3. Thyroid Series - Supplements

So once you have thyroid issues, or frankly fybromyalgia or any other immune related issue - your body is never quite the same again, and you're always going to be asking a lot of your body, so great quality supplements are going to be part of your daily regime.  There's lots of detail on supplements in the material set out in the first post http://www.ems-nutrition.blogspot.com/2012/11/introduction-to-thyroid-series.html but the below are a hit list of things I've found have helped. 

However, while I'd encourage anyone to try these on a "take it for a month and see if you feel better" basis, the ideal would be that this is a discussion with your healthcare provider, particularly in the case of some of these, like B12, D3, Pregnenolone, 7-Keto DHEA etc, on the basis of blood tests.  My sense of humor failure with my first endocrinologist was in part because his response to my question on dose level of glutamine (a mainstream supplement in sports nutrition) was "that's a bit alternative".  Hence the earlier post http://www.ems-nutrition.blogspot.com/2012/12/thyroid-issues-getting-treatment.html

NOTE: IF you are on thyroid supplementation - you need at least a 3 hour gap before taking anything with iron or calicium

Multivit

So the trick with this is finding a multivit that absorbs well that has high quality ingredients.  I like Solgar, but I love Oxylent http://www.vitalah.com/ - the thing about Oxylent is that it's got a whole variety of things you need, in a form that should have a very high absorbtion rate. It also works well for dehydration and great at the end of the day. It looks expensive, but if you think about the number of bottles it's otherwise replacing, it isn't.

Energy/Mood/Brain function/Immune System

Vitamin D3 -  5,000 IU - from Cholecalciferol - Mood/Brain function/Skin & Bones/Immune system
Vitamin B12 - 5,000 IU - from methylcobalamin in a sublinqual form - Energy/Brain function
Co-Enzyme Q10 - 100 mg from Ubiquinol - Energy/Brain function
D-Ribose - 10 grams, easiest to just mix in a low -calorie sports drink - Energy/Muscle pain - http://www.ems-nutrition.blogspot.com/2012/04/hydration-made-easy.html
Omega 3.6.9 - 565 mg, 224 mg, 244 mg  - Natural triglyceride form - Joint pain/Skin & Hair/Immune system
7-Keto DHEA - 100 mg - Energy/Mood/Brain function & memory/Immune system http://www.ems-nutrition.blogspot.com/2010/03/7-keto-dhea-great-for-immune-function.html
Pregnenolone - 100 mg - Brain function & memory/Mood/Hormone balance
Glutamine - start on 5 grams a day and drop to 2 after 3 months - check for pharmaceutical quality - Muscle pain/Energy/Immune system http://www.ems-nutrition.blogspot.com/2006/08/first-rule-is-glutamine-is-good.html
SAMe - 400 mg from S-Adenosyl Methionine - Mood/Brain function/Joint pain

Auto immune/Energy issues/Adrenal Fatigue

Ashwaganda Root Extract - 250 mg
Coleus Forskohlii - 300 mg
Eleuthero (Siberian Ginseng) - 200 mg
Guggul Extract - 150 mg
L-Theanine - 100 mg
Skullcap Root extract - 250 mg
Rhodiola rosea Root Extract - 200 mg

I like AdreneVive from Ortho Molecular Products with the Coleus Forskohlii on its own - and push come to shove - Thyro RX and Adrenal-Calm from Holtraceuticals (rather more expensive)

Taken together
Selenium (as L-selenomethionine) - 200 mcg
Vitamin E (as D-alpha tocopheryl succinate) - 30 IU
Glutathione - 500 mg

Adrenal specific

Adrenal Concentrate (Bovine) - 220 mg
Licorice Root Extract

For this again I like Adren-all from Ortho Molecular Products.  There's a bit of overlap with AdreneVive but not enough to stop you taking both