Gaining weight on T3 only/me too

July 10, 2010

I'm processing all the ideas on this thread.

Yes, Kathleen, I've looked into the leptin issue and Holtorf's info. The thing

is, this is considered only a slight elevation. So I've put it on the back

burner thinking it might be secondary to other issues.

Nick, and others: I'm quite sure my T3 dose is right on, and I'm not feeling

hypo. When the weight jumped up the 3rd week of T3 treatment (Nov), I was not

on HC. I went on HC in February and it helped with symptoms but no improvement

in weight. Iron turned out to be quite low, and I had iron IV's in March,

overshot the mark and was too high on iron. The excess has naturally been

dropping quite nicely and I am almost perfect now on iron levels. Ferritin

still up just a bit. Once I had the iron IVs, I HAD to cut HC almost

immediately as I had high cortisol symptoms. Too high HC caused low temps and

instability for me that would improve with a drop in HC. I weaned gradually

with a period of increasing again due to high work stress, and then completely

off by 2 weeks ago. I've had no low cortisol symptoms with the weaning process,

and feel fine off of it. However, temps have been unstable for 6 weeks, and low

since I finished the weaning until this week when I started higher doses of GLA.

On the increased GLA, temps first stabilized--with 0.1 variation, and now are

increasing and it looks like I might now restabilize at a perfect temp level.

I'm on good I.M. doses of B12, B vitamins, magnesium, and glutathione (liver

support) I'm using sea salt, and taking slow release potassium and my RBC

potassium levels are perfect, sodium is also just right.

None of these adjustments has had any impact on the weight issue, however,

weight HAS stopped increasing. As of about late March, early April I think.

It IS possible this is a T3 utilization issue, but it seems to me I've covered

all the bases that we've talked about here on the forum. My fasting blood sugar

and A1C are great, do I need to do further testing for insulin levels? If so

what?

The GLA has worked pretty dramatically to decrease inflammation from allergies,

stabilize my temps, as well as increase the strength of my immune system. So

maybe it will also help with the weight if I give it enough time. Its only been

7 days so far.

Sherry

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