When you switched over to T3, did you begin on an approximate dose of what you were taking on T4? You could also try a T4/T3 combinatiton. You can also add every two weeks a 1/4 tablet of T3 always taking pulse/temp. If either goes too high you drop to previous dose.
T3 can also be used as an anti-depressant. Maybe you're sensitive to something in your in the fillers/binders in the T3. You could try taking one anti-histamine tablet one hour before T3 and see if you feel better - if so you'd have to try a different T3.
Taking too small a dose may not help you as T3 has to saturate all other T3 receptor cells and then its work begins for between one to three days.
Do you split your T3 doses or take it in one dose?
Hi shaws, after 10 years of being ok on levo and plodding along nicely, 2 years ago i had some kind of breakdown, felt like i was going crazy, it has ruined these last 2 years of my life, then when my thyroid levels were checked it revealev a high tsh and a high ft4 and mid range ft3!.. all endos have done these last 2 years is adjust does of levo tiny bits up and down, so i bought some t3 tiromel brand from turkey and i lowered my t4 to 75mcg from 100mcg, as my ft4 was slightly over range but ft3 still mid range tsh at 8, i quartered the t3 tablet but after one hour approx had a surge of anxiety, i tried this for a few week increasing eventually to 5mg but started getting anger bursts and feeling depressed..
Im thinking because maybe i need my ft4 slightly over range that i should have just stayed on 100mcg of levo and added 5mg of t3,??
When I was on Levothyroxine only I didn’t feel right at all, in fact worse than before I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s and an underactive Thyroid.
I then decided to ditch Levothyroxine and self medicate on T3 only.
I stopped Levothyroxine and felt fantastic, but knew I had to have some thyroid medication. I built my dosage up very carefully and slowly. I started to feel a lot better, better on T3 than Levothyroxine.
I got to 37.5mcg of T3 taken in spilt dosage as I couldn’t do it all in one go.
Anyway, I still didn’t feel perfect, and I’ve tried 5 times to increase my T3 with very negative effects.
My neck stiffness has come back, this started when on Levothyroxine, but disappeared when I started T3.
I have ringing in my ears and my ears are blocked, I stopped T3 a few days ago and I noticed when I had my T3 the pain was more intense. Unfortunately my ears are still blocked, and my neck pain is still there.
Have you tried NDT, are your adrenals/cortisol levels ok?
It appears mine are not perfect which maybe why I’m experiencing problems with increasing my T3. Maybe have a look into this?.
I was ok on Levo for 10 years it's only been the last 2 years where something has changed in my body, where my ft4 is high and tsh high aswell!!?? And over the last 2 years of been going through severe mental torture, I just want to be me again like I was 2 year ago 😢 ...
I'm gonna either try t3 again or antidepressants..
Sorry if this has been asked, but has your T4 make changed?
Some people don’t get on with TEVA brand, stress is a big no no when we have thyroid issues.
Give T3 another go before anti depressants, take it slowly with your increases. Keep a diary of your symptoms on your increases, you might see a pattern from keeping a record.
I'm strictly on mercurypharma brand only and have been for a year now i have tried numerous brands and settled best on this one, though I used to believe different brands were causing the symptoms but I know now it's just my unstable levels..
Yes I'm trying my best to get t3 on the nhs, I'm hoping my next end visit as it's been 2 years they may give in 😒
I've heard selenium supplements can help with converting T4 to T3, so it could be worth doing a trial of selenium for a few weeks? Just try 100-200mcg.
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