Re: Is it normal to feel worse on T3 only

[Guest guest]

Val, not sure if you missed my post. Do you have any suggestions for me or do

you think I am just being too impatient as it is likely my ferriten is quite low

and I have very weak adrenals despite supplementation.

Thanks

Pam

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> Hi Val

>

> I am in the middle of my second week on T3 only plus adrenals meds. Is it

normal to feel worse at this stage? I have lower temps averaging this week

36.2, have worse energy, practically no stamina and many hypo symptoms. I am

needing a lot more sleep and don't wake up feeling refreshed at all.

>

> My adrenals seem to be more stressed by the T3 only than the dessicated at

this stage, sometimes I feel quite aggresive which just isn't me. I have had

some nasty attacks of adrenaline raising my bp too high on some occasions

despite me taking more steroid. I cannot take more than the 28 mg equivalent

h/c I am taking because my bp goes too high and my head then feels horrible.

>

> I have backed off to 12.5 T3 on waking and the same again around 1 pm. When I

added 6.2 at 6 pm last night my head felt terrible and it stayed that way making

me feel ill all evening.

>

> The way I am feeling at the moment I feel like going back to 1 grain ERFA and

adding a bit of extra T3 cos when I did that I felt a lot better than now. I am

2 1/2 weeks into adding 325 ferrous sulphate in case that is a problem.

>

> Just as a reminder in November my TSH was 5.2, free T4 7 range 9-19)T3 wasn't

tested.

>

> Thanks

> Pam

>

[Guest guest]

How low is your ferritin?

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[Guest guest]

How low is your ferritin?

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How low is your ferritin?

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> How low is your ferritin?

>

It probably won't be tested for another month when my GP wants another blood

test for full thyroid panel plus lipids cos the last results were bad. Last

time I had it done was about 4 years ago and my ferriten was around 47 then. I

am menopausal so don't have a monthly bleed but do have had several blood tests

since then.

Thanks

Pam

[Guest guest]

Oh it can fall not only in menopausal women but in men too as low

thyroid tends to cause low ferritin., and not jst from heavy periods. I

would suspect your ferritin may be even lower than it was as this is a

common cause for T3 to make you feel bad as the body cannto utilize it

correctly wiht low ferritin.

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[Guest guest]

Oh it can fall not only in menopausal women but in men too as low

thyroid tends to cause low ferritin., and not jst from heavy periods. I

would suspect your ferritin may be even lower than it was as this is a

common cause for T3 to make you feel bad as the body cannto utilize it

correctly wiht low ferritin.

--

Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/