Re: Doc may not know how to treat RT3 - Please help.

[Guest guest]

>Should I ask the doc for cytomel? How much to start? I really want to start the

T3 process quickly, if I can. I'm sooooo tired of being sick..........

You are pretty hypo on that 4 grains, it's not being absorbed well.

I have a feeling you are going to have to get more T3 into you in

order to hang onto the iron.

I presume you are tolerating the current meds (wich contain 36 of T3)

OK, in that case you can swap to T3 and build slowly as your T4 starts

to diminish while supplementing iron heaviily, at least 150 of

elemental iron a day is recommended.

The starting dose on

www.thyroid-rt3.com

should work fine for you, you MAY find you have to increase more

slowly than the suggested there, it depends how that ferritin is

doing. If an increase leaves you jittery then go back to the old dose,

wait a few days, and then try again

Feel free to keep asking questions

Nick

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for more information on RT3 and Thyroid Resistance go to

www.thyroid-rt3.com

[Guest guest]

> The starting dose on

>

> www.thyroid-rt3.com

>

> should work fine for you, you MAY find you have to increase more

> slowly than the suggested there, it depends how that ferritin is

> doing. If an increase leaves you jittery then go back to the old dose,

> wait a few days, and then try again

>

> Feel free to keep asking questions

>

> Nick

Hi Nick

I don't find that raising too much of T3 makes me jittery its more like I feel

it as a vascular symptom in my head and it makes me feel a bit dizzy and a very

full feeling in my head which is most unpleasant. When I check my bp it has

gone much too high. Is this a common side effect of too much T3 than the body

can cope with at the time?

Thanks

Pam

[Guest guest]

>I don't find that raising too much of T3 makes me jittery its more like I feel

it as a vascular symptom in my head and it makes me feel a bit dizzy and a very

full feeling in my head which is most unpleasant. When I check my bp it has

gone much too high. Is this a common side effect of too much T3 than the body

can cope with at the time?

I don't know, not heard of that one. If you know the signs of " too

much for you " then you can work by them .

Nick

[Guest guest]

Nick,

Thanks for your answer. Just want to verify that I can start by swapping out T3

IN PLACE of the NDT? (4 grain = 37.5) Do I swap all at once or gradually do it,

followed by increasing slowly?

If I change over, is it a good idea to do it this way with LOW ferritin (36) and

moderately HIGH cortisol?

Thanks.

>

> >Should I ask the doc for cytomel? How much to start? I really want to start

the T3 process quickly, if I can. I'm sooooo tired of being sick..........

>

> You are pretty hypo on that 4 grains, it's not being absorbed well.

>

> I have a feeling you are going to have to get more T3 into you in

> order to hang onto the iron.

>

> I presume you are tolerating the current meds (wich contain 36 of T3)

> OK, in that case you can swap to T3 and build slowly as your T4 starts

> to diminish while supplementing iron heaviily, at least 150 of

> elemental iron a day is recommended.

>

> The starting dose on

>

> www.thyroid-rt3.com

>

> should work fine for you, you MAY find you have to increase more

> slowly than the suggested there, it depends how that ferritin is

> doing. If an increase leaves you jittery then go back to the old dose,

> wait a few days, and then try again

>

> Feel free to keep asking questions

>

> Nick

[Guest guest]

>

> >

> >Thanks for your answer. Just want to verify that I can start by swapping out

T3 IN PLACE of the NDT? (4 grain = 37.5) Do I swap all at once or gradually do

it, followed by increasing slowly?

>

> All at once is fine. You shouldn't feel any different for the first

> few days and then will slowly feel more hyper as the T4 decays and

> hence need increases regularly

Nick - The above paragraph - Did you mean " then will slowly feel more HYPO as

the T4 decays " ?? Thanks.

[Guest guest]

>

>

>Nick - The above paragraph - Did you mean " then will slowly feel more HYPO as

the T4 decays " ?? Thanks.

Yes, well spotted!!!

Nick