T3 advice please

[paul1979]

Hi

I have decided to self medicate with a comb of T4 and T3

Not sure we’re to start

Was thinking of 150mcg levo and 10mcg T3 per day

Question is what should I buy

5mcg tablets or 25mcg and chop them up?

Thanks

[shaws Administrator]

What's your present dose (i.e. T4 or T3 alone or combination)?

I have read that research has found a combination of T4/T3 on a basis 4:1 or 3:1 has been found beneficial. I think 25mcg of T3 - split into four would be cheaper. Mine split easily with a pill cutter.

[paul1979 in reply to shaws]

I have just come down to 150mcg levo because 175 and 200mcg. Make me mad and anxiety

[MaisieGray in reply to paul1979]

Paul, as you know, your circumstances are different in terms of your post-cancer TT requirements, than straightforwardly swapping meds out of preference. I think it was SeasideSusie who gave you some links previously, regarding TSH suppression, and I wondered if you'd discussed those options and the varying individual factors with your Endo/Surgeon?

[paul1979 in reply to MaisieGray]

Hi Maisie.

Endo a waste of space

I am going to look after my self now

He said T3 ok but won’t give me it and gp won’t issue

So going to buy my own and keep my TSH under 1

[MaisieGray in reply to paul1979]

Aah, okay. Well buying 25 mcg tablets is going to be a lot cheaper option than 5 mcg, for sure.

[shaws Administrator in reply to paul1979]

It is more than frustrating when we're not doing well on levothyroxine but find out there could be a prescription that may do the trick. It is frustrating that we're not allowed to trial either a combination of T4/T3 or T3 alone.

Just realise - that an organisation who is supposed to be 'healers' have also made False Statements about NDT and they refused to answer a critic who refuted their false statement.

NDT has been used, in various forms, safely - without blood tests - since 1892 until Big Pharma saw a money-maker. Dr Lowe said it was due to monetary rewards to the professionals that levo overtook NDT.

I don't have any qualifications but if I said to someone 'I'll give you a replacement tablet which contains T4, T3, T2, T1 and calcitonin or you can have the option of T4 alone" what would we choose.

Hypo people want to feel better. Want to have a normal healthy life but are prevented due to the 'experts' (who have healthy thyroid glands) deciding what is to be prescribed without listening to the desperate patients who cannot get a 'trial' of options i.e. either T3/T4 or T3 alone or NDTs (used to be prescribed) - the sudden withdrawal of T3 without any warning and permitting those who have recovered with it to suddenly have none at all. Bodies will suffer due to sudden withdrawal (I believe and am not medically qualified) but I just imagine what I'd feel like and no-one wants to take something that makes them very unwell and may not even be able to function normally on a daily basis. It gets very tiring.

Where is the 'sympathy for the ailing patient' looking to the professional to solve their disabling symptoms who may even lose their jobs as people (who've never had a problem with their thyroid gland) get impatient with the person who keeps complaining and who knows there may be an option but refused a trial. They are usually met with 'your results are in range'. Results do not equate with normal health.

[paul1979]

Ok. Tell me more please

[shaws Administrator in reply to paul1979]

Any responses must be sent to you by Private Message. Many have recovered their health Paul by 'doing it themselves' with help from forum members.

[paul1979 in reply to shaws]

Thanks. I did mean how NDT works

How to take ect

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I would start with a quarter of 25mcg these would be cheaper to buy and increase to one half a tablet and so on.

As you raise the T3 decrease your Levo slightly until you feel well again. I keep my TSH very low because I had thyroid cancer too.

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It's easier to use NDT and this could work for you I use thyroid s but there are many makes that do not need a prescription. You would not have to bother with the GP and your Levo prescription either.