Bump Nick Re: Slightly Increased Pulse and Noticeable Heart Beat on Cytomel 75 m

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Thank you VERY much Nick. I appreciate your dedication and help. Sorry to make

more mail for you. :-) I agree. I don't like these heart palps, and don't like

the synthetic. Would prefer to stay on natural with a just a BIT of T3 added

until we can get my ferritin up. Then if, after a while with higher ferritin I

am still having trouble, we can try T3 only. Will ask about the 15 mcg dose of

Cortef on the adrenals group as you suggested.

Cindy

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> >When you get a chance, please respond. I am feeling worse instead of better

with more pain in my hands and feet - suspect it is RT3 from the Synthroid. I

know my ferritin levels are not up high enough, but the doc insisted on putting

me on 75 mcg Cytomel and 75 mcg T4/Synthroid. For now, I have decided to split

the doses of Cytomel into 12.5 every 2 hours and maybe even lower the dose until

I can talk to the doctor again. Not due for more labs and an appt. for another

month.

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> I'm in overload, 100 unread messages for me by this morning so trying

> to get through them but may have to dump some.

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> Traffic goes up here when the adrenal group is on shutdown

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> Gut feel is if you are not taking the natural then drop the T4, that's

> a liability putting you on that. Adding a little T3 to the natural

> might have worked.

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> Going T3 only may well be the best place to go from here.

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> I see a potential problem though

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> >Doctor also has me on:

> >Cortef (HC) 15 mg. per day (7.5 in morning, 5.0 at noon,

> >2.5 about 4 pm)

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> 15 of HC may be causing more trouble that it's worth, generally doses

> of less than 20 end up causing a reduction in total level. Are your

> average temperatures stable??

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> The adrenal group can advise you more about HC dosing

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> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

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> Their FAQ Web site is here http://faqhelp.webs.com/

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> Nick

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> for more information on RT3 and Thyroid Resistance go to

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> www.thyroid-rt3.com

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