Had something major hapen last night - please read

May 11, 2010

Hey Group,Last night, I had a serious bout of panic attack and my heart was racing and it felt like it was going to explode out of my chest. This morning, I took half the dose of T3 that I usually take and about an hour to an hour and a half later I'm feeling very jittery, shortness of breath and I'm very irritable. I've tried to figure this out before but to no avail. At this point I don't know what to do. I thought that reducing would help, but I still am feeeling thesame symptoms. My labs indicate that I have a reverse T3 problem but it seems that when I take the T3 medication, it makes me feel hyper. Does anyone have any knowledge on this? At this point, I'm thinkking about giving up on all of this and just accepting the way I am. I'm sorry that I keep belaboring this, but I'm really not feeling good at this point. Any info is greatly appreciated.

-- Mike

May 11, 2010

Mike,

Don't give up! I know that feeling. I have given myself this year to get

straightened out or throw in the towel. I'm glad I am staying the course. I

finally feel I am seeing a light at the end of the tunnel regarding how I feel

physically.

What you are feeling from taking the t3 is classic inability to handle t3 due to

??? Could be low ferritin, low cortisol, etc. Having panic attacks from taking

t3 is more adrenal I think, especially as you said your ferritin is good.

I think you said you have an appointment with Val. Have your labs on hand; she

will help you sort this out!

Also, for what it's worth, I had to completely stop t3 a few times and start all

over as I couldn't tolerate it or would end up having to take very high doses

of HC, which didn't seem right to me. (I'm talking like 50 or more HC a day.)

After addressing a viral infection I had, I was able to go back on t3 with

normal doses of HC and am up to 105 mcg now. Woo hoo! I also had to change how I

dosed it. I was trying to take tiny amounts every 2 hours, which wasn't working

at all. Sometimes you have to play with how you dose, but in your case, with

taking only a half dose today and such a strong reaction, it seems to point more

toward intolerance for whatever reason.

I know you are under a lot of stress with the DP and so forth. I don't know if

you have other possible issues, like unknown infecions or so forth that could be

also creating adrenal stress. It may be your adrenals need help the most right

now and you will have to stop t3 for just a bit until you get them in order and

then try again. Ask Val about that, too.

Kathleen (who is only into May of the " year I gave myself to get this

straightened out. " )

>

> Hey Group,

>

> Last night, I had a serious bout of panic attack and my heart was racing and

> it felt like it was going to explode out of my chest. This morning, I took

> half the dose of T3 that I usually take and about an hour to an hour and a

> half later I'm feeling very jittery, shortness of breath and I'm very

> irritable. I've tried to figure this out before but to no avail. At this

> point I don't know what to do. I thought that reducing would help, but I

> still am feeeling thesame symptoms. My labs indicate that I have a reverse

> T3 problem but it seems that when I take the T3 medication, it makes me feel

> hyper. Does anyone have any knowledge on this? At this point, I'm thinkking

> about giving up on all of this and just accepting the way I am. I'm sorry

> that I keep belaboring this, but I'm really not feeling good at this point.

> Any info is greatly appreciated.

>

> --

> Mike

>

May 11, 2010

only my guess...but perhaps you now need LESS

.......and should continue to reduce gradually until

you do not have outrageous symptoms when you take

your reduced dose???

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Subject : RE: Had something major hapen last

night - please read

Hey Group,

Last night, I had a serious bout of panic attack and

my heart was racing and it felt like it was going to

explode out of my chest.Â This morning, I took half

the dose of T3 that I usually take and about an hour

to an hour and a half later I'm feeling very jittery,

shortness of breath and I'm very irritable.Â I've

tried to figure this out before but to no avail.Â At

this point I don't know what to do.Â I thought that

reducing would help, but I still am feeeling thesame

symptoms.Â My labs indicate that I have a reverse T3

problem but it seems that when I take the T3

medication, it makes me feel hyper.Â Does anyone have

any knowledge on this? At this point, I'm thinkking

about giving up on all of this and just accepting the

way I am.Â I'm sorry that I keep belaboring this, but

I'm really not feeling good at this point.Â Any info

isÂ greatly appreciated.

--

Mike

May 11, 2010

Hey there Mike,

I don't know if this applies to you as I was on Armour at the time, not T3 only,

but due to working with resistance issues, I suddenly developed a fast pulse

(over 100), shakes, ...my blood pressure was high. I was a mess. I tried to

lower my dose, but nothing seemed to work.

I had to take a break for a while (about a week) before I could tolerate any

thyroid again. Even the smallest dose started the symptoms. I think my body

need to clear what was there? I don't know.

Never Give Up! j

Don't Forget to Breathe! j

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