Did you get your free T3, free T4, reverse T3 and antibodies tested? How is
your body temperature, in the morning and throughout the day? Is it around
97.8 upon awakening and at least 98.5 by the late afternoon? Or are you
pretty warm (hyperthyroid)? Also, do you consume enough or supplement with
selenium? It's been shown to decrease antibodies:

Selenium supplementation in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis decreases
thyroid peroxidase antibodies
concentrations.<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11932302>

I'm hypo and have had good results with taking Armour natural desiccated
thyroid. Also, I had to significantly increase carb intake, as it was
making my free T3 and T4 levels tank. Once I did this, I was able to cut
down on the Armour and now only take 45 mg, down from 120 mg.
HTH,
Naomi
===============Naomi, thanks for all the great tips!I'll have to get a new thermometer, but I do feel cooler in the morning and warmer in the afternoon.Also will look for a quality supplier of selenium, probably Puritan's Pride, as they've been my vitamins supplier for years.I mentioned the Armour to my doctor, but he wanted to keep me on the Levothyroxin since we'd finally gotten to a normal reading.  Yes, that included  TSH, 3rd Gen., and Free T4 tests.The diagnosis for me is Graves disease. Is that yours as well?  Thanks again!!-dh===========
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> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 11:20 PM, Diane Heath
> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> 
> > I've enjoyed and benefited from the conversations here for over a year,
> > and personally have found that morphing into a Paleo nutrition plan, from
> > vegetarian, has improved my health substantially.  Many thanks for all the
> > insights I glean via this email blog!!  I enjoy reading the research,
> > offered by the best of the Paleo peeps here...
> > Per a posting here, I've supplemented my nutrition with drops of Potassium
> > Iodide, and have gradually worked up to 8 drops daily, in a (vain) attempt
> > to remedy my thyroid condition.  I've been 'diagnosed' with Graves, and
> > Hashimotos, and been told that I will be on thyroid meds for the rest of my
> > life, and will probably need to have the dosage increased as I age.
> >  Currently that amounts to 150 mcg. Levothyroxin, and I've been 'stable'
> > for about a year.  My big hope was that the potassium iodide would have
> > alleviated my condition, but it's had no apparent effect, so far..
> > Concurrent, but just tangential to that concern...a nutrition question...
> >  I love eating NW farmed Mussels once a week, and that's a weekly luxury.
> >  I am concerned, however, re. radiation and the Fukushima fallout traveled
> > to the Pacific Coast, where these mussels are farmed.  I'm told they are
> > raised in concrete pens and that therefore there is no concern....but since
> > I find barnacles on some of the shells....it makes me wonder..
> > Appreciatively,Diane Heath