A couple of weeks ago I was thinking about how to improve my health. I'm on T3 only and have been taking it in three doses through the day.
I don't have much "get up and go"/motivation/desire to do things. I also struggle with concentration. Both with trying to do any of my study work (a part time course) or even watching a long TV programme.
I need to be able to concentrate if I'm going to get back to work. When I left my job due to ill health (back then was diagnosed depressed, but now I know I was hypo) having poor concentration, no matter how much I tried, made me unable to do enough work in the day. It's the same feeling as now.
I have found that I've been taking one of those batches that may be suspect. I've got one pot left and I'm not going to use it (so I have one I could send to be tested if that Yellow Card scheme need one). I've got more T3, but it's all in a bottle from Boots, so I don't know what batch it is. I wish I knew one way or the other.
Anyways, I'm taking 85mcg and I've tried taking it throughout the day like 35mcg, 25mcg, 25mcg and also waking early and taking some then going back to sleep.
I then tried taking the 85mcg all in the morning. It felt good until about 5 hours after I'd taken it and then I crashed and had to pull myself through the day on coffee and chocolate. I'm surprised that I didn't feel at all hyper in the morning.
Why don't people who take their T3 only in one go feel hyper after they take it?
and
I've noticed that people on T3 only seem to take larger doses, 100mcg + . I'm wondering what would happen if I took a larger dose in the morning. Maybe it would last me all day? But I don't want to take too much.
If you take your T3 only in one dose, whatever time of day, did you increase your dose compared to taking it throughout the day?
Totoro x
This is information on T3 which Dr Lowe recommends once a day only over the years he treated patients.
web.archive.org/web/2010122...
That's a really interesting reply of his. Particularly about T3 making a patient more sensitive to other things, like coffee.
Two nights ago I was exhausted after a previous night of little sleep (I have a sleep problem) and I took a nap at 6.30pm. My heart beat was fairly strong, but nothing else. I woke up at 9pm and then back to bed at midnight. But at midnight I had moments of an irregular heart beat. But I'd taken no more T3 (last dose in the afternoon) and all I'd done was have a decaff coffee. I'd also been careful not to eat sweet things and chocolate.
I did a quick bit of googling and found that decaff coffee can make people less sleepy, not just caffeinated. So that was the most likely reason my heart went irregular!
What does Dr Lowe mean by "metabolic rate"? "Many patients taking T3 have TSH and T3 levels like yours but still have severely low metabolic rates."
Thanks,
Totoro x
Maybe someone more qualified than I will answer. I am not medically qualified but hypothyroidism causes everything to slow down and thyroid hormones should raise our metabolism to a point that we feel well as our metabolism is back to normal. That's why so many complain of weight gain/temperature is low and sometimes heart rate too in that their body cannot burn the calories quickly enough. This is an excerpt (can't find link now)
Points to Remember
Hypothyroidism is a disorder that occurs when the thyroid gland does not make enough thyroid hormone to meet the body’s needs. Thyroid hormone regulates metabolism. Without enough thyroid hormone, many of the body’s functions slow down.
Another link
uk.answers.yahoo.com/questi...
Thanks Shaws. This is very interesting. I used to take my T3 all in one go but I was not on a high dose. I got on very well with T3 only. Shame they decided "everyone has thyroxine" and "it's better". How wrong they were!
I think I will try taking my T3 all in one dose. I am only dosing twice a day now rather than 3 times. I will try increasing my morning dose and decreasing my afternoon dose and see what happens. Perhaps this is the missing part of the puzzle.
I hope it is the answer. It is amazing how much trial and error we have to do to get the dose(s) right.
That's very interesting, especially the Nov 2005 reply. I was told about 35 years ago by my unbelievably, appallingly rude GP that I shouldn't take ephedrine. No explanation given. (One of many GPs who simultaneously assured me there was nothing wrong with me). I took it once by mistake and found out why.
I had a similar reaction at the dentist just a few years ago when I forgot to tell them I needed adrenaline free injections. I had such severe palpitations I nearly passed out on the floor. The dentist was very calm and very kind and he and his nurse waited patiently til it passed, even making me wait for half an hour in the waiting room afterwards before they would let me drive home.