Hi all--
I'm the original poster. Well, a couple months has gone by, more tests, and seeing an endocrinologist that specializes in homrone/thyroid dysfunctions.
So, I did in the meantime have my free T3 done, and it was pretty low, with my progesterone still at near 0 and my estrogen low. So, what the doc said is pretty much what Leigh says a lot in her books, that a lot of it probably has to do with undereating/over-exercising in the past.
He has put me on a "jump=start" dose of progesterone, the first try did not work but we're about on round 2. He had me increase my calories to maintenence, which I THOUGHT I had done but I lost another 1.5 pounds in that month so obviously I did not hit maintenaence. I got a GWF in the past week to hopefully steer me to what my maintenance is. I can already see that it is consistently 500-600 more than I expected in a day, even with a 15% inaccuracy I'm still burning more than I was eating.
One of the things the doctor specifically told me is to up my fat levels, as Leigh has talked about her podcasts. He said that is absolutely one of the keys to normalizing hormones, at least female ones.
He's hoping that getting my periods normalized will stabilize the thyoid hormones, and make me feel a little better. He, like the other poster and Leigh, strongly recommends NOT taking any thyroid until you've tried everything else.
Hpoe this helps someone
