Re: Bump Confusing symptom. Please help.

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Shelia,I have been on this dose of T3 for 4 years now. It took away the obvious hypo problems away but still feel very problematic with adrenal issues. Or it could be a mixture of both. My alternative doctor never has grasped how to use T3 and always told me to move up doses of T4. As they were always bottom of the range. However with every increase I have felt slightly better.With raising my T3, do I need to first drop the T4 or do it simultaneous? I

tried raising my T3 dosage from 10 mcg to 15mcg and staying on my T4 dose 2 months ago. I felt much better in the head (no ringing noises), however got palpitations/diarrhoea, hot swollen fingers and bit short of breath. I lasted 5 days before reverting back. My temperatures became a bit better and rose to 36 C from the usual 34 C during that time.I am on 2 Nutri adrenal extras and 25mg DHEA in the morning and 2 Nutri adrenals in the afternoon for 3 years now. Feel steady and stable but not fully better As my average temps are around 34 C during the day and my basal temps around 36.1 C. Could you send me a list of doctors in London as I feel I need a change from my alternative Dr C in Hendon.thanks From: Sheila <sheila@...> thyroid treatment Sent: Thursday, 22 December 2011, 8:49 Subject: RE: Confusing symptom. Please help.

10mcgs T3 is a teeny dose Jas. How long have you been on that

dose? You should increase T3 by another 10mcgs in 2 weeks if you have had no

adverse reactions, and lower your T4 by 25mcgs. It appears that the average

dosage of T3 is around 50mcgs with some people needing much more, and others

needing less. How much DHEA are you taking and how much Adrenal Extra and when

was the last time you increased your dose? Luv - Sheila

Thanks

for your feedback. My iron and vitamins described below are now all top of

the ranges now.

I can't

see why it can be Parkinsons disease as symptoms gradually get worse with time.

Mine have not. In fact sometimes I can can go sometimes months without problems

and then get one or two instances over a few days.

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Apologies for not getting back to you Jas, but I have been away

over the Christmas holiday and only just getting back into answering all the

messages.

It is usual to lower the levothyroxine when increasing your T3

by 25mcgs. As you seem unable to increase your T3 without getting symptoms of

hyperthyroidism, there appears to be an underlying cause that is stopping the

thyroid hormone from being properly utilised at the cellular level.

You may need to increase your Nutri Adrenal Extra by one tablet

if you are still suffering with low adrenal reserve before trying to raise the

T3 dose again. Keep taking your temperature 3 times daily whilst taking your

adrenal supplements, according to Dr Rind's Metabolic Temperature Graph http://www.drrind.com/therapies/metabolic-temperature-graph.

Are you taking high doses of vitamin C i.e. 4/5000mgs daily? I cannot

understand how anybody can survive with a temperature of 34 degrees C - this

would floor me completely.

I will send you a list of doctors recommended by our members who

will prescribe T3 or natural thyroid extract. However, I know nothing of their

bed side manner. You will see that there are quite a few around London.

Luv - Sheila

I am on 2

Nutri adrenal extras and 25mg DHEA in the morning and 2 Nutri adrenals in the

afternoon for 3 years now. Feel steady and stable but not fully better As my

average temps are around 34 C during the day and my basal temps around 36.1 C.

Could you send me a list of doctors in London as I feel I need a change from my

alternative Dr C in Hendon.