Clearing/dosing question

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Val and Nick,

I know that you have said that after clearance, people usuallly need to be on at least 75 mcg of T3. I cleared a few weeks ago, and as I have posted, am doing really well. What I am finding is that I only need about 50-60 mcg per day to keep my temps at a good point. For example, today at 12:30 my temp was 98.8 (I am in day 4 of my cycle which I think means temps are not elevated due to menses at this point). I feel good, I sleep well, energy is good, metabolism is good (and thankfully, the list goes on -- hopefully encouraging to others who haven't cleared yet). By lowering dosage to this point, my heart problems have improved. No longer do I feel a racing heart or tightness in my chest and my pulse rate is also really good at this dosage.

Having said all that, what concerns would you have re: being on this low a dose of Cytomel (brand name), if any?

Beth S.

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>Having said all that, what concerns would you have re: being on this low a

dose of Cytomel (brand name), if any?

none, the " typical dose of 75 to 125 " is just that, there will be some

people that do very well on less and some that need more, generally if

they have resistance issues caused by things other than RT3.

On the lower side it is possible that some people would be able to

taper off T3 completely if they had a normal thyroid and a high RT3

due to ferritin or cortisol issues, once their RT3 issues were

resolved theoretically they could quit thyroid support. This is a

rarity though, most of us need to stay on some treatment.

Nick

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