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Yes I have… and it is PCOs… which affect your hormones.. I appreciate you trying to help sweetie.. thanks 
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – x-no-archive: yes Just read your post in the other NG. Have you tried or have you gotten your thyroid checked out? Get the full thyroid testing, TSH, T3 and T4. That maybe an answer. Hypothyroidism. Just a thought. Dimpil 240/165/130
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Yes I have… and it is PCOs… which affect your hormones.. I appreciate you trying to help sweetie.. thanks
you can have both, I do — Dragon Mom
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Hmmm… maybe I should get my thyroid retested then…. I am generally a very high energy person (even without caffeine)…. could i still be that way and have hypothyroidism? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Yes I have… and it is PCOs… which affect your hormones.. I appreciate you trying to help sweetie.. thanks you can have both, I do — Dragon Mom
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Hmmm… maybe I should get my thyroid retested then…. I am generally a very high energy person (even without caffeine)…. could i still be that way and have hypothyroidism?
oh yes, I was had low thyroid function for years, swam competitively (ultra competitive), worked my way through college, hiked, climbed, biked, etc. and so forth – I learned how to induce adrenaline surges for the extra kick (it is an adaptation technique that children learn). I used to pass my T3/T4 blood serum tests all the time, I failed the basal metabolism rules (body temperature, thinning hair, dry, scaley skin, sluggish metabolism, not that I was ever particularly overweight in those days). I did have a hair trigger temper when I was irritated (read hungry) – the thyroid is really important in blood sugar regulation. Hypoglycemia is an indicator (or should be) of inadequate thyroid function. I eventually had a thyroid challenge test, which showed my thyroid not responding correctly. I have been on low dose synthroid for 8 years, it is terrific to wake up alert, have warm hands and feet and supple skin (not to mention healthy hair!) — Dragon Mom
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what type of doctor should I go to? an endocrinologist? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hmmm… maybe I should get my thyroid retested then…. I am generally a very high energy person (even without caffeine)…. could i still be that way and have hypothyroidism? oh yes, I was had low thyroid function for years, swam competitively (ultra competitive), worked my way through college, hiked, climbed, biked, etc. and so forth – I learned how to induce adrenaline surges for the extra kick (it is an adaptation technique that children learn). I used to pass my T3/T4 blood serum tests all the time, I failed the basal metabolism rules (body temperature, thinning hair, dry, scaley skin, sluggish metabolism, not that I was ever particularly overweight in those days). I did have a hair trigger temper when I was irritated (read hungry) – the thyroid is really important in blood sugar regulation. Hypoglycemia is an indicator (or should be) of inadequate thyroid function. I eventually had a thyroid challenge test, which showed my thyroid not responding correctly. I have been on low dose synthroid for 8 years, it is terrific to wake up alert, have warm hands and feet and supple skin (not to mention healthy hair!) — Dragon Mom
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what type of doctor should I go to? an endocrinologist?
yes, or a doctor willing to listen, I was very clear about what I had done and why I believed my thyroid was at fault. I meant to mention I had enlarged thyroid glands as well, which no one caught, but I noticed as soon as they shrank back to normal — and I eat fish, seaweed and all the frequently enough that goiters from lack of iodine is an impossibility. good luck! — Dragon Mom
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writes: I used to pass my T3/T4 blood serum tests all the time, I failed the basal metabolism rules (body temperature, thinning hair, dry, scaley skin, sluggish metabolism, not that I was ever particularly overweight in those days). I did have a hair trigger temper when I was irritated (read hungry) – the thyroid is really important in blood sugar regulation.
Looks like I should make an appointment with my doc. My temperature is generally between 96.5 and 97.5 (I’m always cold when everyone else is comfortable), I have chronically dry skin, my hair is thinning and I do have a slow metabolism. What tests should I make sure he asks for? TamH in VT PP 7/98 225/170.5/155 5′ 4.5"
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How do you induce an adrenaline surge. All I got taught at school was how to play hockey in the snow! — Ev 20/06/2000 168/154/147 If you want a carb counter and a progress chart and have Excel95 or + I have them free at my web site at http://www.znet.freeserve.co.uk/ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – oh yes, I was had low thyroid function for years, swam competitively (ultra competitive), worked my way through college, hiked, climbed, biked, etc. and so forth – I learned how to induce adrenaline surges for the extra kick (it is an adaptation technique that children learn). Dragon Mom
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How do you induce an adrenaline surge. All I got taught at school was how to play hockey in the snow!
anger or excitement (the old fight or flee thing) — Dragon Mom
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Although they could be signs of other things, Tam, those symptoms, with a tendancy to put on weight easily, are all the earmarks of a sluggish thyroid gland. Ev
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – writes: I used to pass my T3/T4 blood serum tests all the time, I failed the basal metabolism rules (body temperature, thinning hair, dry, scaley skin, sluggish metabolism, not that I was ever particularly overweight in those days). I did have a hair trigger temper when I was irritated (read hungry) – the thyroid is really important in blood sugar regulation. Looks like I should make an appointment with my doc. My temperature is generally between 96.5 and 97.5 (I’m always cold when everyone else is comfortable), I have chronically dry skin, my hair is thinning and I do have a slow metabolism. What tests should I make sure he asks for? TamH in VT PP 7/98 225/170.5/155 5′ 4.5"
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I don’t put on weight easily, only when I act like a pig… I lost over 100 lbs and have maintained it for at least 6 months.. but I called yesterday to make an appt with an endocrinologist just to make sure… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Although they could be signs of other things, Tam, those symptoms, with a tendancy to put on weight easily, are all the earmarks of a sluggish thyroid gland. Ev
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Let us know how you get on. Ev
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I don’t put on weight easily, only when I act like a pig… I lost over 100 lbs and have maintained it for at least 6 months.. but I called yesterday to make an appt with an endocrinologist just to make sure… Although they could be signs of other things, Tam, those symptoms, with a tendancy to put on weight easily, are all the earmarks of a sluggish thyroid gland. Ev
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