Ready to roll with T3 ONLY - Dosing advice please What is your schedule for dosing & how much ?

[Swanagegirl]

Ok so I have my T3 in stock & ready to roll with properly attempting to feel better.

I have a number of Autoimmune diseases including Addison's Disease. I absorb Hydrocortisone very fast, so spilt dose through the day & night. This means its difficult to work out whether exhaustion is due to Addison's or Hashimoto's. My stress levels are super high ( I have 2 children with complex medical needs). It does mean on a positive note that for me to dose at random times day or night is of no consequence as I care day & night for my boys.

I was on Levo - now stopped for about 2 months. Feel better off it. Started low dose of T3 - as I cleared Levo from my system.

Did reverse T3 test before stopping Levo & Reverse T 3 was above range - so not converting. I have been on 25 - 50 mg of T3 for those 8 weeks… Couldn't get properly started until I had sourced the T3.

My aim is to flood cells with T3 - feel better & lose weight - so I am also ok with running high with T3 initially to get metabolism working again. I have blood pressure monitor , finger pulse monitor , blood glucose test strips etc etc. So of course will not take risks. My potassium tends to crash regularly so used to & tuned into any funny heart beats.

So Please let me know what you dose is if on T3 only & how you spilt dose. Times of day & individual doses.

I have the Recovering with T3 Book by Paul Robinson. But he only gives his doses & not other examples of real people.

Thank you

[shaws Administrator]

I don't split doses. Too much of a problem and taking one daily dose will flood your receptor cells with T3 which effect will last between one to three days.

I don't want my life interrupted by medications, times, etc etc. stomach empty. We want a life to be as good as it can be i.e. we feel well, energetic and you forget you're hypo.

All of the following are helpful:

web.archive.org/web/2010103...

Go to the date July 5, 2000 to read the response on the following link plus February 1, 1998 plus December 24, 1997:

Question: I was on a fibromyalgia discussion group last night. The subject of discussion was patients who have thyroid hormone resistance. Someone posted that you believe plain T3, taken once a day, is more effective than sustained-release T3 for these patients. This seems contrary to the belief of Dr. Dennis Wilson. If you believe this, why would plain T3 be more effective?

web.archive.org/web/2010103...

[Swanagegirl in reply to shaws]

Thank you I will read through those links.

So how much do you take yourself on your once a day protocol ? & you don't get racing heart or similar doing that ?

Certainly must be easier.

[Clutter]

Swanagegirl,

What other people dose isn't relevant. You need what you need. Some people dose multiple times a day but most will divide into one or two doses. How much Levothyroxine were you taking before you switched? When you've been taking 50mcg T3 for 6-8 weeks you should retest to make sure FT3 remains within range.

[Swanagegirl in reply to Clutter]

Hi Clutter,

I was taking 100mg of Levo & it wasn't working & felt terrible.

I had been on for about 18mths - Worked initially but then stopped.

I was mainly trying to learn what maximum doses people feel better on as guidance.

As I clear Hydrocortisone ( peaking on one hour & clearing totally in 2 hours) - the likelihood is this happens with all meds. Hydrocortisone in theory lasts 6 hours but not for either myself or children. This means I am taking higher doses of Hydrocortisone then the standard patient ( with good absorption) to feel vaguely normal.

That was why I was thinking of split dosing.

[Clutter in reply to Swanagegirl]

Swanagegirl,

If you were adequately dosed on 100mcg Levothyroxine you may be over medicated on 50mcg T3. 100mcg Levothyroxine is equivalent to 30mcg T3.

It's really not a question of 'maximum doses' which suit anyone. We should all be aiming to take the minimum doses on which we can feel well.

T3 peaks in the blood for up to 6 hours. After that it is transported into the cells. I think it will then be in the cells for up to 3 - 3.5 days.

tiredthyroid.com/blog/2015/...

You can experiment with split dosing to see what suits you. When I was prescribed T3 only I took it 3 x daily. On T4+T3 combination I used to take T3 morning and bedtime. I now take it all in one dose.

[Kitten1978]

Swanagegirl ,

"T3 support" group on facebook will be accepting new members as from the 5th of September 2017. I suggest you join the group. "T3 support" group replaced the "Recovering with T3" group, which was run by Paul Robinson. "T3 support" is run by Paul's former admins.

It's also worth joining the yahoo adrenals group: rt3-adrenals.org/ They have good knowledge of T3 and HC use.

Majority of the people on T3-only take about 50mcg but there are individual differences. You need to have good levels or iron, D3 and B12 to process T3. I'm sure you know that already - there is a great chapter on vitamins in the "Recovering with T3" book.

I hope it helps

Take care

[Kitten1978 in reply to Kitten1978]

P.S. I definitely split doses. I wouldn't want to take more than 25mcg in dose.

[Swanagegirl in reply to Kitten1978]

Hi Kitten,

Thank you I will take a look at those groups.