BrittanySetter
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I’m 39, have an office based job, I get in every morning (after commuting for an hour), 30 minutes into sitting at a computer my hands are like ice and don’t warm up all day.
I regularly flush - my face is red and hot but every other part of me is freezing.
Ailments:
Hay fever, this used to be all year round but is now only June (UK grasses)
Menstrual problems - severe cramping/vomiting/fainting on first day of period (not every month, random)
Skin problems (spots)
What I’ve tried:
Paleo diet which I stopped 2 years ago when my husband discovered Danny Roddy’s article about eating Peat style. I’ve been eating like this ever since then (Cheese/OJ/Shellfish/Eggs/Gelatin/Sugar etc).
The paleo diet ‘cured’ the hay fever (probably because cortisol was so high) and menstrual problems for a while - I didn’t have a period for 3 months.
Eating Peat style re-started regular periods. I then started using progesterone cream which helped with lots of the menstrual problems but recently seems to have had less of a positive effect (I was taking it all month - doctor’s recommendation - so I’ve reduced this to just second half of the month - as per Ray Peat’s advice). Downside to reduced progesterone is that skin problems started again.
I did Steve Richfield’s temperature reset protocol which was great for the days I stayed at home in a warm room but I found it unsustainable standing in the shower every morning for 20 minutes to raise my temperature then dressing as an eskimo all day…
I’ve tried upping carbs in my diet but this has just made me put loads of weight on (I went from 52kg when eating paleo to 62kg now) and it doesn’t affect my temperature. Tried Pregnenolone but didn’t notice any effect; same with aspirin, niacinamide (just causes me to flush), and DHEA.
My thyroid numbers seem well within the ‘standard’ ranges:
TSH 1.22 mIU/L (0.27 - 4.2)
FREE THYROXINE 16.8 pmol/l (12.0 - 22.0)
FREE T3 4.3 pmol/L (3.1 - 6.8)
Since having this blood test done, I’ve been taking a quarter grain of Armour (1 week), upped this to half yesterday but I’m feeling nothing. I don’t suffer from any of the tiredness associated with hypothyroidism but probably because I’m adrenalised all the time (hence cold hands and feet).
Average temp is 36.6C/97.8F pulse is generally fast (90bpm), but hands and feet nearly always freezing, and I feel cold all over.
Very grateful if you’ve managed to read to this point - thanks!
Any ideas what else can I try?
Edited to add: also tried salt, bag breathing, carrot salad. And I use Estroban and B vits too.
I regularly flush - my face is red and hot but every other part of me is freezing.
Ailments:
Hay fever, this used to be all year round but is now only June (UK grasses)
Menstrual problems - severe cramping/vomiting/fainting on first day of period (not every month, random)
Skin problems (spots)
What I’ve tried:
Paleo diet which I stopped 2 years ago when my husband discovered Danny Roddy’s article about eating Peat style. I’ve been eating like this ever since then (Cheese/OJ/Shellfish/Eggs/Gelatin/Sugar etc).
The paleo diet ‘cured’ the hay fever (probably because cortisol was so high) and menstrual problems for a while - I didn’t have a period for 3 months.
Eating Peat style re-started regular periods. I then started using progesterone cream which helped with lots of the menstrual problems but recently seems to have had less of a positive effect (I was taking it all month - doctor’s recommendation - so I’ve reduced this to just second half of the month - as per Ray Peat’s advice). Downside to reduced progesterone is that skin problems started again.
I did Steve Richfield’s temperature reset protocol which was great for the days I stayed at home in a warm room but I found it unsustainable standing in the shower every morning for 20 minutes to raise my temperature then dressing as an eskimo all day…
I’ve tried upping carbs in my diet but this has just made me put loads of weight on (I went from 52kg when eating paleo to 62kg now) and it doesn’t affect my temperature. Tried Pregnenolone but didn’t notice any effect; same with aspirin, niacinamide (just causes me to flush), and DHEA.
My thyroid numbers seem well within the ‘standard’ ranges:
TSH 1.22 mIU/L (0.27 - 4.2)
FREE THYROXINE 16.8 pmol/l (12.0 - 22.0)
FREE T3 4.3 pmol/L (3.1 - 6.8)
Since having this blood test done, I’ve been taking a quarter grain of Armour (1 week), upped this to half yesterday but I’m feeling nothing. I don’t suffer from any of the tiredness associated with hypothyroidism but probably because I’m adrenalised all the time (hence cold hands and feet).
Average temp is 36.6C/97.8F pulse is generally fast (90bpm), but hands and feet nearly always freezing, and I feel cold all over.
Very grateful if you’ve managed to read to this point - thanks!
Any ideas what else can I try?
Edited to add: also tried salt, bag breathing, carrot salad. And I use Estroban and B vits too.