Update Temperature
This is the form you'll use to add or make changes to records relating to your temperature. Dr. Broda Barnes was a pioneer of keeping track of temperature to determine the appropriate dose of thyroid medication.
Date - Enter the date you're taking your temperature (The program will insert a date for you when it's a new record)
Time - Enter the time you took your temperature
Temp - Enter the temperature
Excluded - Click this box if you get a really strange reading (5 degrees above or below your expected body temperature) and don't want to include it in your average body temperature. The record will remain but it's not added to the average.
Basal - Check this box if you're taking a basal reading, which is done immediately after you wake up.
Note - Check this box to enable note taking
Notes - Enter any comments that you find relevant to this record
NOTE - I don't think there's any question that someone with low thyroid function (untreated) will display a basal temperature lower than the normal. However, there's another reason for having a low or very low basal body temperature and that's due to insomnia. Lack of sleep will lower your body temperature.
If you're suffering from a compensatory overabundance of cortisol (like I was) and you're only getting a few hours of sleep per night (like I was - 3hrs) then it is VERY likely that your low body temperature readings will be a red herring regarding thyroid function. Be sure that you're able to sleep normally before deciding that you have proof of low thyroid function due to lower-than-normal basal body temp readings!
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