why switch back to armour from t3?

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I am currently on t3 working my way up to a therapuetic dose. I went on

it due to high rt3. Just wondering what is the motivation for switching

back to armour if t3 works? seems like I've read several posts recently

of people making this switch. Is it just a cost issue or are there

health concerns? Any reason I shouldnt just stay on the t3 if it works

for me? I am fortunate that I have insurance that covers it. I am

currently on 125 mcg and think I need to raise further. I'm a little

concerned about being on such a high dose but my pulse and bp are fine.

Thanks.

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My impetus for switching back to Armoru was twofold. First the cost. All

my meds are out of pocket and T3 is very expensive, and next CAALCITONIN

which I feel we with hyopthyroidism do need. Again yo can get a script

for jst calcitonin but I coul dnot afford it.

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Thanks ,

Does 125 mg seem like a high dose? I think I need to go even higher.

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It is a bit high but some have to go a bit higher to open the receptors.

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I'm in the process of switching back over to armour. My main motivation was a very high SHBG caused from the high T3. It was 250 or so. (average is 90 or so). I noticed a lot of menopausal sx arriving back when I optimized on T3. (125 or so). Night sweats, moodiness, sallow skin, stopped sleeping well, weakness, muscle loss, angst and depression, none of which were hypo/hyper sx. I played up and down with T3 doses and finally got tested to see what was going on. The high SHBG was binding my estrogen and testosterone even though I replace them. Pre T3 my T was 55 with a free of 1.8. It bottomed out to an unmeasurable amount serum wise. I did not think I would ever go through a switch back once on T3. Right now I feel much better and I am half way traded out. AGI am currently on t3 working my way up to a therapuetic dose. I went on it due to high rt3. Just wondering what is the motivation for switching back to armour if t3 works? seems like I've read several posts recently of people making this switch. Is it just a cost issue or are there health concerns? Any reason I shouldnt just stay on the t3 if it works for me? I am fortunate that I have insurance that covers it. I am currently on 125 mcg and think I need to raise further. I'm a little concerned about being on such a high dose but my pulse and bp are fine. Thanks.

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Interesting...so in hindste do you think it may have been avoided had you just stayed at a lower dose like 100 or so?

Subject: Re:why switch back to armour from t3?To: RT3_T3 Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 4:05 PM

I'm in the process of switching back over to armour. My main motivation was a very high SHBG caused from the high T3. It was 250 or so. (average is 90 or so). I noticed a lot of menopausal sx arriving back when I optimized on T3. (125 or so). Night sweats, moodiness, sallow skin, stopped sleeping well, weakness, muscle loss, angst and depression, none of which were hypo/hyper sx. I played up and down with T3 doses and finally got tested to see what was going on. The high SHBG was binding my estrogen and testosterone even though I replace them. Pre T3 my T was 55 with a free of 1.8. It bottomed out to an unmeasurable amount serum wise. I did not think I would ever go through a switch back once on T3. Right now I feel much better and I am half way traded out.

AG

I am currently on t3 working my way up to a therapuetic dose. I went on it due to high rt3. Just wondering what is the motivation for switching back to armour if t3 works? seems like I've read several posts recently of people making this switch. Is it just a cost issue or are there health concerns? Any reason I shouldnt just stay on the t3 if it works for me? I am fortunate that I have insurance that covers it. I am currently on 125 mcg and think I need to raise further. I'm a little concerned about being on such a high dose but my pulse and bp are fine. Thanks.

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Thanks. What is SHBG? Sounds like something I should monitor. Anything else

I should keep an eye on while on the t3?

I have cleared out the RT3. Does that mean if I went back on the armour it

might work better than when I was on it with high RT3?

I'm in the process of switching back over to armour. My main

motivation was a very high SHBG caused from the high T3. It was 250

or so. (average is 90 or so). I noticed a lot of menopausal sx

arriving back when I optimized on T3. (125 or so). Night sweats,

moodiness, sallow skin, stopped sleeping well, weakness, muscle loss,

angst and depression, none of which were hypo/hyper sx. I played up

and down with T3 doses and finally got tested to see what was going

on. The high SHBG was binding my estrogen and testosterone even

though I replace them. Pre T3 my T was 55 with a free of 1.8. It

bottomed out to an unmeasurable amount serum wise. I did not think I

would ever go through a switch back once on T3. Right now I feel much

better and I am half way traded out.

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SHBG is sex hormone binding globulin. It tends to go high when estrogen

is high or when T3 is high. It BINDS both those hormones thus lowering

the FREE levels of each.

When switching back to Armoru ione important question needs to be

answered. Have you found and corrected the initial cause of your

highRT3? If you haven't it is very likely to return as soon as your T4

levels start to rise, even into their normal levels. Low or especially

HIGH cortils will cause this, as will ferritin issues. these things MUST

be corrected for Armoru to work properly again.

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Don't know. Was hypo at 100 so couldn't stay there. AGRe: why switch back to armour from t3?Posted by: "Leisa Forman" leisamelanie@... leisamelanieThu Jan 22, 2009 3:12 pm (PST)Interesting...so in hindste do you think it may have been avoided had you just stayed at a lower dose like 100 or so?

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what causes low shbg? and high testo

Subject: Re: Re:why switch back to armour from t3?To: RT3_T3 Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 7:05 AM

SHBG is sex hormone binding globulin. It tends to go high when estrogen is high or when T3 is high. It BINDS both those hormones thus lowering the FREE levels of each. When switching back to Armoru ione important question needs to be answered. Have you found and corrected the initial cause of your highRT3? If you haven't it is very likely to return as soon as your T4 levels start to rise, even into their normal levels. Low or especially HIGH cortils will cause this, as will ferritin issues. these things MUST be corrected for Armoru to work properly again.-- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/------------------------------------

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I don't knwo but possibly the opposite of things that cause it to go hihg.

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