Taking temperature and t3

[Weebella]

Can someone please tell me why people take their temperature when taking t3 and what does it tell you ....thank you in advance ...

[Hidden]

Hello Weebella,

Taking temps twice a day will help you assess whether you are optimally medicated. You can also use this method with all thyroid meds and combos.

Flower097

[Weebella in reply to Hidden]

So if your temp is low your undermedicated then is that right ?

[humanbean]

You might find this link of interest :

drrind.com/therapies/metabo...

I think that for some people who have been untreated or under-treated for hypothyroidism for a long time (many years perhaps) then temperature might never go back to normal.

[Jazzw]

My other half takes her pulse before taking her T3. If it's 90+, she knows it's time to take it. And yes, I realise that might be the reverse of what you might expect... ... but her pulse comes down to 70 something within half an hour of taking it.

[Polina44 in reply to Jazzw]

Omg! I've just realised I'm just the same! Thank you!! Sometimes thought oh crikey should I be taking this now with fast heart rate and odd palpitations but always felt calmer after.... 😉

[Jazzw in reply to Polina44]

Glad it helped.

It was completely opposite to what we were expecting too. But she'd downloaded an app to her iPhone that uses the light to measure your pulse, so was taking her pulse all day - and that's when she spotted the pattern. Very handy for those occasions when brain fog strikes and she can't remember whether she's taken a dose or not!

[Polina44 in reply to Jazzw]

Sorry must have typed at the same time. Will try the app and thanks x

[Polina44 in reply to Jazzw]

Sorry to bother you but how does she spilt doses. I'm on 50mcg Levo which I take in the morning plus 40mcg liothyronine. I did take this in one dose but was told by Endocrinologist to split in 4 doses over the day. With iron and vitamin D to factor in too I have split my liothyronine in two doses morning and afternoon. I've two small children, a naughty dog and husband and a job without popping pills every few hours! Thanks for any advice 😊 Lx

[Jazzw in reply to Polina44]

Hi Polina. She's currently on 100 levo and 40 liothyronine. She takes the levo and 20mcg of lio together in the morning, then the other 20mcg of lio in the afternoon. Seems to work out ok most days.

[Polina44 in reply to Jazzw]

Thanks that makes sense to me. I'm still under medicated according to bloods but do feel better on combo. I was on 150mcg Levo before but he reduced down to 50mcg and introduced Liothyronine. Wonder if I need more Levo? My FT4 and FT3 are below range but suppressed TSH?!? How you doing on NDT? Sorry it's late now but thanks for your help. I understand things a bit more now... Oh the crazy thyroid!! 😖x

[Jazzw in reply to Polina44]

I think there's a chance you do need a little more levo. My other half experimented recently with reducing her levo a little but it didn't turn out so well - she got all the old symptoms back - so she raised it back up to 100mcg again. I wouldn't worry too much about the suppressed TSH - it's inevitable it will be suppressed if you're taking 40mcg lio, as your pituitary senses the T3 and doesn't send that TSH signal to your thyroid to make more T4.

And FT4 is also often suppressed when you take both. I've seen Clutter post a theory recently that more of the T4 (levo) gets converted to T3 if you take liothyronine. So it's likely that a raise in levo would actually result in you making slightly more T3, so your FT3 levels would rise.

I'm doing ok on Nature-Throid, thanks for asking. I do feel a lot better, though I am wondering if I could do with a small increase. It seems to be as hard as ever to lose weight - and I've got several stones of excess baggage. But my hair and skin are way better and I have enough energy to get through the day these days - which is quite a relief!

[shaws Administrator in reply to Polina44]

If your FT4 and FT3 (particularly FT3) are low you need more hormones. TSH is irrelevant although Endos do put more emphasis on this than the patient's wellbeing.

T3 is required by every receptor cell in our body and T4 may not convert to sufficient T3.

[marigold22 in reply to Jazzw]

Very interested to hear your other half takes 100 levo plus 40 liothyronine. I'm only on 40 liothyronine and doc trying to cut me back to 30 as blood tests looking too high to her. I've never done the temperature and pulse rate so will start.

[SilverAvocado in reply to marigold22]

I'm on that same dose, 100 levo and 40 of lio.

[Polina44]

Hi... Sorry never taken my temp while on T3 but you will have maybe read below when I am low on T3 my pulse increases and I get irregular heartbeats too. Lx

[Lisasones]

I took my temperature every hour when I started on T3 only, it sounds laborious but I was very low around 95.1 to 95.7 and so as I increased the amounts of T3 I could see exactly when a dosage started to work as I'd get up to 96 - I didn't have to do it for long, just until I'd worked out what worked for me 😉

[Weebella]

Ty all so much for your reply I'm a little wiser now😊

[faith63]

It is unnecessary. Temperature tells ME nothing. My temps are normally low, even before my thyroid died. Also, temps sometimes don't recover and it doesn't mean you are improperly medicated.