Posted by tealady on August 5, 2004, at 2:11:06
In reply to gg- your T3 dosage, posted by Pfinstegg on August 4, 2004, at 21:14:03
> I think you are taking FAR too much Cytomel for someone who is basically euthyroid (i.e. normal), and already on a moderate dose of synthroid. You only need a little bit- somewhere between 2,5 and 5.0 mcg twice a day- NOT MORE! If you are so close , or at normal, to begin with, you may even need to lower your synthroid to something below 50 mcg. To help with depression, the goal is to get to a TSH of 0.5 or a bit lower, using a combination of Synthroid and Cytomel, but in very low amounts. I think I mentioned above that I take VERY low doses of both- see above- and have gotten to a TSH of 0.38 This has helped with the depression, I think, although it's hard to be sure because of the other things I've done also, but it's very good with weight loss- I've lost 45 lbs. since starting the thyroid meds, having gotten quite overweight with various AD's. Just don't forget that with a thyroid as normal as yours, the very lowest doses of synthroid and Cytomel should do everything that's needed.
Agree, if you CAN do it with small doses it's definitely the best way. Unfortunately it doesn't work for all, but it's really worth considering trying first.
(The other way you end up partly suppressing your own thyroid production and replacing it with the thyroid meds basically.)
Pretty confusing I guess...and even then , especially if you have antibodies(TPO, TG, TSI, TBII), it is still not the best..as they flare up and wane and change your thyroid production...(which is where selenium helps a little in helping to suppress the antibodies a little as well as helping with T4 to T3 conversion. )
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