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Hey Voodoo,,, when you said your thyroid tested normal.... did they do a Free T4/T3 test or just the TSH?
Anyway a trial run of thyroid medication to see if it helps you certainly won't hurt as long as you slowly increase the dosage a week at a time until your sypmtoms either go away or you become hyperthyroid where you are over stimulated... If you feel hyperthyroid then reduce the meds until you feel good again...
I would recommend a desicated thyroid medication which is a natural porcine derived thyroid that contains both T4/T3... the ratios are 38mgT4/9mgT3---This is called "ONE GRAIN"...
A name brand is "Armour Thyroid""One Grain"...100/$35... you can find many places that will sell it on the web with no prescription... Or you can buy the generic brand which I do for only 100/$9 and they are equal to 2 grains... So the generic you get twice as much for only $9.... If you go the generic route then buy the 2 grain pills and use a pill splitter to split them in half.... Take 1/2 pill everyday (empty stomach) for the first week...Then every week increase by 1/4pill until you feel normal... anytime you feel you are over stimulated you should cut back... you shouldn't feel stimulated... you should just feel normal... Thyroid medication takes a while to really kick in so it will take about 3 weeks before you notice a huge difference... but if it were your thyroid that really was the problem... once you hit the right dosage it will be like a miracle,,, still it takes a few weeks so give it some time...
One thing to watch when taking thyroid meds is once you reach your ideal dose and you feel normal you will be more sensitive to carbohydrates... So you may feel more of a rush when you eat high sugars and then feel over stimulated... In a way this is good cause your body is telling you that you are eating too much sugar...
Give this at least 5 weeks before you decide it's not working for you,,, remember it takes time to kick in,,, if it doesn't work then taper back off for about 8 weeks ...
Week one----1/2 pill a day
Week two-----3/4 pill a day
and so on until you feel normal,,, if you feel over stimulated then cut back a little at a time...
Hope this works for you... it has done wonders for me...
I will PM you with a link where I buy mine... I don't want to post it here out of respect for GenXXL since they sell Cytomel.... even though that's not what I recommend...
The thyroid meds has definately increased my sex drive too...
Visions
Thyroid therapy is a life long commitment...
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