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When do you take your med?
I receive author Mary Shomon's newletters all about thyroid issues and the most recent one discusses when the best time to take our meds is. I take mine in the morning with water and wait an hour before having anything else to eat or drink. This research suggests it might be better to take the med at night before going to bed. When do you take yours?
Well I tried T4 at night, and I found it very hard to sleep, so have gone back to first thing in the morning.
I wasn't trying to be rude. I do say it like it is, that's me, I tend get right to the point, spelling errors included. When someone just states their contradictory opinion, without further explanation or detailed facts in their first comment, I wonder about their motive. This is the web after all.
When I comment on thyroid health, I try to state what works for the majority, unless they provide enough details to assume that a certain thyroid "approach" might not work them, or has been tried already. There are certain steps we all need to follow to improve our health. The obvious steps to try first are what works for the majority and go on by process of elimination from that point on, making logical decisions . Like meds - I don't tell people to avoid thyroid meds that did not work for me, as I know, certain meds most likely will work for other people.
Not to beat this thread silly, but I have tried natural thyroid and synthetic T3/T4 at bedtime. It felt like a huge energy rush all at once - while trying to sleep. In people with healthy thyroids, their body would not dump that much T3 into the blood at that rate. I've tried it many different ways in the past. Natural thyroid taken before sleep currently works for you , which is interesting.
All this can have different outcomes if someones adrenals are not up to par. That's the hard part, and maybe something "throidians" will always have to keep in mind. Many do report better symptom relief after supporting adrenals with adaptogens, vit C, other stuff, takes a while.
Peace.
When I comment on thyroid health, I try to state what works for the majority, unless they provide enough details to assume that a certain thyroid "approach" might not work them, or has been tried already. There are certain steps we all need to follow to improve our health. The obvious steps to try first are what works for the majority and go on by process of elimination from that point on, making logical decisions . Like meds - I don't tell people to avoid thyroid meds that did not work for me, as I know, certain meds most likely will work for other people.
Not to beat this thread silly, but I have tried natural thyroid and synthetic T3/T4 at bedtime. It felt like a huge energy rush all at once - while trying to sleep. In people with healthy thyroids, their body would not dump that much T3 into the blood at that rate. I've tried it many different ways in the past. Natural thyroid taken before sleep currently works for you , which is interesting.
All this can have different outcomes if someones adrenals are not up to par. That's the hard part, and maybe something "throidians" will always have to keep in mind. Many do report better symptom relief after supporting adrenals with adaptogens, vit C, other stuff, takes a while.
Peace.
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