Supposedly Selenium mitigates thyroid antibodies. Was reading that you should take 200 mcg a day. Can you take more? Whats a safe level?

OK, got your email, looks interesting...had to follow your pensive post with my cheeky one

ah, you've reduced to crappy, bummer! OK, I am way too focused on the new mood things....and I am now talking to my self

I did notice my women's multi, which generally makes me feel better, has 20mcg of selenium in it. maybe it helps and maybe not?

Just in case I did 200 mcg selenium today. Still feel crappy

is this what you found about it Shelley?
http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/87/4/1687

and this about selenium dose/toxicity -
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/...ters_fm-3.html

wow, so i got some selenium supplements yesterday...that has to be the fowlest smelling thing i have ever attempted to eat. wow. way worse than fish oil. I got the jarrow brand 200mcg version.

has anyone else found something easier to take?

maybe i just need to get some brazil nuts.

whew.

The suggested upper limit for selenium is 200 mcg per day.

Selenium with zinc are cofactors in thyroid hormone conversion to T3 in tissues.
So we really need it.

However, just recently I saw a paper, that stated high selenium intake is
associated with developing Type II diabetes!

http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicl..._diabetes.html

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi...tract/30/4/829

So I am not sure where we should go with selenium supplements.
You could try just eating some selenium rich foods if you think you are a risk for diabetes.

Here is a good monograph:
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocente...ium/index.html

There has been much research on the benefits and necessity for selenium,
that a compromise should be done I think. And I have read that modern Brazil nuts grown in poor soils, have lower amounts.

Selenium is also thought to sequester mercury---and this may be important for some people:
http://www.mercuryfacts.org/fSelenium.cfm

So the selenium question is complex.

Thanks for the info Mrsd.

While you were gone I had that bad thyroid taken out Yep gone.

Starting to feel better now post 5 weeks.

Need to rework some supplements to take this into account so selenium might just become a regular part of a multi for me.

What dose are you on?

Over the years I have seen some people with adjustment issues.
One of the first signs that you are "in trouble" is severe constipation.

But then I have seen some do well. So I hope you continue to do so.
The cold weather will be a test of sorts, IMO.----ooopppsssss I don't think
you have "cold" weather? Just noticed Santa Monica.
One other sign is orange tinting of the skin...in hypothyroidism issues. If you
are not converting you cannot convert betacarotene to Vit A and it ends up in the skin,
esp the hands and soles of the feet. I had this sign for years, with "normal" blood work and a goiter.
When I was finally given Synthroid, all the orange disappeared. Hypo symptoms are sneaky, less
easy to spot than HYPER. So those are just some hints I have had myself!

Yep Mrsd...ya go on vacation and I snuck out that goiter. They said it was 3x normal size.

Removed the whole thing. My hashis was getting uncontrollable. 1/2 hypo and 1/2 hyper and the more i took the meds the more hyper i got. They called it Hashitoxicosis or thryotoxicosis. So I said get it out.

Its only been 5 weeks and right now I am on 100mcg levoxyl. But they said it could take up to 8 weeks for my own thryoid levels to get out of my body before the meds are responsible for how I am feeling.

Not this week but next I go for the blood work to see if the dose need to be adjusted.

No sever constipation yet but it has slowed down and BM more normal. I can tell that taking it out has helped the IBS (diarherra)I used to have.

Blood tests also showed low iron so they have me on a supplement from Jarrow called ironsorb. My saturation was only 10%. Feeling better from that too.

Last week I started to feel better like old times but then this weekend my hands and feet are very cold and burning/tingly. Might need a higher dose of the meds if I am going more hypo.

Now that I have taken care of that next is my blood sugar. Not diabetic but still overweight and have some some degree of insulin resistance. So time to get the diet back on track. And I need to get my cholesterol back down. Prior to the surgery I was doen 23lbs and lowered my cholesterol 100 points with diet. But it has now snuck back up there to the 260's. Bad me.

Thanks for your hints. I'll watch for the orange color. DOnt want anyone to think I am and an Illini and not a wolverine