Posts made by GreekDemiGod

I had a noticeable deeper voice when taking Androsterone. Also smoking helps, but don’t recommend it.

I now seem to tolerate milk much better, which is fantastic. Before I could feel it giving me brain fog, dandruff/ dermatitis, but recently I started drinking milk again: goat milk and non-homogenized cow's milk and I feel pretty good from it.

I also realized how much the quality of the thyroid product matters. Before I was using Levotiron for T4, now I use Novothyral (100mcg T4 and 20 mcg T3 per pill), and I started feeling better in days.

Novothyral is so far the best thyroid product I could get my hands on (in Europe).

Does anyone know if Levotiron is a good T4 product?

He is in top physical shape, but facially he does seem to age at an accelerates rate. This is worrisome because he embodies a lot of Peat’s principles.
I still stand by the opinion that there’s a sweet spot with sun exposure above which you don’t want to go.

Blacks tend to age better facially than whites. They have thicker skin.

What could be the reason that causes one temple (left one) to recede faster than the other?

So that would amount to a single dose of about 19 mcg T4 and 4.5 mcg T3, taken 4 times daily, right?
Also, do you think that rT3 is a relevant number to track? Have you noticed you feel better at a lower rT3? I'm asking because I read that people being given large doses of T4 are told that an increased rt3 is not that important.

Getting to the correct and effective doses of T4 and T3 is quite tricky. I have yet to reach a ratio that works great.
I've been trying to gradually lower my T4 intake, as I didn't felt quite as energetic for a while and was suspecting that I have low conversion into active thyroid hormone from my gut issues.
Once I do that, and start increasing T3, I feel great for a day or two, then I crash again. Temps go lower too.
At that point, taking a large dose of T4 (75 mcg) quickly raises my baseline energy levels.
This is what happened this weekend.

If I take thyroid, I am functioning ok on a T4 amount that is at least 100mcg. I don't really understand why do I need such high doses.

@Jennifer Thenks for sharing. Do you take that amount in a single dose or split into how many doses?

For those who take thyroid, what are the T4, T3 ratios that you feel your best at and gives you the best blood work. Explain, if possible, also how you progressed to that dose.
And also mention if you have certain conversion issues.

That’s definitely the typical sun damaged looks.
Also, I think he doesn’t have a wife. What is a 47 year old man doing being single and leading a loner life without purpose?

Pulse in the 50s is quite low.

@natureman Overdosing effects sound scary I wonder what qualifies as overdosing. 100mcg T3? 300mcg T4?

@DavidPS thanks, but I’m talking about long term effects.
Say someone takes thyroid meds for 5 years and wants to quit or doesn’t have access to meds anymore. Does the thyroid regain its full function it had before jumping on the meds or not?

This is an important question that I haven’t seen much addressed in the Peat spheres.
Does taking thyroid long-term lead to shrinkage or atrophy of the thyroid gland?

I need to know what are the risks of taking thyroid meds when one has a functioning thyroid gland.
I understand that for people who had their thyroid removed or they had severe hypothyroidism, there aren’t much risks, but for many of us Peaters who have a functioning gland and we have just a slight degree of hypothyroidism, is it worth it?
Will we regain our thyroid function fully when going off meds?

How is he not feeling awful at such low temps? I get that he’s on Levothyroxine and other drugs, but I’d still expect him to not feel great.

Question in title. How low should the temperature go during the night to not be classified as hypothyroid?
If it dips below 36.0 C at 3-4am, is it an issue?

What do you guys think Trump’s IQ is, approximately?

He doesn’t strike me as particularly intellectual, and there has been criticisms of him saying that he doesn’t have deep knowledge in economics and such. But I might be wrong and that’s just a facade he puts on, to dumb down his message to the wider audience.

@gg12 what kind of measurement does that device give you?

@Rah1woot Indeed. You have to agree that the man has led a stimulating and eventful life. He has a winner's mindset.