Hi could someone please tel me what it means after i take my synthroid i feel like hav many different mood changes feel like the hulk..can some1 help.. it settles down after 2 hours from taken it..think i want off
night before i lost al functions..im on 12hourly t3 to which is 4weeks this week..
How much T3 are your taking? Do you need to take T4 too?
Im only 7.5 12hrly an 50mg daily of synthroid..im over al this mental crap..chop n change n not been able to function then ragen feel possed..my poor kids n dont no wats goin on..im speakin not even no wat im sayin..i dont no how to tell if i need both as im not converting t4 i been told hence t3..n i asked to go onto just 1 t3 tab a day as i tke t3 at 9am n pm an synthroid at 4pm my levels alway on the move which surly cant help?? How does it work when ya take ya tabs?? Levels incres then drop off?? If so my are up n down n if im not on enough t3.arhhh
I am not medically qualified and this is only a suggestion - how about taking your dose of T3 first thing in the morning and don't eat for about 45 mins and taking your 50mcg levo at bedtime, having last eaten 2 hours before.
I don't understand why doctors tell you to split your dose of T3 as it is T3 that's needed in our cells and it must be difficult to find a 'space' when you've not eaten in case food interferes with the uptake. I have always taken my thyroid hormones all at once, whether I've been on T4 only T4/T3 or NDT. I now take T3 only every morning when I get up and wait about an hour before I eat. I therefore don't have to bother about timing, carting pills around wherever I am and remembering (we don't have good memories when first beginning). But that's my choice.
Dr Lowe's patients took their hormones once daily (NDT or T3 only)and I will give a link and an excerpt. He never prescribed synthroid.
I understand you completely when you say you cannot think, don't know what's happening to you as you're not improving.
Dr Lowe took 150mcg of T3 in the middle of the night, so he obviously had no food interfering and he was on a very high dose of T3 because he was resistant to thyroid hormones. Excerpt:-
The studies showed clearly that in general, when patients were taking T3, their status improved, and when taking placebos, their status worsened.
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These clinical and experimental findings argue against that idea of "cycling" enabling patients to maintain improvement after stopping their use of T3. With increases and decreases in dosage, the only thing that has cycled in our patients is their fibromyalgia status. So, do I believe that "cycling" will "cure" cellular resistance to thyroid hormone? Unequivocally, no!
Third, the leaflet on Cytomel pharmacies give patients when they fill their prescriptions states, "POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS: NO COMMON SIDE EFFECTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED with proper use of this medication." This information is accurate—when plain, full-strength, one-time-per-day doses of T3 are used properly, there are no adverse effects. The only adverse effects occur when a patient takes a dosage that for her is excessive. With Cytomel, if overstimulation occurs, it can be stopped with one or two small doses of propranolol. Or the patient can simply reduce her dosage of Cytomel the next time she takes it. I want to emphasize, however, that when our protocol is used properly, there is no overstimulation to be avoided by using timed-release T3. The protocol has safeguards against adverse effects.
And finally, why do I specify that the typical patient use one full dose of non-timed-release Cytomel for life? Because extensive testing has shown that this is safe, effective, and most economical—when used within the context of our entire protocol.
Wat does it mean buy time release safegaurd from over stimulation?as thats wat mine is slow release
Over-stimulation means that when we take too much of any thyroid hormones, i.e. levothyroxine, natural dessicated thyroid hormones or T3 (also known as liothyronine) we will get symptoms of overstimulation - i.e. feel very wound up, fast pulse, heart beat, too hot. So just reduce down.
It means that Dr Lowe found that T3 (either Cynomel or Cytomel - am not sure what it is in the USA) but not time-release worked best. Can you ask your doctor if you could have a trial of ordinary T3 with your Synthroid although I am puzzled if they say you don't convert T4 to sufficient T3 why they still prescribe it. The ordinary T3 might work best for you. Tell him/her how unwell you are.
Could it be side affects? 
Still having side affects of levothyroxine
Synthyroid reduction and now.....
Synthyroid: Some thoughts and queries.
