When to take selenium, zinc and vit c? Also, T3 and adrenals

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

Was wondering what times of day are best to take selenium, zinc and vitamin c?

Have heard that zinc should be taken alongside the levothyroxine in the

mornings, but on the packet it says to take it with a meal. So far I've been

taking them all with my dinner.

Also, I've recently started T3 alongside the levo but I actually feel worse.

Could this indicate problems with the adrenals? I do have symptoms, including

vomiting for no reason, no appetite, aversion to bright lights, gagging, fast

heartbeat, air hunger etc etc. All these symptoms started November last year. Do

I need to stop the T3 and sort my adrenals first?

Thanks for any help,

Jess

[Guest guest]

You should not be

taking levothyroxine for an hour either side of food, the other supplements you

can take with food. Have you actually done the 24 hour salivary adrenal profile

to see how much cortisol and DHEA you are making at 8.00a.m. - 12 Noon - 4.00p.m.

and again at midnight? No amount of thyroid hormone replacement (either T4 or

T3) will work if you have any of the following: low adrenal reserve, systemic

candidiasis, mercury poisoning (caused through amalgam fillings), low levels of

ferritin, vitamin B12, vitamin D3, magnesium, folate, copper and zinc. Should

any of these be found to be low, you need to supplement whatever is low. I

would get the testing kit for your Adrenals from Genova Diagnostics (see our

FILES section accessible from the Home Page of this forum web site) and on the

page that opens, scroll down the FOLDERS to 'Discounts on Tests and Supplements'

and you will see Genova give TPAS members a discount. You must write that

'Thyroid Patient Advocacy' is your Practitioner. The results however, will be

sent direct to you and not to TPA.

If the results show

you do have low adrenal reserve, then yes, you should stop the T3 for 7 days

when starting to treat your adrenals with Nutri Adrenal Extra, which you can

get 33% discount from Nutri Ltd - again because you are a member of TPA. You

will find the relevant information you need again in the 'Discount' folder.

Luv - Sheila

Was wondering what times of day are best to take selenium, zinc and vitamin c?

Have heard that zinc should be taken alongside the levothyroxine in the

mornings, but on the packet it says to take it with a meal. So far I've been

taking them all with my dinner.

Also, I've recently started T3 alongside the levo but I actually feel worse.

Could this indicate problems with the adrenals? I do have symptoms, including

vomiting for no reason, no appetite, aversion to bright lights, gagging, fast

heartbeat, air hunger etc etc. All these symptoms started November last year.

Do I need to stop the T3 and sort my adrenals first?

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[Guest guest]

Thank you for the info Sheila, will get the testing kit for cortisol.

Kind regards,

Jess