Just a Can of Hairspray

So while I am still figuring out where all my images went (I think they are gone! Boo!), I figure I would write about my thyroid. It’s been such a drag lately. The supplemental therapy I was doing has somehow come to an end…it quit working. My hypo symptoms have come back, and while the iodine is supplying me with some energy, it comes in spurts. I went this past week to have my blood taken and the results confirmed that my thyroid is crazy! My doctor now has me on Armour, and I can’t wait to see the improvements.

So it’s been almost 3 weeks since I started back on Iodoral. Am I feeling better? Sometimes. Do I have my energy back? Sometimes. Did I think it would take this long to feel better? No. I still get cold hands at work. They aren’t as dry, which is good. I need to start checking my temperature to monitor it. My weight has somewhat leveled off. Now to just peel this weight back off would be a good thing. I don’t tolerate carrying out 10 pounds very well. Both physically and mentally. I will probably go this week to have my blood taken and levels checked.

I have opted to working out earlier in the day, preferably at lunch, so that I’m not as tired. My eating habits are doing well. I’d just like to fit back into my work pants. For this week, that is all I ask. Maybe next week I’d like to drop down 15. We’ll see.

Well, the energy and feeling really good lasted a day or two. I am just plain tired today. I have such a hard time concentrating while sitting here at work. I just can’t seem to focus. My mind drifts and then my eyes want to shut. I am trying so hard to not rely on caffeine, but desperate times call for desperate messures. I am thinking of upping my Iodoral to an additional 4 tables. When I originally started last year, I did 100 mg, or 16 drops. Now that I’m on the tablets, 1 tablet = 2 drops. I use to feel great at 16 drops, so maybe I just need to increase back up and see what happens.

So  I am currently on day 2 (again) of 4 pills (50 mg) of Iodoral. For those that want to know what else I take with iodine: 

• 1 tsp Celtic Sea Salt
• Multivitamin
• B- Complex 100
• Riboflavin (200 mg)
• Niacin (1000 mg)
• Vitamin C (3000 mg)
• Iron 195 mg (Ferrous Sulfate - 975mg)
• Omega 3 (2800 mg)
• Selenium (200 mg)

I feel absolutely awesome today. Since Tuesday morning, I’ve dropped 3.4 pounds of water weight. YAY! My legs/feet don’t feel as water logged and my stomach is looking more normal. I have my energy back and just feel really good.