Re: Basal Temps Good Indicated of t3 status?

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>Interesting thing is that while my day temps eventually started to bounce

around and even going lower than my waking temp, my basals have been rock solid

AND good, even now on the lower t3 dose. Does that mean I have enough t3? I'm so

impatient; I'm thinking I didn't give it enough time between doses to affect how

I felt.

This is something that caught me out on day 2, T3 is slower acting

than natural was for me. I was used to the kick from the T2 I think

T3 is a softer gentler action.

Nick

[Guest guest]

I guess I don't understand your reply...I was asking that if my basals are good,

than am I on the right t3 dosage? And that the 3x a day temp mostly determine

whether adrenal function is up to par?

Thank yuo.

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> >Interesting thing is that while my day temps eventually started to bounce

around and even going lower than my waking temp, my basals have been rock solid

AND good, even now on the lower t3 dose. Does that mean I have enough t3? I'm so

impatient; I'm thinking I didn't give it enough time between doses to affect how

I felt.

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> This is something that caught me out on day 2, T3 is slower acting

> than natural was for me. I was used to the kick from the T2 I think

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> T3 is a softer gentler action.

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> Nick

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[Guest guest]

Okay, thank you so much Nick.

I guess my basals could be really good then simply because I take a nightime

dose of t3 and apparently have enough cortisol throughout the night to handle

it.

How often do you wait after your t3 doses during the day to take your temp? I

mean, right now, I run out of t3 pretty quickly it seems, so often the temps

drop by time 3 hours have passed, but before I've taken my next t3 dose. So it

makes the reading look artificially low. Do you know what I mean? So maybe I

should take my temp 1/2 hour after my t3 dose?

On the other hand, I wake up with GREAT basal temps even though I haven't taken

any t3 for 8 or 9 hours. So IS it low cortisol throughout the day? Or do I

simply eat up more t3 during the day than while sleeping and need a higher t3

dose?

So confusing trying to tweak things, but I do feel close. The morning and

evenings are so much better now but the afternoon slumps are bad along with bad

headaches and I don't know if it's low t3 or low cortisol.

Thanks,

Kathleen

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> >I guess I don't understand your reply...I was asking that if my basals are

good, than am I on the right t3 dosage? And that the 3x a day temp mostly

determine whether adrenal function is up to par?

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> Basal is indicating your " overnight thyroid status "

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> The " 3 times average " stability from day to day indicated adrenal

> performance

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> The actual value of the " 3 times average " indicates daytime thyroid

> status. nominal temperature for the first half the cycle and slightly

> higher for the second half is the target.

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> Nick

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[Guest guest]

Yesh, that's sort of what I was thinking, that if my temps drop that drastically

by the time I'm ready for another dose of t3, I must not be on enough. I've

tried taking HC alone at that time to see if that would raise them and it

doesn't, so I must need a bit more t3.

Thanks for helping me. It's scary just trying to make all these decisions by

yourself.

Kathleen

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> > How often do you wait after your t3 doses during the day to take your temp?

I mean, right now, I run out of t3 pretty quickly it seems, so often the temps

drop by time 3 hours have passed, but before I've taken my next t3 dose. So it

makes the reading look artificially low. Do you know what I mean? So maybe I

should take my temp 1/2 hour after my t3 dose?

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> Maybe you need an increase, take more doses during the day

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> The timing of temperature change tells you what adrenals are up to as

> well as possibly needing a T3 dose increase.

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> For someone fully treated there shouldn't be a cyclic change in

> temperature between doses, it should just gently drift up in the day

> and down at night (see the web site)

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> Nick

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[Guest guest]

Stable temps don't mean you are not hypo. Is that ALL you are going by? I

thought you had other symptoms of hypo.

I have EBV and during flares, I've had temps as high as 99.6 and they were rock

steady, but I was still hypo.

If you look at the temp graphing at drrind.com, it shows that steady temps

simply mean adrenals are in good shape. Steady but low means good adrenals, bad

thyroid. In your case, you could be hypo and the high temps simply due to

infection. That's happened to me plenty of times.

So do you even have other hypo symptoms? Sure, quit t3 and see what happens.

I've done that, too, and you will quickly find out whether you are hypo and

whether the high temps were from something else. :-) Of course, realize it will

take a few weeks for your t4 to kick back in and give you a true picture.

Kathleen

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> >How do you explain my temps Nick? I'm at 37.0 almost every time I measure,

and I'm on 25 mcg T3 and 27.5 mg HC at the moment...

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> With an infection you keep telling us about which may raise your

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> temperature a little???

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> Nick

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