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hello all - advice please on supplements - i currently take 200mcg of T4 and 20mcg of t3 (split into 2 doses) - I am about to start B12 loading doses with folate.

I also take HRT and anti depressants and am vitamin D deficient. (Im a bit broken!!)

I take the T4 and T3 at 0630am

Vitamin D and K2 at 1030am

Second T3 dose at 12noon

HRT and anti depressants bedtime

What else would you build into the day and when would you take them?

Thank you

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Jefftall,

Vitamin D should be taken 4 hours away from Levothyroxine and T3. It's best taken with the fattiest meal of the day as fat aids absorption.

I'm not a fan of shovelling in lots of supplements in unless there are deficiencies but I do think 1,000mcg vitamin C helps boost the immune system. I don't recommend supplementing iron, calcium, vitamin D, or B12 unless blood tests show it is necessary.

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Thankyou - sadly my b12 and vitamin d is deficient :0( I have tried taking vitamin d later in the day but it keeps me awake at night and I often find myself in th wide awake club at 3am- any thoughts?

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Jefftall,

Could you take your 10.30 T3 dose later?

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I take vitamin d3 at 1030 - I guess I could take my T3 later than 12 noon?

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