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From: Michelle Duford on 14 Jan 2006 13:11
In another thread, someone mentioned that one sign if they were well
medicated was a normal temperature.

I took my temperature and it is 96.7F or 35.9C. From what I can tell that
is too low. That wasn't even first thing in the morning and I understand
morning temperature is lower. Correct?

What is the proper range? I did some research and 98.2F - 98.6F seems to be
the range but is that for everyone? If so I have a way to go.

My meds were just increased about 3 weeks ago so I am not yet experiencing
all the benefits of an increased dosage, but how long does it take for one's
temperature to get to normal?

Thanks
Michelle


From: Cavaliers on 14 Jan 2006 13:57
Hi Michelle,
Can't answer your specific question about how long it takes for a person's
temperature to become 'normal'. However...it is believed that it takes the
body about six to eight weeks to feel the full benefit of the thyroid
hormone supplements. Usually, docs. call for blood tests every six weeks
while adjusting meds. I wait at least eight weeks.

Kindest regards,
Diana

"Michelle Duford" <mduford(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:q9byf.340070$ki.214801(a)pd7tw2no...

> My meds were just increased about 3 weeks ago so I am not yet experiencing
> all the benefits of an increased dosage, but how long does it take for
> one's temperature to get to normal?
>
> Thanks
> Michelle
>


From: moriarte on 15 Jan 2006 08:26
Yes, you should take your temp in the morning, as later in the day all
sorts of things, from exercise to hot meals etc can interfere with the
reading. I've been doing this for a few months now and it has helped me
sort out my problems a little.

Prior to diagnosis and treatment with Thyroxine, my temperatures were
consistently very low (96.0 to 97.5 at best). I didn't really monitor
my temperature when I was first put on thyroxine treatment, but by the
time I was up to 125mcg it was consistently around 98.8. Having been
too low, I assumed being slightly over was 'good', . Then last August I
started to feel really unwell, racing pulse headache etc. Basal
(morning ) temp was usually 98.9 to 99.1, rising to almost 100 later in
day, which usually corresponded with onset of heachache and collapse.
(useless gp said 'virus', even though it went on for over 6 weeks)

I then made this worse by trying T3 (on a private doctor's advice, I
might add) and despite only taking it for a few days, being really ill
for quite a few weeks. At this point I realised there was a
correllation between high temperature and symptoms and lowered my dose
accordingly by alternating 100 and 125 on different days.

At this point, my temperature would adjust to the new dose within 24
hours, being around 98.8 morning following 125 doses, 97.8 ish
following 100. Apparently this is very unusual, it should take longer
for changes of dose to have this effect, so GP has come to conclusion
that I'm hypersensitive to the medication.

I'm now on 112 every day, my temp is stable on 98.4 every day, I'm not
having 4pm headaches and crashes as much or having the shivers/numb
hands symptoms I experienced on 100 mcg doses.

Sorry, that was all a bit long, but to sum up I think it's really worth
monitoring your basal temperature, and trying to keep your temp. as
close to your personal optimum (98.4 for me, might be different for
you), which is the one which produces least symptoms for you; it might
take longer than a few days for you but I would have thought by 3 weeks
you should start to see some change. I think medical guidelines suggest
monitoring changes of dose after 6 weeks, so I assume even the most
conservative medical opinion would hope to see an effect after this
length of time.

From: moriarte on 22 Jan 2006 08:35
"Body temps really aren't very good to use for diagnosis or treatment
purposes where the thyroid is concerned. "

Okay, but in the absence of any other help, advice, guidance or lab
tests from other professional parties how do you suggest someone who is
experiencing problems with dosage (and has established no other
nutritional problems, has a reliable thermometer and isn't daft enough
to drink coffee before the test) begins to tackle the problem in the
real world? I have to say it has helped me to calibrate my dose, and my
GP has been satisfied to take temperature as a measure of this.

From: Taylor on 12 Feb 2006 09:24
Michelle Duford wrote:

> In another thread, someone mentioned that one sign if they were well
> medicated was a normal temperature.
>
> I took my temperature and it is 96.7F or 35.9C. From what I can tell
> that is too low. That wasn't even first thing in the morning and I
> understand morning temperature is lower. Correct?
>
> What is the proper range? I did some research and 98.2F - 98.6F seems
> to be the range but is that for everyone? If so I have a way to go.
>
> My meds were just increased about 3 weeks ago so I am not yet
> experiencing all the benefits of an increased dosage, but how long
> does it take for one's temperature to get to normal?
>
> Thanks
> Michelle
>
>

It is surprisingly hard to find hard data on what the "optimal" body
temperature really is. Averages are around 98.2 but that's of people of
all ages and various health status.

Healthy young people *do* run an average temperature of 98.6 in the
daytime. http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag95/95dec2i.htm
As people age, that tends to drop. LEF's article examines night time
temperature issues, but doesn't address the daytime. If we could keep our
average daytime temperature higher as we age, would we be healthier?
Personally, I'm inclined to think so.

Adrenal function is at least as important as thyroid in regulating
temperature.

http://drrind.com/metabolic.asp
http://drrind.com/scorecard.asp
http://www.adrenalfatigue.org/
http://tinyurl.com/dz4f5










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