Hello greygoose , and anyone else who advised I add T3 to my Levo.
I saw Gp last Tuesday and he gave me the option of either adding T3 back to my Levo or Increase T4 . I chose to add T3 - 5mcgs in the morning.
So Wednesday I added 5mcgs to my 125mcgs Levo ( was advised not to reduce it as my Ft4 was lowish anyway)
I can’t believe how quick this worked - hot flushes, sweats, anxious/jittery feeling etc all stopped on Thursday ( the day after I added T3.
Had none of these symptoms for 4 days. Then Sunday I had a hot flush. Same yesterday ( just one) but today I was woken by a big hot flush and feel a bit jittery.
Advice please!!!
NB: before I stopped T3 I was on 100mcgs Levo plus 15mcgs T3.
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Ah I see, yes I would increase. I took a different approach, I took my 15mcg from day 1 (5 x 3) felt the effects like you did from day 1 and only increased to 20 after 6-8wks (can’t remember which now) because I still felt that I had room for improvement in some minor areas. That worked and then a year later I felt hypo slipping back in so increased again and now on 25mcg per day.
As you’ve not had any adverse effects I’d say crack on.
Yes I thought that, so you don’t need a blood test untill you settle on your dose or your GP questions you if you were to say you’re not quite optimal yet.
all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and before eating or drinking anything other than water .
Last dose of Levothyroxine 24 hours prior to blood test. (taking delayed dose immediately after blood draw).
If/when also on T3 make sure to take last half or third of daily dose 8-12 hours prior to test, even if this means adjusting time or splitting of dose day before test
No reason why you can't try taking it all at once. Not everybody needs to split. Some people are better off taking it all at once. You just have to try these things and see what's best for you.
I also took your advise and didn’t reduce the t4 when I started adding back the T3 - just 5mcgs first week and I added a second 5mcg dose yesterday afternoon but ideally once my symptoms have gone I’d like to take it once a day as I did before I stupidly stopped T3
Yes, I understand. But, there's always the possibility that I might get something wrong. And, on the open forum, there will always be someone to pick me up on it.
Everyone is different, I have no Hypo symptoms and only take 25mcg T3 & 25mcg T4 - I am litttle at 5ft 2 and 8.5 stone also, so perhaps I am having to dose like a child!!!
So advising someone else is difficult - You may need to reduce your T4 slightly
Keep in mind T3 ix 5 Times stronger than T4 so your 5mcg T3 = 25mcg T4 so perhaps make the alteration on the T4 by reducing 25mcg
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