Re: cytomel & splitting headaches?

[Guest guest]

Bev,

I would suggest you space the Armour and the Cytomel by 6-8 hours. That

will help even out the direct T3. You might also try cutting the Cytomel

dosage until your system can get used to it.

Chuck

You wrote:

> ...Has anybody that has taken or takes cytomel get splitting headaches..

> I'm on my 3rd day of cytomel and two out of three days I've gotten

> splitting headaches.. The first day I took the cytomel in the morning

> with my armour and the last 2 I took it in the afternoon.

[Guest guest]

Bev,

You wrote:

>

> Do you take cytomel? ...

No, never have.

However, the biological half life for T3 is less than a day.

Consequently, every dose results in an effective surge in blood levels.

Spacing the meds will help to even that out. My thought is that the

headaches might be resulting from too high a peak. Taking T4, with a

half-life of about a week, is a much more even source, but it does

require efficient conversion.

It could also be a sensitivity reaction to other ingredients in the

Cytomel. If that is the case, your best alternative is just to increase

the Armour.

Chuck

[Guest guest]

Chuck,

Thanks for the info.

Looks like I'm going to be doing a lot of trial and error with the

cytomel...

I first day I was on it I took it with my armour at 7:30am and

couldn't go back to sleep so I got up and did some things outside

for a while before breakfast.. I don't recall having the swelling or

the headaches that day.. day 2 I took armour at the same time and

woke up swollen in the face and hands and took the cytomel about

2:30pm and got a splitting headhach and after I ate dinner the

headache went away after a little while.. The swelling almost went

a away but not quite.

day 3 took my armour at the same time woke up very swollen and took

my cytomel at about 2pm under the tongue. The a milder headache

started before I started the cytomel and after it was just awful,

until I ate at KFC (chicken livers, ect) and it started to go away..

today I took my armour at 7:30am (like usual) adn took the normal

12.5 mcgs. of cytomel and got to use the bathroom and looked at my

face it wasn't that swollen, went back to sleep for 2 hrs. and got

up and my face and hands were very swollen.. I'll see if I have a

headache this afternoon..

Tomarrow I'm going to take my armour at 7:30am try to get more rest

and when I get up and eat breakfast is when I will take the armour

this time to see what happens... a guy on another group takes his

cytomel with food and does fine... so that's what I'm going to have

to try.. and there's more that I have thought of that I can try

too. like cut my cytomel even smaller to 6.25 mcg. I'm going to

keep trying.. because I can't take any more armour I've tried.. The

combination of T4 & T3 is not right for me , it's too much T4 and

not enough T3.. so, it's all messed up.. it's going to take a while.

Any other thoughts are welcome..

Bev

> >

> > Do you take cytomel? ...

>

> No, never have.

>

> However, the biological half life for T3 is less than a day.

> Consequently, every dose results in an effective surge in blood

levels.

> Spacing the meds will help to even that out. My thought is that

the

> headaches might be resulting from too high a peak. Taking T4, with

a

> half-life of about a week, is a much more even source, but it does

> require efficient conversion.

>

> It could also be a sensitivity reaction to other ingredients in

the

> Cytomel. If that is the case, your best alternative is just to

increase

> the Armour.

>

> Chuck

>

[Guest guest]

Bev,

I found that it didn't matter what thyroid medication I took, each time

I started a different one (first T4, then Armour, then T3) I would get

a head-ache for about three days as I titrated upwards, just for a

while at the beginnng.

Regarding the swelling/edema I do tend to agree with Chuck's idea that

you simply need to take more.

Gail

>

> HI Chuck,

> Thanks for the info..

> So, far today no headache and it's 5:00pm.. Tomarrow I'm going to

take the cytomel with my breakfast (instead of taking it with armour)

to see if that helps with the swelling and if it does I'm going to wait

until this Sat. to increase the dose. If it doesn't help I will

increase the dose on Thurs. And I'll go from there.. So, I will keep

you posted and maybe you might have more thoughts....

> thanks

> Bev

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