sodapopCroc
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Hello all,
I have been getting intense fatigue and chest pressure/pain for several months. It started as chest pressure when weaning off Thyroid.
I had started on T4 and T3 at 12.5mcg each, taken together with breakfast, in December 2021. I did not measure total cholesterol before starting. By February 2022 I began to notice a progressively accumulating fatigue which was worsened by adding T3 and seemed to get better by adding T4. This fatigue became debilitating by March 2022.
I had developed chronic diarrhea since the start of 2022. I got my blood drawn in February 2022 and my cholesterol was low - 146 mg/dL - possibly explaining why thyroid was not working for me.
I decided to wean off thyroid entirely, T3 first followed by T4. My teeth were chipping and I was experiencing chest pressure and immense fatigue. Due to these obstacles I had to wean off very gradually and was only able to get off thyroid completely, with a couple interspersed ER visits (feeling fatigued/horrible), by May 2022.
The chest pain returned when I tried about 15mg vitamin K over the course of a week in July 2022. The pain was intense, in my left pectoral, and aspirin brought instant relief. Vitamin D and aspirin helped for a couple weeks. When those stopped working, I panicked and went to the hospital, where after x rays, a CT scan, and a heart sonogram, they found nothing wrong, except iron deficiency for which I was recommended iron supplements. The diarrhea was still ongoing at this point.
In the beginning of November 2022 I tried progest-e which did not work well for me at all - I felt like I was suffocating and dying for 2-3 weeks. I have heard that this could be because I have too much goiter, which progest-e was rapidly reducing.
Towards the end of December 2022 I experienced, once, fluid collection at the bottom of my left foot. Since then there has been neuropathy when going on longer walks, and slight discomfort when wearing footwear with arch support.
Currently (February 2023), I find that the chest pain does not bother me too much in my day to day, although it can flare up a bit. My diarrhea is better following use of MegaSporeBiotic, and my total cholesterol is now ~200. Vitamin E (Tocovit) and Vitamin K (Thorne products) are, unfortunately, severe chest pain triggers. Caffiene (coffee/black tea) is a definite trigger.
I cannot tolerate vitamin D because of sharp pains it gives me behind my belly button. I also notice the same thing, to a milder degree, from time to time, with no vitamin D -- perhaps due to calcium intake.
I am focusing on keeping up my calcium, magnesium, and thiamine intake. I will soon be using Georgi's energin to help combat any thiamine deficiency/beriberi.
Attached are labwork screenshots from two blood draws.
Thank you for reading!
I have been getting intense fatigue and chest pressure/pain for several months. It started as chest pressure when weaning off Thyroid.
I had started on T4 and T3 at 12.5mcg each, taken together with breakfast, in December 2021. I did not measure total cholesterol before starting. By February 2022 I began to notice a progressively accumulating fatigue which was worsened by adding T3 and seemed to get better by adding T4. This fatigue became debilitating by March 2022.
I had developed chronic diarrhea since the start of 2022. I got my blood drawn in February 2022 and my cholesterol was low - 146 mg/dL - possibly explaining why thyroid was not working for me.
I decided to wean off thyroid entirely, T3 first followed by T4. My teeth were chipping and I was experiencing chest pressure and immense fatigue. Due to these obstacles I had to wean off very gradually and was only able to get off thyroid completely, with a couple interspersed ER visits (feeling fatigued/horrible), by May 2022.
The chest pain returned when I tried about 15mg vitamin K over the course of a week in July 2022. The pain was intense, in my left pectoral, and aspirin brought instant relief. Vitamin D and aspirin helped for a couple weeks. When those stopped working, I panicked and went to the hospital, where after x rays, a CT scan, and a heart sonogram, they found nothing wrong, except iron deficiency for which I was recommended iron supplements. The diarrhea was still ongoing at this point.
In the beginning of November 2022 I tried progest-e which did not work well for me at all - I felt like I was suffocating and dying for 2-3 weeks. I have heard that this could be because I have too much goiter, which progest-e was rapidly reducing.
Towards the end of December 2022 I experienced, once, fluid collection at the bottom of my left foot. Since then there has been neuropathy when going on longer walks, and slight discomfort when wearing footwear with arch support.
Currently (February 2023), I find that the chest pain does not bother me too much in my day to day, although it can flare up a bit. My diarrhea is better following use of MegaSporeBiotic, and my total cholesterol is now ~200. Vitamin E (Tocovit) and Vitamin K (Thorne products) are, unfortunately, severe chest pain triggers. Caffiene (coffee/black tea) is a definite trigger.
I cannot tolerate vitamin D because of sharp pains it gives me behind my belly button. I also notice the same thing, to a milder degree, from time to time, with no vitamin D -- perhaps due to calcium intake.
I am focusing on keeping up my calcium, magnesium, and thiamine intake. I will soon be using Georgi's energin to help combat any thiamine deficiency/beriberi.
Attached are labwork screenshots from two blood draws.
Thank you for reading!
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