loosing too much weight?

[Guest guest]

I am 6 weeks into T3 only. I felt quite well at the beginning (when I was rising

T3), but I am feeling quite bad now, since I reached 100 mg and stopped rising.

Hypo symptoms are creeping up and I feel quite depressed.

Despite lots of hypo symptoms I worry I am loosing weight all the time. I have

been loosing weight since I started treating thyroid (at the beginning with T4,

then with Armour, now with T3). My weight stabilized once I introduced HC, but

when I changed from Armour to T3 six weeks ago I started to loose weight

again... I have never been fat although I was happy to loose the first few Kg.

Now I don't want to loose any more weight (I am 1,64 cm tall and now I weight 53

kg)

Also, at the same time I started T3 I became more serious about following a low

carb diet because of insulin resistance/PCOS. I don't know " who " is the culprit

of my recent loss of weight, if T3 or the low carb diet, but I suspect both

things are contributing. I also wonder whether I should increase the HC dose.

My average daily temps are quite stable though, between 36.7-36.8, and basal

temps are 36.3-36.4 (this is before ovulation, once I ovulate temps go up by

0.2-0.3 degrees).

what should I do?

[Guest guest]

I woudl increase HC as it sounds to me like adrenals crashign is some of

your weight loss problem. Also are you reating enoguh FATS ? With low

carb you NEED fats and calories form those fats along wiht proteins. but

the fats shoudl help you maintain weight better as well.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Val,

When I was on Armour, I had to take 30 mg of HC to stop weight loss. But when I

started T3 I started loosing weight again with the same dose (right now I am

actually taking 27,5 mg of HC, I was so naive I though I could try to lover the

dose little by little...)

I agree with you I may need to increase HC, since it worked last time with the

same problem, but shouldn't my temps be unstable if I needed HC?

...and how much extra HC should I take?

I do eat fat and quite a lot of food (and a bit of carbs also, I am not being

very, very strict) however, since I just started with this " diet " I still don't

know how to organize myself and sometimes I don't eat enough and I am hungry,

sometimes I just don't know what to eat ... I hope to get better with time.

All my life I have needed to eat a lot (much more than my friends) and I don't

gain weight easily... sometimes it seems a blessing, but I am afraid is a sign

that something is not quite right with me.

thanks,

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> I woudl increase HC as it sounds to me like adrenals crashign is some of

> your weight loss problem. Also are you reating enoguh FATS ? With low

> carb you NEED fats and calories form those fats along wiht proteins. but

> the fats shoudl help you maintain weight better as well.

>