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<blockquote data-quote="Vettester Chris" data-source="post: 101816" data-attributes="member: 696"><p>Amberlin, take a deep breath, it can take lots of time to really get things dialed in! There are some good books along the way, one being The Natural Superwoman from Dr. Uzzi Reiss, several from Suzanne Somers, and a fairly new edition of Stop The Thyroid Madness is a GREAT book, and there's also a STTM II book out now, written by various medical professionals, I'm looking to get my hands on that particular one.</p><p></p><p>IMO, on your testosterone dosage, .20ml/wk 'might' be a bit high out of the gate. That's 40mg if you're cypionate is 200mg/ml (?) .. most of the time it usually is. That's not to say I'm right, or wrong, just speaking from "others" experiences over the last 8 or so years of getting involved with the endocrine & well being communities. I've read some excellent sustained BHRT protocols with women achieving an excellent well being in the 12mg to 20mg/wk range of testosterone, but again, other variables are also factored in, i.e., thyroid, adrenals, estrogen/progesterone balance, GABA, iron/ferritin, D3, and other areas to achieve wellness. I think you eluded to it in prior posts, it is always better to start small and titrate to an optimal level.</p><p></p><p>On the water retention, you also eluded to drinking more water. I don't know how much your intake is and how often (?), but IMO ramping up water intake can be very helpful to combat retention, call it fighting fire with fire.</p><p></p><p>On thyroid labs, please make sure to also add the Reverse T3. It will be helpful not only seeing the total serum, but also checking the RT3/FT3 ratio. I don't see any iron or ferritin labs, and I can only stress that including these labs (Iron, TIBC, & Ferritin) is not only a must when assessing health & thyroid productivity, especially knowing there are some cycle discrepancies and/or peri-meno symptoms. My wife still fights this side of it, even with quite of bit of elemental iron intake. </p><p></p><p>Another essential component in the overall picture is Vitamin D in conjunction with calcium. It's one area that can get on track real quick, 2,000iu to 5,000iu day (or doctor prescribed Drisdol if major deficiency), and the benefits start kicking in, you don't have to put much thought into it thereafter ... <a href="https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/vitamin-d/" target="_blank">https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/vitamin-d/</a></p><p></p><p>For now, I know it's a lot on the plate, so don't feel you have to conquer everything at once. You hit it on the head that the endocrine system is like one big spiderweb! It's like anything, if you spend adequate time understanding the pathways and how they interact, navigating it becomes a bit easier, and it starts making sense how "x" is correlated to "y". </p><p></p><p>Here's a few links that you might like with regards to the adrenals and thyroid. Note, the Stopthethyroidmadness link above for D3 has TONS of excellent information. You can get lost in it if you like that sort of thing LOL</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.becomehealthynow.com/pdf/products_services/diagnostechs/lab_test_examples/asi_sample_report.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.becomehealthynow.com/pdf/products_services/diagnostechs/lab_test_examples/asi_sample_report.pdf</a></p><p><a href="http://denvernaturopathic.com/thyroidprotocol_000.htm" target="_blank">http://denvernaturopathic.com/thyroidprotocol_000.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://www.tiredthyroid.com/" target="_blank">http://www.tiredthyroid.com/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vettester Chris, post: 101816, member: 696"] Amberlin, take a deep breath, it can take lots of time to really get things dialed in! There are some good books along the way, one being The Natural Superwoman from Dr. Uzzi Reiss, several from Suzanne Somers, and a fairly new edition of Stop The Thyroid Madness is a GREAT book, and there's also a STTM II book out now, written by various medical professionals, I'm looking to get my hands on that particular one. IMO, on your testosterone dosage, .20ml/wk 'might' be a bit high out of the gate. That's 40mg if you're cypionate is 200mg/ml (?) .. most of the time it usually is. That's not to say I'm right, or wrong, just speaking from "others" experiences over the last 8 or so years of getting involved with the endocrine & well being communities. I've read some excellent sustained BHRT protocols with women achieving an excellent well being in the 12mg to 20mg/wk range of testosterone, but again, other variables are also factored in, i.e., thyroid, adrenals, estrogen/progesterone balance, GABA, iron/ferritin, D3, and other areas to achieve wellness. I think you eluded to it in prior posts, it is always better to start small and titrate to an optimal level. On the water retention, you also eluded to drinking more water. I don't know how much your intake is and how often (?), but IMO ramping up water intake can be very helpful to combat retention, call it fighting fire with fire. On thyroid labs, please make sure to also add the Reverse T3. It will be helpful not only seeing the total serum, but also checking the RT3/FT3 ratio. I don't see any iron or ferritin labs, and I can only stress that including these labs (Iron, TIBC, & Ferritin) is not only a must when assessing health & thyroid productivity, especially knowing there are some cycle discrepancies and/or peri-meno symptoms. My wife still fights this side of it, even with quite of bit of elemental iron intake. Another essential component in the overall picture is Vitamin D in conjunction with calcium. It's one area that can get on track real quick, 2,000iu to 5,000iu day (or doctor prescribed Drisdol if major deficiency), and the benefits start kicking in, you don't have to put much thought into it thereafter ... [url]https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/vitamin-d/[/url] For now, I know it's a lot on the plate, so don't feel you have to conquer everything at once. You hit it on the head that the endocrine system is like one big spiderweb! It's like anything, if you spend adequate time understanding the pathways and how they interact, navigating it becomes a bit easier, and it starts making sense how "x" is correlated to "y". Here's a few links that you might like with regards to the adrenals and thyroid. Note, the Stopthethyroidmadness link above for D3 has TONS of excellent information. You can get lost in it if you like that sort of thing LOL [url]http://www.becomehealthynow.com/pdf/products_services/diagnostechs/lab_test_examples/asi_sample_report.pdf[/url] [url]http://denvernaturopathic.com/thyroidprotocol_000.htm[/url] [url]http://www.tiredthyroid.com/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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