Should I Reduce or Eliminate Bedtime Dose?

[Guest guest]

Per phone consult with Val, I increased by HC to 25. Val thought I had high

nighttime cortisol as my basals were high, often higher than my daytime

averages.

After I increased the HC, my basals went down, but now I'm getting low cortisol

symptoms in the night. I wake about 3 hours after I fall asleep feeling wired,

like I'm having an adrenaline rush, and also feeling bit trembly and a bit of

heart pounding. This is typical for me when cortisol gets low. So last night I

took a bit of HC when I woke up feeling this way and this morning my basal was

98.6 again. (I'm not in the luteal phase right now, either.)

So I'm wondering if I'm actually taking too much t3 at bedtime because it

doesn't seem like your basals should go this high at night when you take enough

HC to eliminate low cortisol symptoms. It seems that if my temps go this high at

night when I have enough HC in my system there must be too much T3 floating

around.

I've been taking 1/3 of my daily dose at bedtime and wonder if I should reduce

that in half? It seems most people are taking 1/4 or 1/5 their total t3 dose at

bedtime.

Thanks,

Kathleen