Hidden this is for you, but all welcome
thanks for remembering, after a few weeks switching from Teva to Aristo T4 125mcg I had a Roseway appointment and discussed a trial with the pharmacist prescriber.
I now have their compounded lactose free capsules. The 5mcg daily prescription and 12 week’s supply cost £75.00.
Initially I had no buzz, no whoosh, heart rate varied but no more than on sugar etc
Weeks 5 and 6 now, I can do so much more, face has changed, mental health is transformed.
I can still over do it and by bedtime I’m whacked, still have a bit of PEM so need to consider the ‘feeling amazing’ and trying to do too much too soon but when I eat right I sleep through the night. I managed a work out on Sunday, yoga Monday, college open day and parents evening in the same week. I’ve noticed the Dr Bavind Williams observation that if I eat sugars, I get an adrenaline rush with the insulin and am left exhausted. No sugar, no rush, steady energy. So I think from this I’ve dodged the adrenals bullet, seems my issues were just thyroid.
Weight hasn’t changed much, I’ve doubled down on low carb (not no carb) low fodmap paleo. It seems to be working very slowly which is a good thing, no one wants fast weight loss. I was 66kg at diagnosis, 72 on 50mcg T4, 66 on 125mcg T4 and now 65 with 5 weeks on 5mcg T3. Normal for me pre diagnosis was about 62kg skinny for me (a decade ago) when I was running 12k : times a week and working out at a kick boxing gym twice a week) was 58kg …that may be unrealistic 🤣
I’ll test in a few more weeks and report back, I suspect if I lose much more or improve absorption more I’ll need to drop to 100mcg Aristo T4.
thanks again for asking, sending my best.
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T3 / T4 What to do? 
Reduce T4 by how much…?
Thyroid nightmare getting straightened out but having symptoms and hard time with T3 titration.
