Guest guest Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Be very careful discussing weight and T3 (or any thyroid medication) at the same consultation. GP's think we are asking for T3 as a slimming pill and it puts their backs up. Even on the Armour information site it warns about not using them as slimming pills. I guess it is because of the abuse body builders have made of it. LilianO If my GP tells me that I am taking too much T3 I will certainly want to know why my weight has gone up and not down. Kathleen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 --- In thyroid treatment , " recent:lilian15@... " Point taken Lilian, but for some of us this is a real issue. I have put on 19lbs since taking T3 and am overweight (by BMI) for the first time in my life. I really want to find out why this is when I was expecting the opposite. D Be very careful discussing weight and T3 (or any thyroid medication) at the > same consultation. GP's think we are asking for T3 as a slimming pill and > it puts their backs up. Even on the Armour information site it warns > about not using them as slimming pills. I guess it is because of the > abuse body builders have made of it. > > Lilian > > O > > > > > > If my GP tells me that I am taking too much T3 I will certainly want to > > know why my weight has gone up and not down. > > Kathleen > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Hi I would not even ask my GP to prescribe NHS T3, as it contains Sodium Chloride which would increase my BP and would make my ankles swell even more increasing my weight even more. I would have also thought that decreasing prednisolone would have decreased my weight let alone increasing T3, but its doing the opposite, and this is also what Pimozide and T4 plus numerous other drugs did and I most certainly do not want to put on another four. Kathleen stone > > Be very careful discussing weight and T3 (or any thyroid medication) at the > same consultation. GP's think we are asking for T3 as a slimming pill and > it puts their backs up. > Lilian > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Shouldn't you be taking Vitamin D3 about 4000 IU daily - and not vitamin D2 Kathleen? Luv - Sheila Despite increasing T3 slightly and decreasing Prednisolone slightly my weight has gone up. I also take Vitamin D2 1000IU, a vegetarian multivitamin and mineral, and last night started on a vegetarian Selenium 200ug. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4723 - Release Date: 01/04/12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 HI SHEILA I was not very good on D3 even the D3 that I bought I did not do very well on, but D2 has had no ill effects. No tests have even been done on vitamin D since. It could be due to the fact that I am vegetarian that D3 is of animal origin and D2 is not. I have Viridian D2 1000 IU and they state that it is just as good as D3. What would be the equivalent of D3 to D2. Kathleen > > Shouldn't you be taking Vitamin D3 about 4000 IU daily - and not vitamin D2 > Kathleen? > > Luv - Sheila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Kathleen, listen to Dr Mercola talking about Vitamin D. He emphasises strongly that you take Vitamin D3 and NOT vitamin D2. It is your choice to be vegetarian so don't see how or why that could be a reason for D2 being better for you than D3. http://tanningbeds.mercola.com/tanning-beds/standup-tanning-systems.aspx?e_cid=20120106_FNL_ban_HL Luv - Sheila I was not very good on D3 even the D3 that I bought I did not do very well on, but D2 has had no ill effects. No tests have even been done on vitamin D since. It could be due to the fact that I am vegetarian that D3 is of animal origin and D2 is not. I have Viridian D2 1000 IU and they state that it is just as good as D3. What would be the equivalent of D3 to D2. Kathleen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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