Re: How many of you run a low termperature?

March 9, 2008

I have a low thyroid and I always carry a low temp.

Norma/Ohio

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March 9, 2008

I've run a low temp my whole life, even as a child.

~Jennie

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snip>I have a low thyroid and I always carry a low temp.

Norma/Ohio<snip

Norma,

You do not have to run the low temp just because you are hypothyroid. If you

were on the correct amount and type of thyroid medication, you would have a temp

closer to 98.6. I speak from experience.

Christi Randall

www.singingwomenoftexas.com

March 9, 2008

--- I have run a low temp my whole life. If I get to 98.0 I consider

myself to have a fever. Usually it's 96 or 97.

/MI

March 10, 2008

Aimee,

How low were you in vitamin D?

My daughter's regular doctor just was giving her 1200 iu to catch up, but

he referred us to an endocrinologist who gave her instead 50,000 iu's once

a week. The low dose didn't change a thing, but last night, I saw my

daughter acting like herself for the first time in months.

I am SO aware that the issue (also suggested by the other vitamins that are

deficient), is that some of us don't have good absorption of vitamins from

the gut, so it doesn't make sense to give normal doses and to expect that

to turn things around.

I do research in autism, and those kids have terrible guts and

malabsorption and problems with gut motility. We have learned in that

population to administer vitamins very creatively! Many get methyl-B12

from shots that they give several times a week....This is not

CYANOcobalamin. The problem with the cyano form (which is what almost

everyone recommends) is that your sulfur chemistry has to be good for you

to be able to convert the cyano to adenosyl and methylcobalamin, which are

the forms your body actually uses. The cyano form leaves behind cyanide

that your body has to detoxify with an enzyme called rhodanese, and it

isn't always in good shape in a lot of people. You can buy methyl-B12 (and

hydroxy) as sublingual lozenges, and that avoids malabsorption in the

gut. Most doctors don't know about the problem with cyanocobalamin, but

our autism doctors have had to learn this through a lot of hard work and

experience.

B6 deficiency leads to double trouble...impairing the sulfur chemistry and

making it far more likely that you will make oxalate yourself....not a good

thing when oxalate causes pain and disrupts so much of the energy metabolism.

Can you get a thermometer and measure your temperature at home? I take my

daughter's temperature on rising, and that has been very enlightening.

Where did you get your bloodwork done? (ie., which lab)

I bet you are going to start feeling better soon

At 09:17 PM 3/9/2008, you wrote:

>,

>

>Every time I go the doc my temp is between 96 and 97, rarely higher. Just

>had some

>extensive bloodwork done and doc told me I was extremely deficient with

>the following:

>B-6, B-12 and Vitamin D! Found out a little over a week ago. Anyway, I

>started taking

>vitamins, only the ones I need right away. Starting to feel a little

>better. I won't know about

>the temp thing until I go to the doc again, in a few weeks.

>

>At least you have answers at an early age, by the sounds of it. I'm in my

>mid 30's and just

>figuring out why i've felt lousy most of my life...

>

>Best wishes!

>

>Aimee

>

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