Question

[Guest guest]

It will be 1 week tomorrow that I stopped the T3/T4 pill. I am currently taking

71.25mcg cYnomel & cyTomel and increasing 6.25mcg every 2-3 days depending on my

symptoms.

My temps are averaging 98.5 for the last 5 days.

I had the depression/feeling yucky for most of today which I haven't felt for a

few weeks now... Is this part of that T4 going out of my system? If it is, do I

need to increase the T3 even if I increased it a day or so earlier?

Also, how much T3 is too much? I am assuming I will know by hyper symptoms?

Thank you!

[Guest guest]

>It will be 1 week tomorrow that I stopped the T3/T4 pill. I am currently

taking 71.25mcg cYnomel & cyTomel and increasing 6.25mcg every 2-3 days

depending on my symptoms.

Sounds good, I presume you were on quite a high dose of T4/T3 before?

>

>My temps are averaging 98.5 for the last 5 days.

>

Not bad

>I had the depression/feeling yucky for most of today which I haven't felt for a

few weeks now... Is this part of that T4 going out of my system? If it is, do I

need to increase the T3 even if I increased it a day or so earlier?

Might be low T3 yes, try an extra 6mcg and see if it helps.

>Also, how much T3 is too much? I am assuming I will know by hyper symptoms?

Hyper symptoms are high pulse AND temperature.

You can hit the limit of your adrenals first though and find a drop in

temperature 30 mins after taking T3.

" Most people " need 75 to 125 a day AFTER resistance clears. Some need

more or less than that.

Nick

[Guest guest]

I am also an avid diet soda drinker although I've tried to quit multiple times

with limited success... mostly due to the negative effect the acid has on my

tooth enamel

And I notice that if I'm drinking soda, I drink it more slowly than water so I

seem to get less liquid overall (which is why I'm trying to add more water in

general). But if you are worried about the caffeine being dehydrating, as long

as you are a regular caffeinated beverage drinker, you don't need to worry (and

I used to really worry about this). Recent research has shown that as long as

you aren't drinking more than your normal amounts of caffeinated beverages, they

do not have a diuretic effect (your body adjusts to the caffeine). I.e. if you

drink a big cup of coffee every morning, then your morning coffee is hydrating

(if you never drink coffee and then have a big cup, it is less hydrating).

If anyone has successfully kicked the soda habit- I'd love to know how you did

it!

Cheers

~

[Guest guest]

I am also an avid diet soda drinker although I've tried to quit multiple times

with limited success... mostly due to the negative effect the acid has on my

tooth enamel

And I notice that if I'm drinking soda, I drink it more slowly than water so I

seem to get less liquid overall (which is why I'm trying to add more water in

general). But if you are worried about the caffeine being dehydrating, as long

as you are a regular caffeinated beverage drinker, you don't need to worry (and

I used to really worry about this). Recent research has shown that as long as

you aren't drinking more than your normal amounts of caffeinated beverages, they

do not have a diuretic effect (your body adjusts to the caffeine). I.e. if you

drink a big cup of coffee every morning, then your morning coffee is hydrating

(if you never drink coffee and then have a big cup, it is less hydrating).

If anyone has successfully kicked the soda habit- I'd love to know how you did

it!

Cheers

~

[Guest guest]

I am also an avid diet soda drinker although I've tried to quit multiple times

with limited success... mostly due to the negative effect the acid has on my

tooth enamel

And I notice that if I'm drinking soda, I drink it more slowly than water so I

seem to get less liquid overall (which is why I'm trying to add more water in

general). But if you are worried about the caffeine being dehydrating, as long

as you are a regular caffeinated beverage drinker, you don't need to worry (and

I used to really worry about this). Recent research has shown that as long as

you aren't drinking more than your normal amounts of caffeinated beverages, they

do not have a diuretic effect (your body adjusts to the caffeine). I.e. if you

drink a big cup of coffee every morning, then your morning coffee is hydrating

(if you never drink coffee and then have a big cup, it is less hydrating).

If anyone has successfully kicked the soda habit- I'd love to know how you did

it!

Cheers

~

[Guest guest]

I was raised on soda -- tab, pepsi light, diet coke -- and drank it until my

late 20s. Drank hardly anything else in fact, even as a kid. Hated milk. In my

20s, I started learning more about foods and processing, and eventually it

occurred to me that soda is simply a can of chemicals and nothing more. And I

stopped wanting to put it in my body. I still craved it from time to time for

the first few years, but focused on that chemical aspect. I'm now 42, and I

can't even tell you the last time I had a cola. In fact, sometimes, when my mom

opens one, like a reformed smoker, I can smell it, and it smells gross. This was

probably my first experiment in IE, even though I didn't recognize it as such...

Not sure how helpful that is, but maybe it gives you a different approach to

consider.

Good luck

Nichole

[Guest guest]

I was raised on soda -- tab, pepsi light, diet coke -- and drank it until my

late 20s. Drank hardly anything else in fact, even as a kid. Hated milk. In my

20s, I started learning more about foods and processing, and eventually it

occurred to me that soda is simply a can of chemicals and nothing more. And I

stopped wanting to put it in my body. I still craved it from time to time for

the first few years, but focused on that chemical aspect. I'm now 42, and I

can't even tell you the last time I had a cola. In fact, sometimes, when my mom

opens one, like a reformed smoker, I can smell it, and it smells gross. This was

probably my first experiment in IE, even though I didn't recognize it as such...

Not sure how helpful that is, but maybe it gives you a different approach to

consider.

Good luck

Nichole

[Guest guest]

, this is good information! Thank you :)Celeste Subject: Re: QuestionTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Friday, April 29, 2011, 9:50 AM

I am also an avid diet soda drinker although I've tried to quit multiple times with limited success... mostly due to the negative effect the acid has on my tooth enamel

And I notice that if I'm drinking soda, I drink it more slowly than water so I seem to get less liquid overall (which is why I'm trying to add more water in general). But if you are worried about the caffeine being dehydrating, as long as you are a regular caffeinated beverage drinker, you don't need to worry (and I used to really worry about this). Recent research has shown that as long as you aren't drinking more than your normal amounts of caffeinated beverages, they do not have a diuretic effect (your body adjusts to the caffeine). I.e. if you drink a big cup of coffee every morning, then your morning coffee is hydrating (if you never drink coffee and then have a big cup, it is less hydrating).

If anyone has successfully kicked the soda habit- I'd love to know how you did it!

Cheers

~

[Guest guest]

, this is good information! Thank you :)Celeste Subject: Re: QuestionTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Friday, April 29, 2011, 9:50 AM

I am also an avid diet soda drinker although I've tried to quit multiple times with limited success... mostly due to the negative effect the acid has on my tooth enamel

And I notice that if I'm drinking soda, I drink it more slowly than water so I seem to get less liquid overall (which is why I'm trying to add more water in general). But if you are worried about the caffeine being dehydrating, as long as you are a regular caffeinated beverage drinker, you don't need to worry (and I used to really worry about this). Recent research has shown that as long as you aren't drinking more than your normal amounts of caffeinated beverages, they do not have a diuretic effect (your body adjusts to the caffeine). I.e. if you drink a big cup of coffee every morning, then your morning coffee is hydrating (if you never drink coffee and then have a big cup, it is less hydrating).

If anyone has successfully kicked the soda habit- I'd love to know how you did it!

Cheers

~

[Guest guest]

Nichole, thank you for this. I think I will try to imagine it for what it is---nothing but chemicals. maybe that will make me sick of it. Thank you!Celeste"A sound Soul dwells within a sound Mind and a sound Body." -Soul Eater the Anime. Subject: Re: QuestionTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Friday, April 29, 2011, 10:05 AM

I was raised on soda -- tab, pepsi light, diet coke -- and drank it until my late 20s. Drank hardly anything else in fact, even as a kid. Hated milk. In my 20s, I started learning more about foods and processing, and eventually it occurred to me that soda is simply a can of chemicals and nothing more. And I stopped wanting to put it in my body. I still craved it from time to time for the first few years, but focused on that chemical aspect. I'm now 42, and I can't even tell you the last time I had a cola. In fact, sometimes, when my mom opens one, like a reformed smoker, I can smell it, and it smells gross. This was probably my first experiment in IE, even though I didn't recognize it as such...

Not sure how helpful that is, but maybe it gives you a different approach to consider.

Good luck

Nichole