Thyroid meds and ADHD meds time clash

[liaukay]

Hi

I have been taking levothyroxine at night and T3 in the morning 1 hour before breakfast, coffee and other medications.

However, I have been running into problems as my ADHD medication takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes to kick in, if I add the wait that makes me feel and be useless for nearly 3 hours at the start of every day, which isn’t great for my eye-of-the-storm mind.

My questions are whether there is any information as to whether Lisdexamfetamine and Dexamfetamine actually interfere with the absorption of T3 (or T4 if I swap)?

Should I try taking T3 and T4 at different times of the day entirely?

I have read about T3 at night helping with sleep, how does that come about and would even a dose such as 50ug do this? (Is this a stupid question and shall I just try?)

Thank you!

Lia

[Judithdalston]

I'd experiment with taking your T3 at a different time..your ADHD meds seem more important to get you going . I take mine with Levo. at about 5.30 am as I wake up, but then go back to sleep, but it could be anytime during the night, even as you suggest on going to bed. If you only take a single dose of 50 mcg T3, then you might find late night/very early am dosing easier than those who take small doses 3 x daily and feel like they 'run out' of energy. I'm somewhere in between on 37.5 mcg T3, with 125 mcg levo, and take 12.5 mcg of T3 mid afternoon, perhaps from habit rather than need, when starting to introduce T3. Might experiment myself too with this dose splitting, and timing at night ( as it is darker every morning I'm waking later...soon be light more like 7.30 pm).

[Aurealis]

Might be worth asking a pharmacist about timings ....

I doubt you’ll sleep if you take a large dose of T3 at bedtime, so perhaps try it on a day when you can lie in if necessary. However we are all different ...

[greygoose in reply to Aurealis]

Once upon a time, I took 225 mcg T3 all in one go at bedtime, and slept like a log.

[Elven in reply to greygoose]

Oh, how wonderful that sounds! xx

[greygoose in reply to Elven]

What? The 225 mcg T3? Or the sleeping like a baby? My problem, at that time, was waking up! Getting out of bed was sheer torture! And the 225 mcg T3 didn't do much for me, either.

[Elven in reply to greygoose]

Sleeping like a baby. I've had insomnia since childhood. Serious insomnia. It's a nightmare xx

[greygoose in reply to Elven]

I should imagine it is. Poor you! x

[Aurealis in reply to greygoose]

As I said ... we are all different

[greygoose in reply to Aurealis]

Indeed we are. But you said you doubted she would sleep if she took it all at once at night. There was no reason to doubt. That makes it sound as if it's very rare to sleep under those circumstance. I don't think it is.

[Aurealis in reply to greygoose]

Well it would be rare for me, so I suggested only trying it when a lie in is possible next day