Guest guest Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Since December I have been taking t3 only and have worked my way up gradually top 3 x 5mcg per day, adding the last 5mcg on 5 March. Everything was going swimmingly. I felt great, although I'm not sure this was borne out by my last results which were: TSH (0.35 -6) 2.59 T4 (9-26) 10.4 T3 (2.8-7) 4.1 On Saturday last it all started to change and since then I have felt very hot, although my temp is still in the top 35s, feel as if I can't breathe, arms and legs feel weak, pulse feels as if it is racing and my head as if it is about to burst. I noticed over the weekend that while my alcohol tolerance had started to improve since I'd been on the T3, I felt unable to drive after one pint of lager shandy (one unit of alcohol) because I felt drunk. I'm sleeping fine. I have dropped back to 10 mcg T3 but that doesn't seem to be making any difference. Does anybody have any idea what might be going on here? D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Why are you taking such a low dose of t3? By being on a low doseage of t3 can actually provide your body with less thyroid hormone. As you will be lowering your bodys t4 but then not taking enough t3 to make up for the lack of t4 your body has stopped making. > > Since December I have been taking t3 only and have worked my way up gradually top 3 x 5mcg per day, adding the last 5mcg on 5 March. Everything was going swimmingly. I felt great, although I'm not sure this was borne out by my last results which were: > > TSH (0.35 -6) 2.59 > T4 (9-26) 10.4 > T3 (2.8-7) 4.1 > > On Saturday last it all started to change and since then I have felt very hot, although my temp is still in the top 35s, feel as if I can't breathe, arms and legs feel weak, pulse feels as if it is racing and my head as if it is about to burst. I noticed over the weekend that while my alcohol tolerance had started to improve since I'd been on the T3, I felt unable to drive after one pint of lager shandy (one unit of alcohol) because I felt drunk. I'm sleeping fine. > > I have dropped back to 10 mcg T3 but that doesn't seem to be making any difference. Does anybody have any idea what might be going on here? > > D > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 >while my alcohol tolerance had started to improve since I'd been on the T3, I felt unable to drive after one pint of lager shandy (one unit of alcohol) because I felt drunk. to me that sounds a bit candida/liver stress type symptom. trish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 > Endo says I need iron injections but as haemo does not understand the difference between ferritin and haemoglobin I cannot get these on NHS. Endo told me if I could find someone I trusted to inject me I should go for it, but although I have found someone, I cannot get a private prescription from my GP as he says they have to be given somewhere where thereis resuscitation equipment, so I have to rely on oral iron, which I struggle to tolerate. > > I would love to get bloods done, but my current form is for my next endo appointment. Lab will do T4,T3 and D for the endo, but will not do the Ts for the GP if the TSH is within range. I have a letter from Head of Pathology confirming that if TSH is within range no other tests are necessary! Also for GP, lab will only do D annually. > > Communication with endo dept at the hospital is so bad that if I use this form now I doubt if I will get another one to use before my appointment. > > D > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.