Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Hi Sue, I have been taking 150mcg of T4 and 20mcg of T3 since last August; for 18 months previous to that I was on T4 only. The addition of T3 made a lot of difference to my physical and emotional well being. In fact the immediate effect was so dramatic it felt as if I had somehow slipped back into my body and for the first time in years it fitted me! During the autumn I started to lose hair, which bothered me a lot. I understand that this can happen with a hormone change, the hair in 'resting' phase can all begin to shed at once instead of gradually. It could of course be due to menopause or just be one of those 'women things'. My hair is thinner than it's ever been but still looks fairly OK and the benefits of the T3 (I have more energy for my job, more emotional resillience, more creativity and stamina) far outweigh the hair thing. I have sometimes overdone things; the temptation to make up for lost time is sooooo strong! As long as I still get enough sleep, try to avoid over stressful situations and eat sensibly I think this is as good as it's going to get. Good luck! --- eastofdurango wrote: > Hi all, > > i am a new member. I have hashis, hypo and a goiter. > I have been on Levoxyl 100 mct for > about 2 years with " good numbers' but never felt > " fixed. " I recently started additional dose > of 5 mcg 2x daily of Cytomel to see if that helps. > > Has anyone out there been on this combination - has > it helped? Anyone have any bad or > good experiences? > > Thanks, all. > Sue > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Hi --- sounds like it works for you and that’s encouraging. On another board it seems they are very “anti” Cytomel aka T3 and only “advocate” the Armour Thyroid natural combo and I was beginning to wonder if I should switch or try to based on all the negative feedback I was getting about synthetic T3. I am also perimenopausal so I have those overlapping symptoms as well. I have plent of energy but what I don’t seem to have is a metabolism that will work right – in that I exercise and eat healthy and low calories but it’s near-impossible to lose weight. I finally stopped the scale from moving upward in late January and am hoping that with the added T3 it will also boost my metabolism... My Free T3 has been just above the lowest end of the range. Thanks for you input! Sue Hi Sue, I have been taking 150mcg of T4 and 20mcg of T3 since last August; for 18 months previous to that I was on T4 only. The addition of T3 made a lot of difference to my physical and emotional well being. In fact the immediate effect was so dramatic it felt as if I had somehow slipped back into my body and for the first time in years it fitted me! During the autumn I started to lose hair, which bothered me a lot. I understand that this can happen with a hormone change, the hair in 'resting' phase can all begin to shed at once instead of gradually. It could of course be due to menopause or just be one of those 'women things'. My hair is thinner than it's ever been but still looks fairly OK and the benefits of the T3 (I have more energy for my job, more emotional resillience, more creativity and stamina) far outweigh the hair thing. I have sometimes overdone things; the temptation to make up for lost time is sooooo strong! As long as I still get enough sleep, try to avoid over stressful situations and eat sensibly I think this is as good as it's going to get. Good luck! --- eastofdurango wrote: > Hi all, > > i am a new member. I have hashis, hypo and a goiter. > I have been on Levoxyl 100 mct for > about 2 years with " good numbers' but never felt > " fixed. " I recently started additional dose > of 5 mcg 2x daily of Cytomel to see if that helps. > > Has anyone out there been on this combination - has > it helped? Anyone have any bad or > good experiences? > > Thanks, all. > Sue > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Sue, You said you had been concerns about some groups only advocating ONE type of thyroid med. I had that exact same concern in other discussion groups. My sis is on Synthroid only, and has been for over 10 years happily. I understand that only T4 being that effective is unusual. My thought is that there isn't a one-size-fits-all medicine, or even a one-size-fits-all med combo out there. If something works for you - that is the important part Spoken by a yet untreated probably hypo person, -Lynn jytdtp wrote: > Hi --- sounds like it works for you and that’s encouraging. On > another board it seems they are very “anti” Cytomel aka T3 and only > “advocate” the Armour Thyroid natural combo and I was beginning to > wonder if I should switch or try to based on all the negative feedback I > was getting about synthetic T3. I am also perimenopausal so I have > those overlapping symptoms as well. I have plent of energy but what I > don’t seem to have is a metabolism that will work right – in that I > exercise and eat healthy and low calories but it’s near-impossible to > lose weight. I finally stopped the scale from moving upward in late > January and am hoping that with the added T3 it will also boost my > metabolism... My Free T3 has been just above the lowest end of the range. > > Thanks for you input! > Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Hi Lynn, My name is Tina and I am a person that has been diagnosed as hashimotos thyroditis disease but as yet I am not being treated. I have not as yet seen a endo cause of course my Family Dr thinks he can treat me for everything and "HIS" opinion is that at this time my TSH is not bad enough to be treated . I had my thyroid tests done in I think Nov of last year or Oct anyway My TPO was 951.5 and the range is 35 needless to say I have hashi's. I am still working on getting a refferal for the Endo so I can finally get somekind of relief . I was on the Phone to lots of sources today I spoke to a Nurse( a Dear Friend) and a Health Coach from my insurance provider and to an herbalist Dr. All of which have told me the same thing YOU NEED TO GET THAT THYROID TAKEN CARE OF NOW!!!!!! As of Tomarrow my Family Dr might just be my ex family DR cause if he don't give me the referal I am to call my health coach back and they will find get me the Refferal and i will be seeing the Endo and my Family Dr will be fired by the insurance company not me. So you hang in there it can be done. TinaLynn with Poochi's Tailor wrote: Sue,You said you had been concerns about some groups only advocating ONE type of thyroid med. I had that exact same concern in other discussion groups. My sis is on Synthroid only, and has been for over 10 years happily. I understand that only T4 being that effective is unusual. My thought is that there isn't a one-size-fits-all medicine, or even a one-size-fits-all med combo out there. If something works for you - that is the important part :)Spoken by a yet untreated probably hypo person,-Lynnjytdtp wrote:> Hi --- sounds like it works for you and that’s encouraging. On > another board it seems they are very “anti” Cytomel aka T3 and only > “advocate” the Armour Thyroid natural combo and I was beginning to > wonder if I should switch or try to based on all the negative feedback I > was getting about synthetic T3. I am also perimenopausal so I have > those overlapping symptoms as well. I have plent of energy but what I > don’t seem to have is a metabolism that will work right – in that I > exercise and eat healthy and low calories but it’s near-impossible to > lose weight. I finally stopped the scale from moving upward in late > January and am hoping that with the added T3 it will also boost my > metabolism... My Free T3 has been just above the lowest end of the range.> > Thanks for you input!> Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 No I don't think so. I thought I was suppose to go tomarrow Friday but in my goof it up brain fog and looking at my Calendar again it is Next Friday i go to the Rhuemotologist. I just love brain fog so much I could spit. Tina wrote: Yea Tina! Did I miss your post today on this? Were you to go to the doc today? Thursday? Re: new member - question Hi Lynn, My name is Tina and I am a person that has been diagnosed as hashimotos thyroditis disease but as yet I am not being treated. I have not as yet seen a endo cause of course my Family Dr thinks he can treat me for everything and "HIS" opinion is that at this time my TSH is not bad enough to be treated . I had my thyroid tests done in I think Nov of last year or Oct anyway My TPO was 951.5 and the range is 35 needless to say I have hashi's. I am still working on getting a refferal for the Endo so I can finally get somekind of relief . I was on the Phone to lots of sources today I spoke to a Nurse( a Dear Friend) and a Health Coach from my insurance provider and to an herbalist Dr. All of which have told me the same thing YOU NEED TO GET THAT THYROID TAKEN CARE OF NOW!!!!!! As of Tomarrow my Family Dr might just be my ex family DR cause if he don't give me the referal I am to call my health coach back and they will find get me the Refferal and i will be seeing the Endo and my Family Dr will be fired by the insurance company not me. So you hang in there it can be done. Tina Tina JJOIPPKOOUNUJOP'IUJK0--9UTINA MK-099-99\OP'[-0 I]9IKI099 U[ Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 You're not the Lone Ranger on the brain fog. Sometimes I'm thinking Ahlzheimers, but hope not. I'm 54, it's way too soon, or better not ever. Would you believe that, in the beginning of my stint on the thyroid boards, I was so fogged out that I would forget which board I was on, repeatedly, over and over, and make a message to someone on another board who wouldn't even know what I was talking about. I thought I was going insane or something, this was happening soooo much! Other things in my life, at the time, were like that too. I still don't remember when something happened/is happening, at times, though I remember a conversation about it, but don't remember any time frame as to when it took place. Days ago? Weeks ago? Maybe two months ago, lol?? Re: new member - question Hi Lynn, My name is Tina and I am a person that has been diagnosed as hashimotos thyroditis disease but as yet I am not being treated. I have not as yet seen a endo cause of course my Family Dr thinks he can treat me for everything and "HIS" opinion is that at this time my TSH is not bad enough to be treated . I had my thyroid tests done in I think Nov of last year or Oct anyway My TPO was 951.5 and the range is 35 needless to say I have hashi's. I am still working on getting a refferal for the Endo so I can finally get somekind of relief . I was on the Phone to lots of sources today I spoke to a Nurse( a Dear Friend) and a Health Coach from my insurance provider and to an herbalist Dr. All of which have told me the same thing YOU NEED TO GET THAT THYROID TAKEN CARE OF NOW!!!!!! As of Tomarrow my Family Dr might just be my ex family DR cause if he don't give me the referal I am to call my health coach back and they will find get me the Refferal and i will be seeing the Endo and my Family Dr will be fired by the insurance company not me. So you hang in there it can be done. Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Yes, I've read that in more than one place. A yr or two ago, a nurse and I talked our staff director into checking everyone on our wing out for thyroid disorder, but want to guess what he tested? Yep, you got it. By that time, the elderlys' pituitaries are not even going to be responding like a younger person's, if they've aged in all these ways. Couldn't talk him into running anything else at all. It's all over the place, sad. Re: new member - question I read an article somewhere a few years ago that ahlzheimers patients sometimes were being misdiagnosed and they just had really bad hypo. From years of being misdiagnosed and non treatment... weird huh? Anyone else have a thought on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Oh I know exactly what your saying for the first time im my life I did something that embarassed me beyond belief. I Went to the store last Friday and forgot where I was and what I was doing there I just stood there dumb founded and didn't know what i had gone there for So to save face i quickly went to the counter and got my hubby a pack of Cigarettes. Got out of there as soon and possible cause I felt the tears wellling up in my eyes. People were looking at me the girl at the counter was saying Tina whats' wrong do you need help I was so embarassed. I got to my car and just came home and cried my eyes out. Tina Teague wrote: when will doctors learn to understand that with thyroid hormones, the last thing you want to do is take them away during 'normal' function... that is why our tests show up normal! *beats head into desk*... I'm better now. Re: new> member - question> > > Hi Lynn,> My name is Tina and I am a person that> has been diagnosed as hashimotos thyroditis disease> but as yet I am not being treated. I have not as> yet seen a endo cause of course my Family Dr thinks> he can treat me for everything and "HIS" opinion is> that at this time my TSH is not bad enough to be> treated . I had my thyroid tests done in I think Nov> of last year or Oct anyway My TPO was 951.5 and the> range is 35 needless to say I have hashi's. I am> still working on getting a refferal for the Endo so> I can finally get somekind of relief . I was on the> Phone to lots of sources today I spoke to a Nurse( a> Dear Friend) and a Health Coach from my insurance> provider and to an herbalist Dr. All of which have> told me the same thing YOU NEED TO GET THAT THYROID> TAKEN CARE OF NOW!!!!!! As of Tomarrow my Family> Dr might just be my ex family DR cause if he don't> give me the referal I am to call my health coach> back and they will find get me the Refferal and i> will be seeing the Endo and my Family Dr will be> fired by the insurance company not me. So you hang> in there it can be done.> > > Tina> > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Tina, I am buried in a lot of messages here - not sure if I thanked you for this response. So - Thank You I'll keep hanging in there. Good luck to you too. -Lynn My Original Jewelery on Ebay: http://stores.ebay.com/Poochis-Tailor_Jewelery-Hand-Made_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ\ 7QQftidZ2QQtZkm Tina Hummel wrote: > Hi Lynn, > My name is Tina and I am a person that has been diagnosed as > hashimotos thyroditis disease but as yet I am not being treated. I have > not as yet seen a endo cause of course my Family Dr thinks he can treat > me for everything and " HIS " opinion is that at this time my TSH is not > bad enough to be treated . I had my thyroid tests done in I think Nov of > last year or Oct anyway My TPO was 951.5 and the range is 35 needless to > say I have hashi's. I am still working on getting a refferal for the > Endo so I can finally get somekind of relief . I was on the Phone to > lots of sources today I spoke to a Nurse( a Dear Friend) and a Health > Coach from my insurance provider and to an herbalist Dr. All of which > have told me the same thing YOU NEED TO GET THAT THYROID TAKEN CARE OF > NOW!!!!!! As of Tomarrow my Family Dr might just be my ex family DR > cause if he don't give me the referal I am to call my health coach back > and they will find get me the Refferal and i will be seeing the Endo and > my Family Dr will be fired by the insurance company not me. So you hang > in there it can be done. > > Tina > > */Lynn with Poochi's Tailor /* wrote: > > Sue, > > You said you had been concerns about some groups only advocating ONE > type of thyroid med. I had that exact same concern in other discussion > groups. My sis is on Synthroid only, and has been for over 10 years > happily. I understand that only T4 being that effective is unusual. My > thought is that there isn't a one-size-fits-all medicine, or even a > one-size-fits-all med combo out there. If something works for you - > that > is the important part > > Spoken by a yet untreated probably hypo person, > -Lynn > > jytdtp wrote: > > Hi --- sounds like it works for you and that’s > encouraging. On > > another board it seems they are very “anti” Cytomel aka T3 and only > > “advocate” the Armour Thyroid natural combo and I was beginning to > > wonder if I should switch or try to based on all the negative > feedback I > > was getting about synthetic T3. I am also perimenopausal so I have > > those overlapping symptoms as well. I have plent of energy but > what I > > don’t seem to have is a metabolism that will work right – in that I > > exercise and eat healthy and low calories but it’s > near-impossible to > > lose weight. I finally stopped the scale from moving upward in late > > January and am hoping that with the added T3 it will also boost my > > metabolism... My Free T3 has been just above the lowest end of > the range. > > > > Thanks for you input! > > Sue > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Sue.. you should be feeling the effects of the T3 within a couple of days of taking it... it doesn't' build in the tissues, like T4, before it can be used... it's used right away... How much are you taking, of the T3? And how are you taking it? Topper () On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 07:23:09 -0600 jytdtp writes: Hi Lynn,I have NO idea yet what works for me since I never felt any difference when starting the levoxyl 2 years ago. I just added the T3 Saturday and feel no different but will give it a few weeks. My main concern is my metabolism – and my cholesterol — both have gone way up in the last two years when I was diagnosed with hashis/hypo and goiter.My T3 has been just barely above the lowest end of the range so I will know more in about 6 weeks when I have labs done.Thanks,Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 That is sooo sad.. And it all has to do with the propaganda that the makers of the synthetic crap started with TSH being the only test needed.... sigh Topper () On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:42:33 -0600 " " writes: Yes, I've read that in more than one place. A yr or two ago, a nurse and I talked our staff director into checking everyone on our wing out for thyroid disorder, but want to guess what he tested? Yep, you got it. By that time, the elderlys' pituitaries are not even going to be responding like a younger person's, if they've aged in all these ways. Couldn't talk him into running anything else at all. It's all over the place, sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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