Quote Originally Posted by Triskeliongirl View Post
But does that matter, if eating carbs consistently makes me feel bad shouldn't I not eat them? Also, I cannot lose weight following a balanced low cal diet, so its another reason to give low carb a try. I was avoiding it cuz I worried about bonking, which is why I was so curious what other gals here do that follow low carb diets for weight loss but then cycle a lot. You are right though, I should try monitoring my blood glucose levels, so I will pick up some batteries later today. I am hoping to collect this kind of data to bring with me to the appt. with my endo, along with food and exercise logs.
My approach would be to try and work out WHY eating carbs produces the reaction you get - going on a low-carb diet merely treats the symptoms not the cause. So I would say this needs further investigation. Monitoring your blood glucose levels is a good start and may provide some clues. The other thing you might want to consider is choosing your carbs based on glycaemic index and having a low-GI meal and monitoring your blood glucose levels then comparing that to what happens when you have a high-GI meal.

The other thing I would suggest is that you may be one of those people whose TSH levels are affected by other factors and so your TSH results may not be a good guide to how effective your treatment is. How often do you get your T4/T3 levels measured and what do they show?