Re: Re: val- switching to armour

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birrdyy wrote:

> I agree Sol. I love the way you can adjust the T3 from one day to the

> next. I was thinking about this very thing the other day. If you're

> on Armour and you go hyper, how long do you have to stay hyper before

> things settle down. That would be horrid.

I could be wrong about this, but I think it would take the same 4 to 6

weeks or more before enough T4 left your system? Not sure, but a heck of

a lot longer than it takes to stop being hyper from too much T3. Even

though I was darned hyper for a few months late last year and into Jan

and Feb of this year, once it got noticed (help from this list) I

dropped the T3 rather drastically between one day and the next, and the

worst of it stopped very quickly. Then I had to find a new balance, as

of course I dropped too low, LOL.

sol

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Eileen wrote:

> Sol- How much T3 are you on Sol? How much armour did you add? Did you feel

the RT3 right away?

>

I feel I convert well and have done with every attempt to switch back,

so don't think I have an RT3 problem. Everytime I try to switch back I

get my typical itches of early stage eczema/hives, which are very

distinctive, and definitive. I think it is from the free iodine

released when T4 converts to T3. (I've been allergic to iodine for over

20 years with continually increasing reactions, since iodine is in more

things yearly).

I recently tried raising T3 by 6.25 mcg to 43.75 mcg, and right away

knew it was too much, temps and hip pain shot up. So I'm back to my

former 37.5 mcg, which may still be too much but was my normal dose for

a long time. When I tried a drop to 31.25 mcg, that felt like not quite

enough. I can't cut the darn pills any smaller, or I'd try for an

inbetween dose. FWIW, I had been on 43.75 for quite a long time, and

felt ok on that, when I suddenly began to feel a bit hyper, that was the

reason for lowering to 37.5.

From my then normal 37.5 mcg daily, I added 1/2 grain thyroid S

giving me 42 mcg T3 and 10 mcg T4. The skin reactions became scary by

two weeks into it, before I had a chance to drop any T3 I had to stop

the Thyroid S yet again. It took many more than 2 weeks before those

itches subsided, and I still have a higher than usual amount of iodine,

as any little high iodine foods start them up again. It takes seemingly

forever for it to all get excreted out. This is a process I am

unfortunately all too familiar with from 20+ years experience. There is

always the chance it is some other cause this time, but the whole

experience from beginning to end is utterly typical of being iodined.

So, I seem to be in a cycle of needing less T3 than previously, but

haven't quite found a new dose that is comfortable yet. In a day or two,

I'll try lowering to 31.25 again, and see how it goes.

Then in a few weeks, I will have Triyotex and TiTre to play with. I

think the TiTre, being 20 mcg per tab instead of 25 mcg per tab, might

just give me that in between dose I'm looking for. So I'm not done with

changes yet. Then near the end of Jan, I get to donate blood again, more

changes............LOL. I can't say this isn't interesting. But I've

been in a very low pain state for a few days now, with good energy (for

me) so that is a darn good place, but it never seems to last.

sol

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I have not seen anything but going to all T3 actually getrid of RT3, I

tried for about 6 yeasr with Amroru and T3 and got nowhere.

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http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

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All the sugar alcohols affect me like that, too.

Lucky fo rme I would never touch krill oil with a stick.

LOL.

sol

wrote:

> I have isolated several things that were causing it. Krill oil,

> sublingual B-12, sublingual DHEA, Vitamin E, and high thyroid..

> altogether DISASTER! the sublinguals all contain Mannitol for

> sweetness,. it has ALWAYS given me problems, but I had forgotten. The

> oils.. just greased everything up. STill tried Krill oil again last week

> since it has been much better.. right back again.

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