Hello, I apologise for the long post and thank you if you take the time to read..
An update from my recent posts re high T4 and low T3. Low vitamin D, B12 and folate.
My oncologist has referred me back to the endocrinologist who apparently does recommend T3 if he thinks it’s appropriate - he didn’t think I needed it when I saw him previously but my T3 was higher then. Appointment hopefully soon.
In the meantime I have new supplies to hopefully improve my conversion to T3, based on recommendations from the helpful people on this forum as follows:
Super B complex 1 tablet twice a day
Doctors Best high absorption Magnesium 100%. chelated 2 tablets twice daily - too much?
Oxford Vitality Selenium 200mcg 1 tablet daily
I use Better You Vitamin D+K2 oral spray - at present 5 sprays daily while waiting for endo advice
I also have Better You Magnesium spray (which I have been using before I bought the drs best supplement to rub in aching muscles and joints). I assume I can’t use both?
Is there anything else that might help??
I am 71 years old and since retiring I have always enjoyed the hours I work in a role that had no set hours, was just as and when I was needed and if I was available.
Just recently the company is experiencing some permanent staff shortages due to shielding etc and the “as and when” has increased considerably. The work involves quite a lot of driving and also responsibility. I am finding it very tiring and also experiencing a lot of anxiety and returning home irritable and short-tempered. I suspect it is maybe time to give up work and retire completely or at least learn to say no more often, but before I do that I want to be sure I’m on track to be the best version of this ageing me that I can be! Hence the renewed effort with vitamins etc and another go at trying to get some T3..
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or advice.
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I bought the magnesium yesterday after seeing a recommendation for it and did wonder if the dose on container was too high for me. The suggested adult dose says 2 tablets twice a day or as recommended by an informed person. You are my informed person 😊 Thank you, best to halve the dose and take 1 twice a day?
I was looking at what was written on the back of the container and not the front 🙄. I’m not concentrating well these days - maybe all these vitamins will help 😂. Thanks again.
You gave me advice a day or so ago, which was what my new vitamin regime was based on, thank you. This post was details of what I’m taking for reassurance I’ve got it right - thank you for your help.
Personal anecdote : I took 200mcg selenium per day for quite a while but evntually I realised that I felt better on the days I didn't take it. I stopped taking the selenium altogether for a month or two then restarted at 100mcg per day. This has worked fine for me ever since.
Igennus Super B is good quality and cheap vitamin B complex. Contains folate. Full dose is two tablets per day. Many/most people may only need one tablet per day. Certainly only start on one per day (or even half tablet per day for first couple of weeks)
Or Thorne Basic B or jarrow B-right are other options that contain folate, but both are large capsules
If you are taking vitamin B complex, or any supplements containing biotin, remember to stop these 7 days before ALL blood tests, as biotin can falsely affect test results
Might want to consider taking a B12 supplement and a B Complex (to balance all the B vitamins) initially for first 2-4 months, then once your serum B12 is over 500 (or Active B12 level has reached 70), stop the B12 and just carry on with the B Complex.
I’ve just seen the end of this answer re taking magnesium 4 hours away from levo. Didn’t know this before and I was taking magnesium 2 hours prior to levo. Can you tell me what effect that would have? My last FT3 and FT4 results were surprisingly low. Is that the reason? I got results of a dxa scan today and have been told that my bones are not as dense as others of my age. Would taking magnesium four hours away from levo help in any way?
I take my levo at bedtime (about 11.30) and was taking magnesium about 9.30 as I was told it might help me sleep if I took it in the evening. Does it affect absorption of the levo? Does it negate the effects of the magnesium? Would it have made a difference to BMD? Sorry for all the questions. I was a bit shocked to find that my bones are osteopenic.
Thanks. Yes I split my t3 dose. I take 10mcg about 4am and then second 10mcg at 3 or 4pm. (In addition to magnesium I take vit D and k2 spray, zinc and selenium). It’s so hard to keep everything apart and away from food and drink! 😩
No I haven’t. I used to take both 10mcg t3 along with levo about 3am but changed it to take levo at bedtime and 10mcg t3 at 3am and then second dose 3pm thinking it was better to split levo and t3 and spacing it all out a bit more. When I do testing I still leave 24 hours prior for levo and adjust t3 dose (10mcg) to 12 hours prior to test. What is the benefit of dividing the second dose again? I assumed it would be best to test more or less with the same regime as I usually carry out. Even with taking meds this way my FT4 was only 4% through range and t3 only 29% through range.
75mcg daily but have recently started to take 100mcg Friday and Saturday following my last test results. I find it very hard to take so many doses as I’m a grazer (not much of an appetite and find it hard to eat much at one sitting). Trying to take levo four hours before my breakfast (I usually take yoghurt or kefir with breakfast) means I need to take it at night. Then finding times to take the t3 away from food and drink (and supplements!) is difficult for me.
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