T3

[123dfghjh]

Hi guys, can you help me please. Where can i buy t3 online ? I got hypotiroid for 12 years .I'm on 50 mg of L-Tyroxin since then . I try to convince my doctor yesterday to give me some T3 because I still got symptoms ..I have 95 kg and I Can't lose weight , I'm tierd all day ..but the answer was no due to the nhs budget Ps : sorry for my english

[shaws Administrator]

Welcome to our forum but you have to give members an idea of your thyroid journey.

i.e. when were you diagnosed? With what? thyroid hormones you are taking and dose?

We cannot willy/nilly give information of where to source prescribed medication.

[123dfghjh in reply to shaws]

ok

[shaws Administrator]

Thank you for response with your history. I am sorry you are hypothyroid and are having a struggle like many people.

My heart drops when I read a post like yours - diagnosed 12 years ago and still on 50mcg of levothyroxine. No wonder you want to try or add another thyroid hormone.

Always get a print-out of your blood test results with the ranges and put them on a new post if you don't have them today.

Members can then advise you how best to recover your health.

You wont improve with such a low, miserable dose.

50mcg is a starting dose with a blood test and increase every six weeks until patient feels better with relief of clinical symptoms.

Most doctors like yours (I cannot think of appropriate words ) should follow another profession as they are useless if patient has hypothyroidism and require help/assistance.

First thing to do is make a new appointment for a blood test and ask doctor to test TSH, T4,T3, Free T4, Free T3 and thyroid antibodies. (He may not but you can ask anyway - you can say you've taken advice from this forum who are the NHS's choice for information and advice about dysfunctions of the thyroid gland. Tick off your symptoms below and give him a copy. If all of the tests I advised are not done by the NHS you can get these through one of our Private Labs. I hope GP is able to do them although sometimes the labs don't even if requested.

Blood tests have always to be at the very earliest possible, fasting (you can drink water) and allow 24 hours gap between your last dose of levothyroxine and take after test. This gives the best outcome.

Ask GP to also test B12,Vit D, iron, ferritin and folate at the same time.

The aim is a TSH of 1 or lower with Free T4 and Free T3 in the upper part of the range. Not 'somewhere' in range.

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You've suffered long enough and the New Year should be better for you and members will also respond.

Put your results on a new post. Let's home 2018 will be a year you improve your health.

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[123dfghjh in reply to shaws]

thank you very much for your understanding... you made my day 😍

[shaws Administrator in reply to 123dfghjh]

Copy and paste your above history into your Profile which members can look at in the future if they require more info.

Click on your name and it will take you to another page and click on Profile (or update profile).

[shaws Administrator]

Maybe your GP would also like a copy of the link below.

rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/fi...