Does T3 use up Vitamins?

[vooxxy]

Hi all just a quick question does anyone know if T3 uses up Vitamins specifically the B Vitamins because I'am very low again on Folate (guessing around 5 or lower) and have all the symptoms of it. Also my b12 was last checked to be in the low 300s. So I got a whole wack of bloods again to check for anemia because my blood pressure drops so low when I stand up from a sitting position.

I did have a tooth infection some months ago and was on antibiotics.

Took folic acid last year as my levels were 2 it got up to 20 then is dropping again to 20 > 15 > 10.

Plan to just take folic acid along side either a spray or gummies b12. Once i get my results will post them.

[shaws Administrator]

You should not supplement with anything before your doctor test your 'intrinsic factor' to see if you have Pernicious Anaemia. You'd confuse the result if you supplement with folic acid etc. If we have one autoimmune condition we can get others. P.A. is another condition that can have very serious affects on our body if we do not get supplementation.

T3 (I take it too) is hormone and its job is to get into your millions of T3 receptor cells. It doesn't affect vitamins/minerals.

nhs.uk/conditions/vitamin-b...

[vooxxy in reply to shaws]

I had thyroid cancer though. But ok i will ask for that test to.

[greygoose]

Presumably you're taking T3 because you are hypo. Being hypo often means you have low stomach acid, which means that your will have difficulty digesting food and absorbing nutrients. And that would be the reason your nutrient levels are dropping, not because the T3 is using them up.

[vooxxy in reply to greygoose]

Well I take it because I have no thyroid gland and yeah I have heard that it can do that to. So improve low stomach acid.

[greygoose in reply to vooxxy]

That would help, yes. But, you should continue to keep an eye on your nutrient levels.

[KT77 in reply to greygoose]

Do you know if low stomach acid is something that improves once optimally medicated? Or is that for life? I take HCL with my main meals and just wondering if I have to do it for the rest of my life.

[greygoose in reply to KT77]

I'm afraid I have no idea. But, like everything else, I would imagine that it's an individual thing, not the same for everybody. You would have to taper yourself off the HCL for a while, and retest your nutrient levels, to see if you've improved in that department. But, make sure your thyroid levels are optimal first.

[thyr01d in reply to KT77]

I think this depends on the cause. Online there are directions for starting HCL and then reducing it and coming off it as symptoms improve, which is often the case with hypos. I have though also heard of an autoimmune something that leads to low stomach acid which I imagine would be permanent.