OK, so the HRT needs to be taken four hours away from thyroid hormone.
Yes, you can take the T3 at night. Some people need to spread the T3 out through the day - but not everyone - but T3 and levo are not the same thing, so doesn't matter if you take them at the same time.
You can take B vits with food, they don't have to be taken on an empty stomach, no.
Thank you very much. That’s really helpful. I think the best thing I can do is write a timetable. I have asthma and today I was prescribed an antihistamine (not an over the counter one). Does that have to be separate?
I think I’ll take T3 and T4 at around 7am.
I’ll take the HRT at night. Perhaps with the antihistamine.
I take T3 only. I follow the advice of a doctor (now deceased) who was also an Adviser to Thyroiduk.org.uk before his accidental death.
I will give you a link to Dr John Lowe, researcher,scientist. doctor and expert on the use of T3 as he took it himself.
I will give you some links which you mght find helpful. I have never split doses of whatever I've taken as Dr Lowe stated that all of our T3 receptor cells need to be saturated and it then sends out 'waves' throughout the day.
I read the article. It’s very interesting indeed. I think I will try taking the T3 all in one dose and see how it goes. How did you discover that T3 is all you need? Did you gradually give up T4?
It’s so sad about Dr Lowe. What a huge loss to thyroid medicine.
B vitamins can be stimulating so it's recommended to take them no later than lunchtime. You could take them with breakfast as long as it's 2 hours since taking your T3 (some people say T3 isn't as fussy as Levo so you don't have to leave so long, personally I leave the same time gap).
However, do you have very low B12 and that is why you're taking both B12 and a B Complex?
Thank you! The reason I am taking the T3 as one dose of 12.5mcg was to really give a boost. It seems to be working because my voice is a lot stronger for more of the day. It would usually go from about 3-4pm but now it’s much better. When I added another 6.25mcg, I was going to take that later in the day. So I’d split it two ways, rather than three. That would be until or unless I add another (4th dose) 6.25mcg. I’m planning on adding a third dose next Monday (14th).
What are the benefits of spreading the T3 through the day?
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