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I realized on Saturday that my temperature had been low the last couple days. It was at its lowest that day - sometimes barely 97 degrees. (I know that my thermometer runs a bit low though.) Friday it was a little lower than usual too. Then I remembered another thing I had changed about my program. On Tuesday after I posted my 1 week update and was so happy about how my headaches seemed to have gone away, I ended up with the worst one yet. It didn't make any sense, until I realized that it was also the first day I had taken L-Tyrosine again. I had been taking it very sporadically because I'm also getting it in my protein shake and knew it was contributing to some anxiety issues, rapid heart rate, heart palpitations, waking up frequently during the night, etc. So I thought it could very well also be the culprit of my headaches since I was clearly getting too much. I stopped taking it as of Wednesday, so I had gone a few days without it. That, possibly combined with the antibiotic I'm taking could have lowered my body temperature, which could be the reason I lost my soreness!

Yesterday morning I added it back in and sure enough, it feels as though my soreness is returning. (And sure enough, I slept horribly last night. ) So I think that my temperature dropped way too much, causing my body to stop reacting to the BO. Fortunately I ordered Kelp from Swanson Vitamins that should be arriving any day now and can substitute it in place of L-Tyrosine. I hope that takes care of it.

I also ordered Raw Pituitary when I ordered the Kelp. I'm going to add it into my program at the beginning of my next cycle. I've also bought a folic acid supplement since I can't tolerate the B-Complex and want the help with my hair and nails. But I'm not going to add it in until I get this headache thing sorted out so I can avoid any further confusion. Here I was so happy to be taking BO instead of herbs because I wasn't taking so many pills every day... But now after adding MSM, folic acid, and then the pituitary later, I'm gonna be right back up there!

Aside from the headache issue (which may not even be due to BO), I can't believe how much better I feel on BO compared to herbs. My skin is still perfectly clear and soft. My mind is clear and I don't have that sleepy, foggy feeling. Best of all - I think it's helping to balance mood swings due to hormones! I was having such horrible mood swings before, and it got worse when I was on herbs. My bcp helped, but once I added WU in it got bad again. Now I feel much more balanced, and little things (and bigger things) that normally would send me into an anxiety attack and make me feel terrible aren't so bad. I feel like I can deal with them in a more logical, calm manner. I hope that continues!

I will be back later today with my measurements.