Re: help- T3 is causing hair loss

[Guest guest]

Thanks . I did indeed experience the post-partum hair loss with my first

son. (My understanding though was that the hair stops growing during pregnancy,

and then when it resumes the hair that would have fallen out during that time

falls out suddenly.) Anyway I thought that was the problem this time, because I

had my second baby about 4 months before it started, but it has gone on way too

long and gotten way too thin.

I am going to ask for an increase in my Cytomel and if that doesn't help, switch

to NDT. I am not sure though how I can take my last dose at ~4pm. Even taking

the 2 pm dose is a little too stimulating and I can't fall asleep as early as I

would like. Is it really a problem to only take it twice a day?

thanks again,

Tierney

>

> >

> >

> > Hi,

> > I hope someone here might have some ideas for me. About 4 months ago I

> > started to add some Cytomel in with my levothroid. I slowly worked up to 10

> > mcg per day (split into 2 doses). Right away I started to lose my hair. I

> > already have fine, thin blonde hair so it is looking pretty bad by now. Of

> > course I also started to feel a lot better and my weight started to slowly

> > go down, so I don't want to just stop the Cytomel. The nurse I see (ine

> > at Manzanero's office) suggested switching to time-release T3. The

> > pharmacist who compounded it said the Cytomel could definitely cause the

> > hair loss and the time-release would work much better because it wouldn't be

> > a T3 roller-coaster. But, unfortunately, taking the time-release T3 was like

> > taking nothing, by day 2 I had some very unpleasant hypo symptoms and wanted

> > to sleep all day, so I started taking the Cytomel again.

> >

> > UG. I am sort of at a loss for what to do. I guess I need opinions on if

> > the Cytomel really is the culprit and if so, what I should do. One of my

> > theories is that the Cytomel is using up my already low iron stores (knowing

> > that low iron can cause hair loss) but then I have also heard that Cytomel

> > will help raise iron levels. ??? I have been taking iron this whole time,

> > but haven't had it tested again. At the time I started the Cytomel, my

> > ferritin was 22.

> >

> > Another thing I have wondered is if a little T3 is worse than none, and I

> > just need to raise my dose? My last labs, on the full 10 mcg Cytomel and 150

> > levothyroid, were:

> >

> > fT3 2.6 (2.3-4.2)

> > fT4 1.33 (0.73-1.95)

> > TSH 0.2 (0.3-5.1)

> >

> > so I think there is a bit of room to raise it.

> >

> > I wonder if I should keep raising the Cytomel? Try a higher time-release

> > dose? Try switching to naturethroid? Combine the Cytomel with time-release?

> > Any ideas?

> >

> > Thanks so much for reading all this! I welcome any ideas even out-there

> > ones.

> >

> > Tierney

> >

> > PS My hair is growing back in, even though hair is still falling out. So

> > there are little hairs sticking up all over, it looks so stupid. Oddly, some

> > of the hair that has grown back in is gray! OMG my first gray hairs! I'm

> > only 36.

> >

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks . I did indeed experience the post-partum hair loss with my first

son. (My understanding though was that the hair stops growing during pregnancy,

and then when it resumes the hair that would have fallen out during that time

falls out suddenly.) Anyway I thought that was the problem this time, because I

had my second baby about 4 months before it started, but it has gone on way too

long and gotten way too thin.

I am going to ask for an increase in my Cytomel and if that doesn't help, switch

to NDT. I am not sure though how I can take my last dose at ~4pm. Even taking

the 2 pm dose is a little too stimulating and I can't fall asleep as early as I

would like. Is it really a problem to only take it twice a day?

thanks again,

Tierney

>

> >

> >

> > Hi,

> > I hope someone here might have some ideas for me. About 4 months ago I

> > started to add some Cytomel in with my levothroid. I slowly worked up to 10

> > mcg per day (split into 2 doses). Right away I started to lose my hair. I

> > already have fine, thin blonde hair so it is looking pretty bad by now. Of

> > course I also started to feel a lot better and my weight started to slowly

> > go down, so I don't want to just stop the Cytomel. The nurse I see (ine

> > at Manzanero's office) suggested switching to time-release T3. The

> > pharmacist who compounded it said the Cytomel could definitely cause the

> > hair loss and the time-release would work much better because it wouldn't be

> > a T3 roller-coaster. But, unfortunately, taking the time-release T3 was like

> > taking nothing, by day 2 I had some very unpleasant hypo symptoms and wanted

> > to sleep all day, so I started taking the Cytomel again.

> >

> > UG. I am sort of at a loss for what to do. I guess I need opinions on if

> > the Cytomel really is the culprit and if so, what I should do. One of my

> > theories is that the Cytomel is using up my already low iron stores (knowing

> > that low iron can cause hair loss) but then I have also heard that Cytomel

> > will help raise iron levels. ??? I have been taking iron this whole time,

> > but haven't had it tested again. At the time I started the Cytomel, my

> > ferritin was 22.

> >

> > Another thing I have wondered is if a little T3 is worse than none, and I

> > just need to raise my dose? My last labs, on the full 10 mcg Cytomel and 150

> > levothyroid, were:

> >

> > fT3 2.6 (2.3-4.2)

> > fT4 1.33 (0.73-1.95)

> > TSH 0.2 (0.3-5.1)

> >

> > so I think there is a bit of room to raise it.

> >

> > I wonder if I should keep raising the Cytomel? Try a higher time-release

> > dose? Try switching to naturethroid? Combine the Cytomel with time-release?

> > Any ideas?

> >

> > Thanks so much for reading all this! I welcome any ideas even out-there

> > ones.

> >

> > Tierney

> >

> > PS My hair is growing back in, even though hair is still falling out. So

> > there are little hairs sticking up all over, it looks so stupid. Oddly, some

> > of the hair that has grown back in is gray! OMG my first gray hairs! I'm

> > only 36.

> >

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you! I am going to try raising the Cytomel and yes, I am working hard to

optimize iron.

I have never heard that about B-vitamins and gray hair, so thanks for that

tidbit. Did you mean that PABA helps most with gray hair, or it helps overall?

By the way I don't know what the opinion of Ray Peat is on this group, but today

I stumbled across something that said he considers PABA to be very anti-thyroid.

I will try to investigate why later, but I thought I'd toss that out there.

Debbi Winder is still in Manzanero's office but I have never met her. I've only

been there a few times.

thanks for your help,

Tierney

> >

> > Hi,

> > I hope someone here might have some ideas for me. About 4 months ago I

> started to add some Cytomel in with my levothroid. I slowly worked up to

> 10 mcg per day (split into 2 doses). Right away I started to lose my

> hair. I already have fine, thin blonde hair so it is looking pretty bad

> by now. Of course I also started to feel a lot better and my weight

> started to slowly go down, so I don't want to just stop the Cytomel. The

> nurse I see (ine at Manzanero's office) suggested switching

> to time-release T3. The pharmacist who compounded it said the Cytomel

> could definitely cause the hair loss and the time-release would work

> much better because it wouldn't be a T3 roller-coaster. But,

> unfortunately, taking the time-release T3 was like taking nothing, by

> day 2 I had some very unpleasant hypo symptoms and wanted to sleep all

> day, so I started taking the Cytomel again.

> >

> > UG. I am sort of at a loss for what to do. I guess I need opinions on

> if the Cytomel really is the culprit and if so, what I should do. One of

> my theories is that the Cytomel is using up my already low iron stores

> (knowing that low iron can cause hair loss) but then I have also heard

> that Cytomel will help raise iron levels. ??? I have been taking iron

> this whole time, but haven't had it tested again. At the time I started

> the Cytomel, my ferritin was 22.

> >

> > Another thing I have wondered is if a little T3 is worse than none,

> and I just need to raise my dose? My last labs, on the full 10 mcg

> Cytomel and 150 levothyroid, were:

> >

> > fT3 2.6 (2.3-4.2)

> > fT4 1.33 (0.73-1.95)

> > TSH 0.2 (0.3-5.1)

> >

> > so I think there is a bit of room to raise it.

> >

> > I wonder if I should keep raising the Cytomel? Try a higher

> time-release dose? Try switching to naturethroid? Combine the Cytomel

> with time-release? Any ideas?

> >

> > Thanks so much for reading all this! I welcome any ideas even

> out-there ones.

> >

> > Tierney

> >

> > PS My hair is growing back in, even though hair is still falling out.

> So there are little hairs sticking up all over, it looks so stupid.

> Oddly, some of the hair that has grown back in is gray! OMG my first

> gray hairs! I'm only 36.

> >

>