Re: Feeling symptoms from increasing thyroid meds

January 14, 2008

Maybe you are one that would do better taking your thyroid in 4 or 5

doses a day instead of 3? Smaller doses more often lessen the hit on the

adrenals according to what Val has said often.

sol (still trying to figure out my own best dose schedule)

jasrich wrote:

> I know that I do - every time I increase I get what I call the Armour

> bloat, more GI symptoms, headache, sweating, temps fluctuating for a

> couple of days and more. Then I seem to stabilize for a couple of

> days (the bloat goes away first) and the hypo symptoms come roaring back.

>

> I'm taking 1 3/4 grains now with 5/8 in the AM, 5/8 at noon, and 1/2

> grain at around 4PM. Should I add that next 1/8 to the third dose or

> to an earlier dose? With my sleep issues I don't know if I'm ready

> for an evening dose although I know that some people do well that way.

>

>> Some people really feel thyroid increases each and every time as an

>> increase in symptoms until you go=et to abotu 2-2.5 grains Usually then

>> it starts turning around and you actually feel better with each

>> increase. I thinkit has to do with lowering the TSH and thus your own

>> thyroid hormones

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