Re: How fast did you all raise T3?

January 11, 2010

My naturopath started me on 1 mcg a day, adding in 1 mcg every other day. I

don't think you can get much slower than that. Once I knew that I was

tolerating it fine, then I started upping it as Nick described on his website:

This does mean you have to get T3 from a compounding pharmacy, which I could do

through my naturopath.

Jeanne

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> And where did you start? I started on 10 mcg, cause that's what I was getting

with my

> 1 grain of ERFA Thyroid in the week before I started with T3-only. I upped to

15 mcg after

> 4-5 days, got serious pressure/tightness in the chest/heart, and now I just

upped to 20 mcg

> at 1:50 am. Before going to bed. Hope I'll be ok on 20 mcg and that I have

high enough

> Ferritin, and enough cortisol as well.

>

> PS! This is me starting a NEW thread. I like to stick to one thread usually.

>

January 12, 2010

I started on 25 mcg and raised 6.25 mcg each week until I reached 100 mcg. It

took me about 9 weeks. I was on 4 grains of NT when I switched. I have 10 days

left before I hit the 12 week mark. I had NO reaction to the T3 at all. When I

forget to take it on schedule (25 mcg 4 times a day) I can usually tell because

my heart starts pounding harder. But I haven't really noticed a huge difference

in how I feel. I think I have very gradually improved, but since I'm not at 12

weeks yet RT3 supposedly hasn't cleared yet.

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> And where did you start? I started on 10 mcg, cause that's what I was getting

with my

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