Guest guest Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 I visited Dr. Rind in the spring of last year...at the time I had TSH 2.7...RT3 in the 230 range and TSI antibodies in the 144 range indicating Graves disease...I asked him whether I should take Cytomel...he said no...it was dangerous and would destroy my adrenals..RT3 was protecting me he said...and it would rise if I took more T3. When my RT3 cleared and my TSI antibodies dropped on T3 I wrote to him. Here is his response....anyone have a rebuttal for his position that Cytomel or the non-time released version of T3 will hurt the adrenals? I will pass it along to him....he seems open to reviewing our findings on this board. >>>>>>>>>>>>> I appreciate your feedback and concern. There are several things I'd like to point out -When I say that T3 can make RT3 go higher, I mean in physiologic doses. When it is given in a dose sufficient to suppress T4, the body doesnt have enough T4 (substrate) to make RT3 and that would force the RT3 down. I do not believe in using suprapysiologic doses of T3 as that can stress the adrenals and hurt them -I dont know why the TSI dropped. That is fascinating. I dont know if it is just you or if it is related to drop in RT3. TSI is an immune globulin (Thyroid Stimulating Immunoglobulin) and theoretically, as the adrenals get more stressed, allergies become worse. The same holds true for autoimmune phenomena. I'll have to be on the lookout for this effect and see if this shows up in other cases. If it does, it would cause the medical community to rethink what TSI might actually be. -I would never use Cytomel. Slow release T3 is much safer. I've seen probably a couple of thousand temp graphs of people using slow release T3 vs Cytomel vs T4 etc. The temps become unstable as the adrenals weaken. There is a direct correlation between the strength of the thyroid and the adrenal destabilization. The strongest and harshest is Cytomel and it is with Cytomel that I see the most rapid destabilization -The tendency is for people to feel better initially. Once the adrenals are fatigued and no longer can sustain the stress (of the fluctuating very high/very low metabolism) of excessive energy, we start to see symptoms such as fatigue, anxiety etc. I've seen on too many occasions where patients tell me how good they felt initially and then came the crash. We have to be careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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