Re: hot flashes from meds...

[Guest guest]

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>I was wondering is anyone taking little T4 medication i.e.(25mg) with their

armour or compounded porcine. I was told that we need to add because eventually

the T3 pushes the T4 way down. I have talked to several people that do this and

do well because we both neeed T4 and T3 because of the converion process. That

the liver and other tissues in the body help wth converting T4 to T3 along with

thyroid gland.

There is nothing in the body that needs T4 directly as far as we are

aware.

There are quite a few of us who have been on T3 only for a long time

and are doing very well on it

Nick

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for more information on RT3 and Thyroid Resistance go to

www.thyroid-rt3.com

[Guest guest]

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>I was wondering is anyone taking little T4 medication i.e.(25mg) with their

armour or compounded porcine. I was told that we need to add because eventually

the T3 pushes the T4 way down. I have talked to several people that do this and

do well because we both neeed T4 and T3 because of the converion process. That

the liver and other tissues in the body help wth converting T4 to T3 along with

thyroid gland.

There is nothing in the body that needs T4 directly as far as we are

aware.

There are quite a few of us who have been on T3 only for a long time

and are doing very well on it

Nick

--

for more information on RT3 and Thyroid Resistance go to

www.thyroid-rt3.com

[Guest guest]

>

>I was wondering is anyone taking little T4 medication i.e.(25mg) with their

armour or compounded porcine. I was told that we need to add because eventually

the T3 pushes the T4 way down. I have talked to several people that do this and

do well because we both neeed T4 and T3 because of the converion process. That

the liver and other tissues in the body help wth converting T4 to T3 along with

thyroid gland.

There is nothing in the body that needs T4 directly as far as we are

aware.

There are quite a few of us who have been on T3 only for a long time

and are doing very well on it

Nick

--

for more information on RT3 and Thyroid Resistance go to

www.thyroid-rt3.com

[Guest guest]

> I was wondering is anyone taking little T4 medication i.e.(25mg) with their

armour or compounded porcine. I was told that we need to add because eventually

the T3 pushes the T4 way down. I have talked to several people that do this and

do well because we both neeed T4 and T3 because of the converion process. That

the liver and other tissues in the body help wth converting T4 to T3 along with

thyroid gland.

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, the only people who do this are the ones who can actually convert t4 to

t3. And I have seen them, but they aren't on this forum. :-) If you have rt3

issues, you don't want to be taking ANY t4 at all.

You should get a rt3 test and see what your ratio of ft3 to rt3 is. Maybe you

CAN convert and simply aren't on enough meds. With a ft4 of .9 it is no wonder

your ft3 would be low, even if you were converting! As an example, my ft4 is

always about 1.2 to 1.4 but my ft3 is at the very bottom of the range. Barely in

range as I don't convert and most of the t4 turns into rt3. I'm curious what

your rt3 is since your ft3 is still in range even with a ft4 of .9. Maybe you

just simply need more thyroid hormones, period. Your doc is likely medicating

you based on your TSH which is the stupid thing to do but it's what most endos

do. Leave people undermedicated.

But yes, you could simply just go on straight t3 as well. I personally think if

one can convert and does NOT have a rt3 problem, then why not try the natural

thyroid meds as it is more what our own bodies would do.

Have you done the graphing of temps 3 times a day? That will help to show if you

are on enough cortef or not.