feeling terrible on t3 only :(

[markgreenhill]

i'm on day 8 now of t3 only and today i feel terrible very hypo worse than i ever was without any thing. not sure if this is normal but i'm really struggling right now. is this a normal thing to happen at the start?

[motherclanger]

What were you taking before? And what dose were you on? How much T3 are you taking?

[markgreenhill in reply to motherclanger]

i was taking 1.5 grains of ndt im taking the t3 to clear high rt3 do alot of people feel rough til the rt3 clears?

[HIFL]

T3 works for some, but is a disaster for others. Too much T3 causes severe memory loss for me. What problems are you having? Have you seen this page? tiredthyroid.com/rt3.html

[markgreenhill in reply to HIFL]

im having extremely low energy muscles aching ect i havnt been able to go gym or anythink at the moment

[HIFL in reply to markgreenhill]

Have you ever tried taking only T4? Did you have a bad reaction or never tried it?

[markgreenhill in reply to HIFL]

no i've never tried t4 just ndt.

[pinkjess17 in reply to HIFL]

We are all different so its sometimes trial and error, this also may help:

tiredthyroid.com/blog/2015/...

[markgreenhill]

if i have rt3 will i be hypo at the start of this treatment?

[markgreenhill]

yh i feel the worse i've ever been. right now i feel dead i'm struggling to sit at the pc but thanks for your message i guess i'm going to have to lump it for now. it seem even if i raise my dose high i don't get hyper symptoms so it must be that rt3 blocking it maybe.

[markgreenhill]

iv'e been on t3 for 12 days i started on 6.5 2 times a day but right now i'm up to 12.5mcg 3 times a day

[markgreenhill in reply to markgreenhill]

is that enough to supress my tsh?

[markgreenhill]

that seems a a lot i know i have rt3 but i also think its pooling my blood cause of high t3 level and when i tested i was only on a 1.5 grain of ndt.that amount sounds scary to me lol i guess ill just raise every week or somethink.

isnt the rt3 going to go down as the levels of t4 drop, no matter what dose your on? i know your own thyroid will still make it but it will go down.

[HEA72]

Hi Mark, how have you got on? Just reading your post now and hoping you're feeling better than you were.

I too have high revT3 presently and have done in the past. Mine's been caused by a build up of excess T4 in the past and not converting the T4 to T3 sufficiently. I'm wondering if this is what happened to you? I too have been on NDT and introduced some extra T3, once I went over 2.5mcg of extra T3 I felt terrible on this combo. I'm now having a break from the meds (as any are making me feel worse now as my system's in a pickly) to allow the levels to drop and will trial the T3 again with no NDT or a much smaller dose. Rather a gamble which I hate.