Need to come clean with endo

May 22, 2011

Hi Everyone,

I haven't been around for a while mainly because I have felt not too bad. Just

to update you, I changed over from Erfa in October shortly after seeing the endo

to trial out T3 only as I felt I could be suffering from reverse T3.

Well it all went reasonably well and I attempted to switch back to Erfa in March

but didn't feel as good so decided to stick with the T3 only.

I am very worried though as my endo is completely unaware that I have done this

and I am due to see him mid June. He very kindly prescribed Erfa for me for

which I am grateful. In fact I am still confused as to what is the best route of

treatment. I still get the leg cramps I had before perhaps not as often but it

doesn't seem to matter what treatment I have they never fully disappear. One

part of me is thinking, don't tell him then you won't lose the Erfa so if you

want to try swapping back again that option is open, but then I will have to

keep on buying the T3 in the meantime. Will my blood tests reveal that my T4 is

too low and cause suspicion if i decide not to say anything?

I am still trying to find the correct dose of T3 that takes away all my

symptoms, I am keeping an eye on my temperature and at the moment I am on the

2nd day of 82.25 mcg of cynomel in 4 split doses. I have increased only 6.25 mcg

from 75 mcg. when I increased to 75 mcg my daily temp picked up to 37 for a few

days but then dropped to 36.7 and this instigated me to try a further increase.

My temperature has not picked up yet 36.8 in the morning, lunch time but then

drops in the afternoon to 36.5. This is causing me to wonder if my adrenals

can't cope by the afternoon or if I need to split the doses up more. It's all

very confusing isn't it.

any advice would be welcome please.

Love Lizzie

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