L-Theanine amino acid, calm brain without drowsiness...noticable

I also get slight anxiety on waking in the mornings...sometimes. If I set an alarm and get up as soon as it goes off...I don't. Strange.


I should try L-Theanine again.

Pir- When my thyroid is approaching hypo, I get more anxiety, poor sleep,wired but tired (adrenals start to go) its a lot like lyme.....the opposite of what most Drs think would happen. I think thyroidians who never "wrenched" their adrenals only get tired when hypo- thats my theory anyway..

I took a step back at my job, I used to go beyond my call of duty- but didnt get paid anymore for it, so whats the point? Witnessed the over 50 crowd take this approach in my past jobs,now I know why LOL!

Astro - interesting about hypo and sleep.

When my husband is hypo - he doesn't sleep well, either...opposite of what you'd think would happen.

He's having trouble getting the right amount of thyroid meds, because his Dr. freaked out when his TSH went very low - bottom end of the range on 125 of Synthroid.
He was feeling great on that. (She didn't test his FT3 and FT4) - She was concerned about damage that can happen with too much circulating in your blood. But, as I told my husband if the FT3 was in range...then it would have been fine.

So, she knocked him back to 112 - and 8 weeks later he tested and his TSH swung the other way to the top of the range. (Again no FT3 FT4 tested)

She said she has never seen a swing from low to high like that before.
So, now she has prescribed 112/125/112/125. and he's to retest.
He doesn't feel as good as he did on the 125 daily.

(He's actually not alternating - he is splitting the pills to take the same dose each day. (118.5)

I've thought about buying him some thyroid meds online so he can get the 125 daily...but then when he goes for his TSH tests - it would most likely be low...and his Dr. would freak out and cut him back even more....

Girlie- his Dr needs to test FT3 and FT4, cant he ask for this? Or is Canadian national healthcare to strict?

I cheat the test. Everyone says to get thyroid tested in the AM before your meds. I go one step further:

When I'm on a dose I like, and suspect the test will look a little hyPER to the Dr (but not to me), I only take 1/2 dose the day before my AM blood draw LOL. This lowers my T3, not much change to T4 though (T4 is longer lasting). Pig thyroid always has a higher T3 that worries Drs and lowers TSH.

Yep, that's what I need to do for proper thyroid health......cheat testing.........unbelievable.

Since I have 20 years of Hashi experience, I can tell pretty close to what my results will be from symptoms/feel (for real), I can pull it off. Disclaimer: I'm not telling others to try this stunt, and I'm not the first one to do it either. Some Drs ask for the time of last dose........oh well.......if they wont treat me right, I'll do what I have to do.

Post Edited (astroman) : 11/12/2017 8:05:56 PM (GMT-7)

astroman said...
Girlie- his Dr needs to test FT3 and FT4, cant he ask for this? Or is Canadian national healthcare to strict?

I cheat the test. Everyone says to get thyroid tested in the AM before your meds. I go one step further:

When I'm on a dose I like, and suspect the test will look a little hypo to the Dr (but not to me), I only take 1/2 dose the day before my AM blood draw LOL. This lowers my T3, not much change to T4 though (T4 is longer lasting). Pig thyroid always has a higher T3 that worries Drs and lowers TSH.

Yep, that's what I need to do for proper thyroid health......cheat testing.........unbelievable.

Since I have 20 years of Hashi experience, I can tell pretty close to what my results will be from symptoms/feel (for real), I can pull it off. Disclaimer: I'm not telling others to try this stunt, and I'm not the first one to do it either. Some Drs ask for the time of last dose........oh well.......if they wont treat me right, I'll do what I have to do.

Hubby just told me he skipped his meds the previous two days and didn't take his meds prior to testing the day of the test - to try and provoke a high TSH result.
So that may have caused it.
I guess he has to resort to that to get a bit higher dose.

He has had FT3 and FT4 tests done on occasion, but not every time.

This was a TSH test only...and it was high - which is what he wanted - and she did respond by "allowing" him a bit higher dose. (Increased his med from 112 to alternating 112/125 - so ave of 118.5

But he really wants 125 daily.


So next test I guess he'll have to do that again a couple days prior to testing.

Yup, I figured you meant hyper not hypo.

Why does he need to make up those two doses?

Girlie said...
This was a TSH test only...and it was high - which is what he wanted - and she did respond by "allowing" him a bit higher dose. (Increased his med from 112 to alternating 112/125 - so ave of 118.5

But he really wants 125 daily.


So next test I guess he'll have to do that again a couple days prior to testing.

Yup, I figured you meant hyper not hypo.

Why does he need to make up those two doses?

Ah, so his skipping worked, just not enough.

If he keeps skipping doses, thats meds not in him. So thats not the true dose , thus the does he settles for will be a little more. T4 all adds up, its cumulative. What you take today affects a test 6 weeks from now. T3 not so much, it in and out in a few days.

I add my missed dose gradually back in over a week so I dont have a hyper day from too much T3. My T4 is and always will be lower than T3 using any pig thyroid. Its how pigs thyroids are, close to us, but not the same. With so much T3, pigs should act/look like marathon runners.

My brain cant explain it any better than I did. I'm just saying take those missed doses (If he chooses to skip prior to test) AFTER the test sometime.

I just like accuracy, more than I need to be probably LOL. A couple doses is not a real big deal, but it all adds up.

On NP, very similar to erfa, both from pigs, T3 and T4 in both.