Severe fatigue... again. Maybe help with dosing?

February 8, 2010

Val or Nick (or anyone else who can help),

I think I need help with bumping up my dosing. I'm SUPER exhausted. Is this

because I need to increase faster? My iron is low. I know that can impede dose

increases, but while my pain symptoms are going away, my exhaustion is not

improving or getting worse. I don't have any heart palpitations or any hyper

symptoms.

I'm relatively new to the T3-only/RT3 protocol. Started T3-only around January

1. Week 1 was 5 mcg Cytomel 4x daily; Waited a couple of few weeks to improve

iron, then increased to 5 mcg 5x daily; Last Monday I bumped up to 10 mcg on my

wake-up dose; This Saturday I bumped up to 10 mcg on my second dose of the day,

so it's 10 mcg, 10 mcg, 5 mcg, 5 mcg, 5 mcg for the day.

I am SOOOO exhausted that I'm almost too tired to breathe. The brain fog has set

back in too, which is a terrible problem.

I have a job interview tomorrow plus a newsletter and a couple of other

documents to write on deadline in my current job. Desperately need help - all I

want to do is SLEEP. zzzzzzz

Here's the current dose schedule:

7:30 or 8 am (immediately on rising) -- 10 mcg

11 am-- 10 mcg

2 pm -- 5 mcg

5 pm -- 5 mcg

Bedtime - 5 mcg

My RT3 was 434 (high) on my last labs (top of range 350)

My TSH (not that it matters) was 0.00006

My Iron is still low, but it climbed from 8 to 45 over a few months period

Also have low Vitamin D at 13 (targeting at least 32)

I'm supplementing with Iron (combo with Vitamin C and digestive enzymes at

mealtime), Vitamin D, Evening Primrose Oil, Fish Oil, Co-Q10, Vitamin A, a

" hypomultiple " and magnesium.

Add to this mix, I think I have an abdominal hernia that is causing some ongoing

pain. My belly above the belly button looks very bloated and like I have a beer

belly (yuck). I have an appointment with a surgeon on Thursday to have this

looked at, but would this also be affecting my adrenals/thyroid issues? (I'm not

taking any HC; still waiting for diagnoses and treatment, which should happen

Thursday).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

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