Increasing dose

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Hi Val, Nick and Margery,

This is week 15 for me on T3 only. Wow what a journey this

is and I can tell it isn’t over yet. I am now at 100 mcg with 25 mcg four

times a day and the last dose at bedtime. Today was day three on 100 mcg and my

basal was down to 97.6 where it had been 97.8. My daytime temps aren’t

bad at 98.4 at 8:30 and 98.6 later in the day. I am wondering if the low basal

is bothersome since the daytime temps are good although never high. My BP is

114/74 and my pulse is around 75-80. One thing I have noticed is my toes still

feel cold a lot of the time but my hands are warm. How many people take more

than 100 mcg? If I increase now what time of day would be best to increase? I

am wondering about taking more than 25 mcg at bedtime because this week I have had

some return of my irregular heartbeat during the night, last night around midnight

and wonder if 25 mcg isn’t enough to get me through the night.

People often ask why those who are feeling better never post

so to those who have just started this journey rest assured you will see changes

and improvements. In looking back at the weeks prior to this I think week 11

was the worst as I had what was probably some pooling but some clearance. My

temps soared, my pulse was 112 bpm and my blood pressure was high but I still

had a lot of hypo symptoms and inner trembling. I had anxiety with all that and

sent Val a note which she kindly answered right away telling me to cut back

some but not much. I did what she suggested and felt better right away but my

basal temp dropped and never did recover until I got back up around 100 mcg. My

daytime temps stayed low (98) until I added some Isocort (blood pressure

plummeted at one point) and got my dose up to 100mcg. I have found that taking

that bedtime dose has made a huge difference to my sleep and that has been the

hardest thing for me to do. I always take it with trepidation but for no good

reason as it seems to just make my sleep much deeper and restorative. I am self

medicating and that too is a scary proposition but with the help of this site I

think I am in a much better place than I was 15 weeks ago.

Thanks to you all,

Kris