Take Your Thyroid Medication At Night: Here's Why

Eleanor

I'm going to try this because I am as this guy describes, still tired and sleepy after taking it in the AM.

https://youtu.be/Fj9M2NQs6K0?si=laBzOtoXhOCUD6ZH

Eleanor

Update: I took my usual dose last night and after just one switch, it seems to work real well. I'm not freezing cold at work (yet) and not completely dragging ass. I did try a dose of TA-1 last night and it might be interfering a bit; can't tell yet.

Static

Interested to hear your experiences. I've been on Armour for 2 years and have never noticed a difference.

MyB

You’re supposed to take your medication when fasted, in the morning. How are you fasted the necessary 8-12 hrs when taking it in the evening?

Eleanor

@Static said:

Interested to hear your experiences. I've been on Armour for 2 years and have never noticed a difference.

I've been on it for well over 10 years. Since my eating schedule has changed to strictly daytime; my lunch being at noon-ish to 2pm and I snack all day on chicken strips, veggies, sometimes sliced fruit. I don't eat anything after 4pm, no snacks, full meals, etc. I take it about 9pm and it worked for me.

The point this Dr. is trying to make is if you take Np thiroid or Armour around a bunch of supps in the AM, it competes with them and you get little of it. It's not so much the food, unless you're stuffed when you take it. It's the SUPPS.

Will see how it goes. I hope you can make it work for you.

MyB

Are you on a synthetic?
There’s no way I could take desiccated at night due to the T3.

Eleanor

@MyB
No, I'm on desiccated (Np thy). For some reason, it worked for me. I'm going to keep working it like this to find out if it continues.

The point was the supplements. If you're AM loaded, it shoots it to hell for you; if you're not, you could be fine.

Eleanor

I have to say that taking the NpThiroid before bed is working very well for me thus far. I'm inclined to think that the oral supps I was taking in the morning around it might definitely have been interfering with the rx action.

Just my experience. If you're on thyroid meds that you feel aren't quite working for some reason, you might want to consider switching the timing.

Static

I've tried the before bed dosing for a week and I think I'll stick with it. One less thing to do at 4am when I get up to get going for work. No obvious plusses or minuses in my energy level but I tend to be more hungry when I get up for breakfast.

EXTROPIAN

@Eleanor have you tried to supplement with dietary iodine?

Eleanor

@EXTROPIAN I absolutely do not take extra iodine other than iodized salt and Japanese soup dishes when out to eat. Too much iodine is bad for HYPOthyroidism, I don't care what anyone else says, I won't do it.

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