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Hi folks, I'm mostly a lurker here, but I have a question. Sorry this is so

long...

I printed out a bunch of stuff on rT3. (Thank you, Nick!) Although he was

dubious,my doc prescribed 90 25-mcg Cytomel for me to start on. I've been on

Erfa for about a year (well, since the Armour screw-up; I was on four Armour a

day (60s) before that for a year or so). This past December, I dropped to three

Erfa down from four -- I wasn't having any particular luck with my symptoms, and

was running out of pills waiting for the next shipment. Stayed on just three

since I have been planning on addressing the rT3 with my doc.

My ferritin in April was 74 (that may not be quite accurate, because I ended up

giving blood the end of March, and " lethal Lee " said somewhere it may take as

much as two months for my levels to return to normal; so they may normally be

higher than 74.

Several years ago, I had treated my adrenals quite thoroughly; was on HC for a

year before being able to wean off. About two months ago, I did restart one or

two Isocort in the early morning, as I seemed to be having some slight adrenal

symptoms.

In March, my rT3 was 290 (range: 90-350), and my total T3 was 164 (range:

71-180). (The stupid lab screwed up and did total T3 instead of free T3.) My

doc said my rT3 was high enough that he was willing to try this out. (He's a

pretty good guy.)

I missed Nick's page on switching over from desiccated to T3-only, so began with

12.5 mcg four times a day (five days ago; sublingual). Noticed the first morning

after (only 3 doses the first day) I started that my sleep was VERY good (I'm

usually up once or twice a night -- this time I slept straight through!) My

nights since then have been real good too. (YAY!) I feel very good all day,

wide awake and not foggy. I have done my Tuesday and Thursday water aerobics

classes with no ill effects. I have been catching an hour nap in the early

evening (5 or 6 p.m.) because I am falling asleep at my computer.

I'm planning on staying on the four times a day: 9 a.m. (my usual get-up time),

noon-30, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. until this Sunday, which will be six days. Then I'll

add a fifth dose (also 12.5mcg) at my usual bedtime (1 a.m.: I'm a night-owl.)

I've had no ill effects from starting on twice the dose of T3 I was getting with

the Erfa, so don't think I'll have any ill effects from the increase. (My pulse

is slow and steady; my temps still below 98 -- where they have been for the

several years I've been tracking them. They range from 96 to 97.6, pretty much

always.)

Rather than fighting my doc for a larger prescription, I've ordered and am

expecting some Aventis Cynomel from Thailand. I want to get the Mexican

Cynomel, but don't know where to get it. I'm going to follow the dosing

schedule on Nick's site rather than tiptoe along as my uneducated-on-this doc

wishes me to. Would some one of you wonderful wise folks send me (off-list) a

place to get the Grossman Lab's ( " Mexican " ) Cynomel? And do you see anything

I'm doing wrong?

Thanks so much for all your hard work and help; this place, these lists and

sites -- and you people! -- are a godsend!

Elenor