Cytomel/T3 only?

[Mia]

Kathy A wrote:

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Hi Jim,
I'm looking at your post from July 07 (it's now Jan 08) and I'm hoping you're still reading this forum.
I'm wondering what ENDO you saw that you had good luck with?
I'm in the Placerville, CA area, so might be able to get to whoever you found to be good.
I can't take Synthroid/T4 after many years on it - due to an allergic reaction that I now get. So I've been put on T3 only.
I'm currently on 50 mcg/day, but am very tired, cold, etc. Just to show how uninformed doctors seem to be, mine just has me taking 1 50mcg pill/day. My understanding is that it works better to spread it out...
Very frustrated with all the doctors I've seen in this area, and would love to find a good one.
Thanks for any info you can give.
Kathy

Kathy, I noticed in your post that you had an allergic reaction to T4. I'm curious because my dr. started me on Armour T3/T4 2 weeks ago and after 3 days, my chest neck, face and head started itching like crazy. No visible bumps or redness (like hives) but it felt like there was a layer of tiny bubble under my skin. It took 4 days after stopping the Armour for the symptoms to go away. Dr. and pharmacist decided to try compounded, time-released T3/T4 instead; I was hopeful but now after 3 days again, I'm beginning to itch all over again. Have you heard of other people having reactions like this to T3, T4, or the 2 combined?

Mia

[Going 2trythis]

Kathy A wrote:

<quoted text>
Hi Jim,
I'm looking at your post from July 07 (it's now Jan 08) and I'm hoping you're still reading this forum.
I'm wondering what ENDO you saw that you had good luck with?
I'm in the Placerville, CA area, so might be able to get to whoever you found to be good.
I can't take Synthroid/T4 after many years on it - due to an allergic reaction that I now get. So I've been put on T3 only.
I'm currently on 50 mcg/day, but am very tired, cold, etc. Just to show how uninformed doctors seem to be, mine just has me taking 1 50mcg pill/day. My understanding is that it works better to spread it out...
Very frustrated with all the doctors I've seen in this area, and would love to find a good one.
Thanks for any info you can give.
Kathy

What was your allergic reaction to T4??? 5 doctors say that I'm crazy, and no one has any allergy to T4.

[Gayle]

Olivier - Do you have a compound pharmacy in Canada that does the Sustained Release T3 for you? If so, could you please provide the exact name, address and telephone number of this pharmacy? How much is it there? In New York, they will do it at $2 per capsule.
Will this pharmacy take orders from the USA and ship here? Please advise. hope i can find this website again!

Olivier wrote:

Update.
From what I can tell, I'm ok with Synthroid but I am experiencing first hand that stability is the key.
A view shared by many on other forums: Wilson Temperature Syndrome is just plain old hypo.
The thing wacky about Wilson's approach is that 1) he raises the T3 level each day! That is quite fast. Not everybody can tolerate such a fast raise of metabolically very potent T3 hormone; 2) he weans people off their meds in cycles: if these guys are hypo and with Hashi's they're gonna be on a pretty impressive roller coaster ride mood-wise, if you catch my drift and, he weans them off completely afterwards. If you are hypo, you can't go without thyroid med.
However, what Wilson did identify is that hypothyroid patients, especially those with Hashi's feel a whole lot better with some T3 in the mix.

[Charles Baldwin]

Hi Guys,

I am currently on Levothyrox 175MCG, by SANOFI AVENTIS, its the best type you can get i find. I recommend you should try this as other generic brands are sometimes alot stronger than the stated dose where as these are what you see what you get. I was on 100mcg, but still have TSH at 43, was at 100+ beginning SEpt, felt like shit, Anxious, lack of confidence,...
Mind you still went to work, acted a bit weird (well you would being tired...)/ work in finance/funds, then would go to the gym for 2 hours 3 times a week after work.

I was able to do this out of determination not to get fat and by the fact that i had to earn a living....

I feel much better now, have been on 175mcg for 4 days, not much improvement on previous dose yet, will be at least another 2 weeks.

I have hashimotos and think my thyroid doesnt work at all, Kaput.

The doctor also prescribed 25mcg of T3 (cynomel); Also by SANOFI-AVENTIS (Franch pharmaceutical CO). Haven't started tasking this yet, as i want to see how i feel after a few weeks on the T3 (CYNOMEL). Its CYTOMEL in the U.S.

T3 also burns fat, so i dont want to become skinny and wirey....haha

I do have a good appetite and still find it hard to RIP Muscle. Muscle definition has improved slightly over the past months. We'll see how it goes.

My mum has the same as me, but got it at 50, im only 30, sucks big time, at least im getting better.(TSH still at 43). Even started to smile alot more, youpiiiii. Instead of a serious face all the time.....losening up a bit.

Thyroid disease is seriously dissabilitating and in extreme cases can give you weird thoughts, not wanted to be here anymore, lose of self worth....etc, putting yourself down, innabilty to communicate effieciently with others. To be honest i felt a little like that.......

Well thats my story.....hope it will be useful to some of you....

EMAIL me at [e-mail] if you need any help.....

By the way i got my mum to take 2 * 5mcg T3 (CYNOMEL) every day,(Got her to cut a 25mcg tab in 4) works out cheaper, and she is bubbly, i havent seen her like that in ages. She has also said her appetite has increased. Not surpised, even in such a small dose.

I think MY 25mcg T3 will be ok, taken in 2 lots (half a pill twice a day), well see in a few weeks.

Hope to hear from you all soon.

Charlie

[Russ]

i have just got some Cytomel T3 today and was wondering when will i see a significant change if i eat heathy???? thank you