@Jennifer Did you say in one of your posts that you needed to reach the right amount of thyroid before Progest-E or another progesterone worked for you? If so, what were the results of taking Progest-E/ natural progesterone when you did not have enough thyroid on board/ what symptoms did it create?

@Jennifer Wow, Jennifer, thank you so much for all of your detailed information! I am wondering how you managed your reactive hypoglycemia while consuming simple sugars. My systolic BP goes up with sharp swings in blood sugar, either in the upward or the downward direction. How were you able to transition into a fruitarian diet while having reactive hypoglycemia? Did you go very long without eating? And was there a concern for stomach emptying time, using whole milk, eggs, seafood and cheese? Can you give me an example of a day's worth of eating, with timing of the foods when you still were experiencing reactive hypoglycemia? And do or did you also consume food/ drink at night? If so, what did you have and when? Did and do you take your Armour Thyroid on an empty stomach or with food? How much do you take at any given time and how many times within a 24 hour period? Do you take Armour only, or do you add some extra T3? I left my phone number in a private message on this forum. Would you be willing to call me?

@Jennifer So I assume that you were on 1/4 grain of Armour thyroid for 2 weeks, and every 2 weeks you dosed up by 1/4 grain or 1/2 grain? And each time you noticed that your temperature and pulse were too low, even with the adrenaline flowing? How did you discern a better pulse and temperature from the effects of the adrenaline and cortisol? Was that just by how you felt? Can you elaborate more on the insomnia that you had? Did you also have central, (brain) sleep apnea? Frequent waking? Did you wake up each time with an adrenaline rush? Was the raw milk and yogurt whole or what percentage fat did you consume in the milk and yogurt? Did you consume anything besides the milk and yogurt? During the adrenaline days/ nights, did you have problems with blood sugar dysregulation, REACTIVE hypoglycemia? (I know you said you had hypoglycemia, but was it of the reactive type, in response to consuming carbs?) In other words, were you able to tolerate much carbohydrate, or did the carbohydrate cause any problems? When you were drinking 4 liters of milk a day plus yogurt, did you add any juice or sugar or take in any other carbohydrates? And if your hypoglycemia was reactive hypoglycemia, did that simply resolve with taking more Armour? Did you have to go low carb until you were up to an adequate dose of thyroid? If so, what dose was the turning point? Any details you can provide on your diet over the course of your healing would be most welcome. Also, have you added any T3 in addition to what is already in Armour thyroid? Sorry if this seems scattered. I am just not sleeping hardly any at all.

@Jennifer Did you take PenVK in your recovery, and if so, what was your protocol? Dose, frequency and for how long? Also, did you start with a half grain of Armour? How long before you felt improvement? I was able to get some Armour thyroid. Just super insomniac and high adrenaline by now. Did you try CynoPlus before that? If so, what was the comparison? I am also wondering about body size with regard to dosing PCN (and Armour). I am only 5 foot 1 in and rapidly gaining belly fat, now up to 116lbs. (started out about 112 lbs, with more muscle mass, which I am also rapidly losing)

@sneedful I am not sure about the biome, but you're right in that it is highly disrupted. I am trying PenVK, just starting today, at Peat doses, 250mg first day, (broken in halves and take twice daily), then 100mg total in 2 divided does for a few days, followed by flowers of sulfur. If the flowers of sulfur doesn't work to reestablish the biome, I can try Chobani yogurt, kefir, etc.

@yerrag My respiratory symptoms are completely resolved, except that I still have a raspy voice. It is now a matter of trying drinks and foods that I can digest without having constipation or diarrhea, and managing my blood sugar, which swings high and then low, the highs and lows each causing a rise in systolic b.p., (sometimes in the 190s, but I can be 125 between the highs and lows. ) I have tried well cooked, grated mushroom and coconut oil to slow absorption down to stabilize blood sugar, but my digestive system is not ready for those just yet. Also working on adding some Cynoplus, very slowly, because I think my T3 protocol too easily gets disrupted when under extreme stress, such as having COVID. Anything that can stabilize the system is good.

@ThinPicking I am slowly experimenting with food tolerance. Thank you.

@ThinPicking With 2-3 liters of milk and a pint of juices a day, and now quite sedentary, water would be disastrous. I crave salt, and I am far from thirsty, and that is a good indication not to drink water.

@Jennifer Thank you! I am very ill/ feel terrible all of the time and barely sleeping and barely functioning at this point. I appreciate your help! I doubt that I could get a doc to prescribe NDT for me, but maybe that's what I need. In the mean time, I am starting ground zero with Cynoplus and Cynomel.

@jennifer I haven't slept the last 2 nights and lots of gas, bloating and diarrhea last night. Temps have dropped, so I guess my working theory about the aspirin and T3 was wrong. What type of NDT do you or does your mum use and how does one go about optimizing it? I will look into the CamphoSal. Thank you!