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Have they determined a cause for thyroid issues (hashimotos, etc)? Sometimes thyroid issues and medicines can mess with cortisol. Holy basil at night helps lower cortisol ETA: just realized this thread is old AF

Hi Chris, thanks so much for the response. I honestly have been lenient to go that high with any mess as my ft3/ft4 hormones have never been low and unmedicated were in the upper third of range... I only take 70mcg of selenium now as part of a multi. I will ratchet that up to 400 and see...

will do thanks yes, thanks to TPOab being habitually in the 200-220 range

After thinking more about this, I'm wondering if I have a T4 conversion issue and should be looking into a T3 only regimen? It seems no matter what amount of T4 I'm on, I get sent into a tailspin, resulting in only TSH suppression. T4 never really moves, and in fact FT3 decreases. Shouldn't a...

Hey guys, back with an update for ya after seeing new endo (Dr. Ravi Dhawale) and adjusting thyroid protocol, sorry I didn't post comprehensive labs but iron, ferritin, etc. are all good and in range. Sorry to duplicate, this was in an old thread but I thought it'd be better as a new topic...

I had all of it, thought it was cortisol (but I took 24 hour test during a bad bout of insomnia)...a recheck showed that was ok. But once I stopped meds and reintroduced them at lower dose I was fine. I do need to recheck cortisol now that I'm back on T4 though

Do you have any excess sweating, nausea, diarrhea, fever, appetite loss, etc.?

Oh yes, definitely. Within a few weeks I would wake up and be groggy/be able to go back to sleep. Even on lower dose (25mcg) synthroid I still went to sleep easily and was able to sleep in if I wanted to (I'm a chronic "snooze-pusher" haha) Instead of how I was on NDT/higer synthroid dose...I...

I did the same thing, as mentioned above T3 is out of the system quickly, T4 takes a while. I quit cold turkey and had no issues, felt better with 10 days. NDT (and higher dose T4 meds) were way too stimulating for me, you might find the same is true for you...

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Hey guys, back with an update for ya after seeing new endo (Dr. Ravi Dhawale) and adjusting thyroid protocol. This is an odd situation so bear with me... PRE-TREATMENT (Sept 2016) TPO/Thyroid Peroxidase: 220 IU/mL (0-34 IU/mL) TSH: 7.89ulU/mL (.450-4.5 ulU/mL) T3 free: 3.6 pg/ml (2.0-4.4...

OK I have sublingual DHEA so I'll try to see if that helps. My serum # didn't look too bad so I hadn't considered it. My sleep is the HUGE issue right now. When I have these episodes, without fail, I wake up a couple hours after going to sleep, usually fall back to sleep, and then wake again...

Thank you so much for your help! I'll answer your paragraphs by bullets... -they didn't do DHEA with saliva cortisol labs BUT I have a serum number of: 386 ug/dL (ref 138.5-475.2 ug/dL Roche ECLIA method) which seemed to be good! That's good insight thanks, I've been dabbling with how to...

Update - cutting out thyroid protocol until adrenals can handle it, as the insomnia when I started thyroid meds. I did feel good for a few days after starting thyroid med or adjusting dose, but that was short-lived. Will continue to support adrenals and hopefully things stabilize. Heck, TSH...

To help with sleep (since we know my night time cortisol is too high) doc suggested Phosphatidylserine at 10PM or so, beginning with 100mg to see if that helps. Anyone had success with that? I know it's been studied more extensively as a workout supplement... The main thing I need is sleep...