Hi Below are my recent results. I’m on 100mg thyroxine. My T3 is low but it’s higher since I stopped taking the T3... as when I was on it I felt no difference, but I was only on 75mg thyroxine then. I really would like to feel the benefits of T3 that u all describe but I just can’t find the right balance. I definitely don’t convert by the looks of thing. I’ve also got
Low ferritin (non anemic iron deficiency), so I buy ferrous sulphate at GP isn’t interested! Vit D is ok and I’ve recently started having 2 Brazil nuts a day. My tsh is low so if I decided to add T3 again what ratio would I do xx
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You would start on a quarter tablet once per day. Then after a week or two add a second dose of a quarter tablet. That might be it. You could then wait 8 or 12 weeks and see how you felt and how bloods were. You maybe only need a little T3 added.
Or you could add a quarter tablet every 2 weeks until you were taking a whole tablet.
Yes adding t3 tends to suppress tsh. I wouldn't change the levo dose. Taking t3 may slightly lower your ft4 level anyway.I tend to look on it as adding a little t3 to make up for poor conversion.
Read the many in-depth replies by humanbean on low iron and ferritin
Increase in eating iron rich foods
Eating iron rich foods like liver or liver pate once a week plus other red meat, pumpkin seeds and dark chocolate, plus daily orange juice or other vitamin C rich drink can help improve iron absorption
This is interesting because I have noticed that many patients with Hashimoto’s disease and hypothyroidism, start to feel worse when their ferritin drops below 80 and usually there is hair loss when it drops below 50.
Thyroid disease is as much about optimising vitamins as thyroid hormones
Yes I'd try adding in T3 now. Try 5 or even 10 and retest in six weeks. I'm constantly experimenting to try to find the sweet spot. Was on 100/20 but am now trialling 112.5/15.
NDT = natural desiccated thyroid (made from animal thyroid tissue)
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T3 is also called liothyronine (which applies ONLY to T3 as a medicine) and, sometimes, triiodothyronine (which applies to T3 whether as a medicine or as T3 in your bloodstream).
However, we very often see it referred to as Cytomel - the brand name of a liothyronine tablet in the USA by Smith, Kline & French in 1956. This is confusing as we are often unsure whether people are referring to the specific product or any liothyronine tablet. There are numerous other brand names around the world.
I'd have a good search round here to get up to speed. Then post your T3 t4 and tsh levels and ranges and what you're taking and people will advise. If you don't know them get tested privately. T3 is liothyronine. You are taking t4 levothyroxine which converts to T3. I'd have a good google about hypothyroidism - as you'll read here, it's all about learning the condition and managing it.
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