Guest guest Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 I was on Armour for about 10 years with some success, then when they changed their formula I switched to Naturethroid with similar success. Suddenly last January I had a sort of episode which the emergency doctor deemed a hyperthyroid episode. He did no blood tests at the time to confirm but his recommendation was to take no thyroid for a day at least, then cut my dose in half. Well, I tried to cut my doses into 8ths and I had trouble with it almost every time. I tried Armour again and same thing. Each time I got this horrible weak feeling, like I was going to pass out. My TSH climbed steadily, my doctor hectoring me a little to get back on hormone. I consulted a new doctor who saw evidence that I was converting what T4 I took into rt3 instead of t3. He put me on straight t3 and I've been doing better - able to tolerate it anyway where I could not the t4/t3 combination. Anyone have any idea what happened here? I think I was on T4/T3 for maybe 15 years. I am also low adrenal, been taking 12.5 mg cortisol for as long as the thyroid and the new guy bumped me up to 20mg before trying the T3. (I felt immediately better on the 20mg.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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