Re: Ok, so I've started the Cynomel... / experiences of others

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Glad to hear it is going well so far. Here's what I've read in many posts:

most folks don't report a " crashing halt " when it's time to increase T3;

instead, hypo symptoms begin to reappear; indicating it's time for the next T3

increase.

Timing of increase varies a lot from person to person; some increase every 3

days; some increase once a week. This depends a lot on adrenal status and other

factors, progress is very individual. Pulse, temps and how you feel are some

guidelines. You may have seen it already, but here's Moderator Nick's web page

on increasing:

http://www.thyroid-rt3.com/doineed.htm

Many who have forgotten a dose will feel it, but generally not in a drastic way.

I've read a lot more often that it will get to be an hour or two after the

missed dose and they find themselves kind of " losing steam " ... Then the light

bulb comes on and they realize they've missed a dose. (What I do if I miss a

dose: I try to add it in later in the day as gradually as possible, for example

make the rest of my day's doses 3 hours apart instead of 4 hours apart.)

Sometimes people with low ferritin encounter T3 intolerance as they proceed

(sometimes this shows up as anxiety, sometimes it will appear that T3 increases

" aren't working " , as just two examples of possible low ferritin issues). To

raise ferritin we usually recommend 150-200 mg/day of elemental iron, taken in 2

separate doses, taken at the same time as some Vitamin C, for better absorption.

Hope this helps.

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> 31.25 mcg yesterday (switching from 3 gr Armour)...it went well, I took very

small doses throughout the day, last dose at 10 p.m. Slept fine, feel good this

morning, planning to stay with the same dose today.

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> What should I expect to feel as the T4 that's still in my system wears off? 5

days from now, do I come to a crashing halt? Also, I'm a little nervous about

remembering this T3 every four hours from now on, but don't really know, if I

forget, whether my body will remind me in a subtle way, or I'll just be cruising

along, and then suddenly feel like total crap. Is there an " outta T3 " wall that

I can expect to hit at some point in time? *L*

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> I've reviewed the instructions on the www.thyroid-rt3.com site, and I think

the advice there is to plan to raise about 6.25 mcg after a week or so. Do you

all agree with that? Before you answer...

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> My ferritin level was 20 at the end of April. I've been taking iron ever

since I got that result back, but haven't mega-dosed at all because I was

nervous about it. For about six weeks I was taking 100 mg of Country Life Total

Mins Iron, and now I'm taking 50 mg of iron bisglycinate each night. Haven't

had ferritin retested yet, but will ask doc to order that when I go for my

appointment on July 7. I'm pretty sure that the low ferritin (plus low B12, low

D3, and low protein) was caused by malabsorption, which was caused by a lack of

stomach acid, which was caused by 8 years of Prilosec. I have a hiatal hernia

and long standing acid reflux, so I'm still taking the Prilosec (really cannot

stand to go without it - I get very, very miserable), but now I also take 1 g of

Betaine HCl after each meal, which I hope is helping the absorption issue. I do

know that my lower digestive tract seems much more stable and normal these days.

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> I've been treating the low D since February, and it is coming up, slowly but

surely (21 in February, 37 in late April). I take 10,000 IU of D3 each day. I

also use sublingual adenosyl B12 each morning. At last test (after I began

supplements), B12 was at 619. I know I need to have MMA tested, but haven't yet

because cost is an issue.

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> Thanks for feedback!

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> Bette

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