Anxiety with t3

[Jefner]

Has anyone experienced anxiety if they take their t3 a little earlier or later than normal. I have had a good few days and today I took my t3 around 2.45 instead of 5'ish and now have terrible anxiety this evening for no apparent reason

[shaws Administrator]

I think you are chopping and changing to often. You have to give adjustments in hormones a reasonable chance to work and thus become stable.

I take T3 once daily and am fine but that's not to say everyone will be the same. However, the purpose of T3 is to saturate our receptor cells and it's work then begins and lasts between one to three days.

Also our stomach has to be empty as food interferes with the uptake of hormones and if splitting doses you have to wait about three hours after eating as our digestion is much slower due to hypo. Therefore early a.m. or bedtime is best. However, if having a blood test a.m. you miss this dose and take after test.

This may be helpful:

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[Jefner in reply to shaws]

shaws

I have been on the same steady dose now for 4 weeks. I just took my daytime 5mcg t3 dose a little earlier and wondered whether it would make that much difference. I don't take it am as it can stimulate my already high cortisol levels and take the other 5mcg at bedtime with my t4

[shaws Administrator in reply to Jefner]

For me T3 calmed everything down. From heart going going crazy on levo and at times 140 bpm and all symptoms subsided. My body loves T3 and everything is now in tune. I assume (not been tested) that I cannot convert T4. Other members don't get on with T3 so it is individual to each person what suits them. Many recover their health on NDT.

There are lots of rumours about T3. It is the hormone that drives our metabolism and it is the only hormone which is required by our receptor cells.

T4 is inactive and has to be converted to sufficient T3 if they're on the optimum dose but others are prevented because the doctor only looks at the TSH and not the symptoms of the patient and he wont increase despite patient still complaining. They rarely test our Free T3 or Free T4 so we're unaware what's circulating in our blood.

Vitamin C can help reduce cortisol levels. Anxiety etc are clinical symptoms.

I am not medically qualified at all but we all have to go by our own experiences and it is an uphill climb for many members.

It is trial and error. I hope you reach an optimum of hormones soon