Posted by Bill LL on March 7, 2005, at 8:49:14
In reply to Tyroid (T3) Augmentation and Hair Loss Question, posted by rod on March 5, 2005, at 7:08:02
Your doc said that you can completely shut down the TSH? I've read a lot about thyroid supplementation and even the most aggressive docs won't let your TSH go below 1.0. I think that one complication of going too low is osteoporosis. You better double check this with your doc.
> Hi
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> I experience some increased hair loss the last months, which I attribute to my Thyroid (T3) augmentation. I take 25ug (10^-6) gramm per day.
> The thing I dont understand is that eiter hypo or hyperthyroidism can cause alopecia. Why is that? I actually hoped the augmentation will be good for my hair, because it is thin to begin with. I have read that some sort of alopecia might be caused by impaired convertation of T4 to T3 in the skin of your head.
> My lab results now (after some month of taking T3) show a too much of T3 (surprise surprise) and too low T4 and TSH. TSH is still active so my doc said I could rise my T3 to 50ug, to completely shut it down (which is a good thing for depression, he said).
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> So does anybody know why I loose hair, and which role T4 plays here? Might also taking T4 help with that? What can I do against it? T3 causes an improvement in depression (especially cognition), so I would like to continue taking it.
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> Other drugs I take (geez, Im a living pharmacy... :) but dont feel drugged at all. quite the opposite)
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> Nortriptyline 150mg
> Lyrica 450mg
> amisulpride 50mg
> T3 25ug
> clonazepam 0,375mg
> diphenhydramine 100mg (might drop that soon)
> Nicergoline 15mg
> Pentoxifylline 600mg
>
> Roland
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