poor sleep,elevated free hormone levels,

> heat intolerance). Yet I also have symptoms of hypothyroidism: low

> body temperature, fatigue, dry skin, never sweating, thin air,

> falling hair, etc...

>

> From what I've learned by reading this newsgroup for about two

months

> makes me believe that the reason I still have symptoms of

> hypometabolism in spite of the high doses of thyroid hormone is

that

> there is an unadressed adrenal issue which, once resolved, will

allow

> me to drop the thyroid hormones to maybe half what I'm currently

> taking and yet no longer experience symptoms of hypometabolism. Do

> you think I'm right? I value your opinion.

> Thanks

[Guest guest]

Yes I think you are right, and I think it's what you needed in the first

place, before thyroid destruction.

Gracia

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> From what I've learned by reading this newsgroup for about two months

> makes me believe that the reason I still have symptoms of

> hypometabolism in spite of the high doses of thyroid hormone is that

> there is an unadressed adrenal issue which, once resolved, will allow

> me to drop the thyroid hormones to maybe half what I'm currently

> taking and yet no longer experience symptoms of hypometabolism. Do

> you think I'm right? I value your opinion.

> Thanks

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