Reduced dose but no improvement

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Two days ago I reduced my dose of T3 by 6.25 and today I

reduced by another 6.25 my FT3 reading from my blood draw on Monday was 6.9

with a range of 2.0-4.4. I am a dental hygienist and today for ¾ of the day I

had the shakes so bad that I had to grab one hand with the other to stabilize

my hands. When I put a piece of paper on my hand all the edges shook. My pulse

has been in excess of 100 all day with one reading of 116 at noon. Most

disappointingly my heart irregularity is back today as well L

My temps are okay but as far as I know they are not

elevated. My basal this morning was just slightly over 98.2. I am sweaty

sometimes at home and constantly at work. My hands are red most of the time and

feel hot. My brain fog was horrible today as I was having trouble recalling

words and names. I AM sleeping okay with a final dose of 25 mcg before I go to

sleep plus 3 mg of Melatonin.

Do I decrease more? Is it possible that when I thought I had

clearance several weeks ago (I am now in week 17) I didn’t and only now

have experienced a real clearance? I was up to 125 mcg two days ago but now I

am down 12.5 mcg (per recommendation of Margery, Lethal Lee felt I should not

be too quick to decrease) and I am tempted to decrease much more tomorrow to

see if I can alleviate the shakiness not to mention the irregularity. My sodium

is low but not in the ditch and I took salt by the ½ tsp today several times today

to see if it would lower my pulse. My potassium is okay and my B12 is low but

again within normal range. I have to admit that this is really discouraging not

to mention embarrassing. I had a pediatrician in today and finally I asked her

if she noticed my shaking hand. I was relieved when she said she hadn’t

noticed, in fact, she had been sleeping (just shows you how alert our

physicians are).

I feel a bit like the person who said “will there ever

be improvement.”

Thank you for all your help,

Kris

[Guest guest]

Hi Kris,

I would continue with 4x 1/4 teasp Salt as your Sodium was FAR too low. Keep

checking your sitting & standing BP & HR.

Do you take HC at all? If so have you tried a stress dose & if so does it help?

It does sound to me like you may have cleared. Do you have any leg weakness at

all? Do you have any trouble being on your feet/standing for long periods? That

was my predominant sign of going Hyper. What about bowel movements? Any change

there in frequency/looseness? That was my other sign.

When I became aware of being Hyper what worked for me was stopping all T3 for a

couple of days & stress dosing HC. Then I started back at a reduced dose. I was

on 140-150mcg & dropped to 80mcg (dosed 20mcg x 4).

Lethal Lee

>

> Hi,

>

> Two days ago I reduced my dose of T3 by 6.25 and today I reduced by another

6.25 my FT3 reading from my blood draw on Monday was 6.9 with a range of

2.0-4.4. I am a dental hygienist and today for ¾ of the day I had the shakes so

bad that I had to grab one hand with the other to stabilize my hands.

> When I put a piece of paper on my hand all the edges shook. My pulse has been

in excess of 100 all day with one reading of 116 at noon. Most disappointingly

my heart irregularity is back today as well L

> My temps are okay but as far as I know they are not elevated. My basal this

morning was just slightly over 98.2. I am sweaty sometimes at home and

constantly at work. My hands are red most of the time and feel hot. My brain fog

was horrible today as I was having trouble recalling words and names. I AM

sleeping okay with a final dose of 25 mcg before I go to sleep plus 3 mg of

Melatonin.

>Do I decrease more? Is it possible that when I thought I had clearance several

weeks ago (I am now in week 17) I didn't and only now have experienced a real

clearance? I was up to 125 mcg two days ago but now I am down 12.5 mcg (per

recommendation of Margery, Lethal Lee felt I should not be too quick to

decrease) and I am tempted to decrease much more tomorrow to see if I can

alleviate the shakiness not to mention the irregularity. My sodium is low but

not in the ditch and I took salt by the ½ tsp today several times today to see

if it would lower my pulse. My potassium is okay and my B12 is low but again

within normal range. I have to admit that this is really discouraging not to

mention embarrassing. I had a pediatrician in today and finally I asked her if

she noticed my shaking hand. I was relieved when she said she hadn't noticed, in

fact, she had been sleeping (just shows you how alert our physicians are). > I

feel a bit like the person who said " will there ever be improvement. "

>

> Thank you for all your help,

>

> Kris

[Guest guest]

Lethal Lee, I am constantly in the bathroom with what some would call the " runs "

and my right leg in particular feels quite weak at times (I have not understood

this symptom at all). I am not taking any HC and only took Isocort for a few

weeks, per Val, to get my blood pressure up in a more normal range.

I woke up this morning at 3:00 and now at 4:28 my pulse is still 101 and my

blood pressure is 114/78 which is very high for me. I have already gone to the

bathroom once. I have some Hysone in my cupboard, would you advise trying that

and taking no T3 for two days, or since I don't take HC would it be better to

just drop the dose by half for a couple of days and see if I see improvement by

doing that?

Last night before I went to bed I checked one site to see what the common signs

of hyperthyroid were and I could practically put a check by every symptom. I do

have Hashimoto's and there again wonder if that is affecting me adversely.

Thank you for the help,

Kris

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> > Two days ago I reduced my dose of T3 by 6.25 and today I reduced by another

6.25 my FT3 reading from my blood draw on Monday was 6.9 with a range of

2.0-4.4. I am a dental hygienist and today for ¾ of the day I had the shakes so

bad that I had to grab one hand with the other to stabilize my hands.

>

> > When I put a piece of paper on my hand all the edges shook. My pulse has

been in excess of 100 all day with one reading of 116 at noon. Most

disappointingly my heart irregularity is back today as well L

>

> > My temps are okay but as far as I know they are not elevated. My basal this

morning was just slightly over 98.2. I am sweaty sometimes at home and

constantly at work. My hands are red most of the time and feel hot. My brain fog

was horrible today as I was having trouble recalling words and names. I AM

sleeping okay with a final dose of 25 mcg before I go to sleep plus 3 mg of

Melatonin.

>

> >Do I decrease more? Is it possible that when I thought I had clearance

several weeks ago (I am now in week 17) I didn't and only now have experienced a

real clearance? I was up to 125 mcg two days ago but now I am down 12.5 mcg (per

recommendation of Margery, Lethal Lee felt I should not be too quick to

decrease) and I am tempted to decrease much more tomorrow to see if I can

alleviate the shakiness not to mention the irregularity. My sodium is low but

not in the ditch and I took salt by the ½ tsp today several times today to see

if it would lower my pulse. My potassium is okay and my B12 is low but again

within normal range. I have to admit that this is really discouraging not to

mention embarrassing. I had a pediatrician in today and finally I asked her if

she noticed my shaking hand. I was relieved when she said she hadn't noticed, in

fact, she had been sleeping (just shows you how alert our physicians are). > I

feel a bit like the person who said " will there ever be improvement. "

> >

> > Thank you for all your help,

> >

> > Kris

>

[Guest guest]

Lethal Lee,

One more thing what should my blood pressure do when I stand up? I just took it

sitting down and it was 114/68 (finally more normal for me) when I stood up it

was 104/86. My pulse has come down too as it was 80 when I stood up it went up

to 106. When I did my adrenal test in the spring it was in the middle range in

the morning and then took a dip at noon and stayed low normal the rest of the

day. Is it possible that I have stressed my adrenals too much?

Kris

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> > Two days ago I reduced my dose of T3 by 6.25 and today I reduced by another

6.25 my FT3 reading from my blood draw on Monday was 6.9 with a range of

2.0-4.4. I am a dental hygienist and today for ¾ of the day I had the shakes so

bad that I had to grab one hand with the other to stabilize my hands.

>

> > When I put a piece of paper on my hand all the edges shook. My pulse has

been in excess of 100 all day with one reading of 116 at noon. Most

disappointingly my heart irregularity is back today as well L

>

> > My temps are okay but as far as I know they are not elevated. My basal this

morning was just slightly over 98.2. I am sweaty sometimes at home and

constantly at work. My hands are red most of the time and feel hot. My brain fog

was horrible today as I was having trouble recalling words and names. I AM

sleeping okay with a final dose of 25 mcg before I go to sleep plus 3 mg of

Melatonin.

>

> >Do I decrease more? Is it possible that when I thought I had clearance

several weeks ago (I am now in week 17) I didn't and only now have experienced a

real clearance? I was up to 125 mcg two days ago but now I am down 12.5 mcg (per

recommendation of Margery, Lethal Lee felt I should not be too quick to

decrease) and I am tempted to decrease much more tomorrow to see if I can

alleviate the shakiness not to mention the irregularity. My sodium is low but

not in the ditch and I took salt by the ½ tsp today several times today to see

if it would lower my pulse. My potassium is okay and my B12 is low but again

within normal range. I have to admit that this is really discouraging not to

mention embarrassing. I had a pediatrician in today and finally I asked her if

she noticed my shaking hand. I was relieved when she said she hadn't noticed, in

fact, she had been sleeping (just shows you how alert our physicians are). > I

feel a bit like the person who said " will there ever be improvement. "

> >

> > Thank you for all your help,

> >

> > Kris

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Kris,

I'm not Lethal, but until she arrives, with the BP dropping like that and your

saliva test results, I would definitely post this to the NTH Adrenal group and

ask for advice. It does sound like may have gone hyper as that was a pretty good

dose of t3 you've been on and most only need 75 to 125 after clearance. So

dropping your dose way down for a few days to see if symptoms alleviate is a

good idea. I had to do that before and all my symptoms cleared in 2 days.

BUT it's also entirely possible that you have also stressed your adrenals

simultaneously with the t3. The dropping BP indicates that and some of your

other symptoms could also be adrenal related. (I know it's confusing because so

many symptoms are the same for different things! For example, having the runs

can definitely be an adrenal stress symptom.)

I think you said you have some Isocort you had taken for a couple weeks? Maybe

try that today until the mods at the adrenal boards report back. One day won't

hurt anything and if your symptoms ARE in part due to low cortisol, it will help

a lot. I suspect it's a combination of both but you may be able to nip the

adrenal thing in the bud. You don't want to crash!

Kathleen

>

> Lethal Lee,

> One more thing what should my blood pressure do when I stand up? I just took

it sitting down and it was 114/68 (finally more normal for me) when I stood up

it was 104/86. My pulse has come down too as it was 80 when I stood up it went

up to 106. When I did my adrenal test in the spring it was in the middle range

in the morning and then took a dip at noon and stayed low normal the rest of the

day. Is it possible that I have stressed my adrenals too much?

>

> Kris

>

> > >

> > > Hi,

> > >

> > > Two days ago I reduced my dose of T3 by 6.25 and today I reduced by

another 6.25 my FT3 reading from my blood draw on Monday was 6.9 with a range

of 2.0-4.4. I am a dental hygienist and today for ¾ of the day I had the shakes

so bad that I had to grab one hand with the other to stabilize my hands.

> >

> > > When I put a piece of paper on my hand all the edges shook. My pulse has

been in excess of 100 all day with one reading of 116 at noon. Most

disappointingly my heart irregularity is back today as well L

> >

> > > My temps are okay but as far as I know they are not elevated. My basal

this morning was just slightly over 98.2. I am sweaty sometimes at home and

constantly at work. My hands are red most of the time and feel hot. My brain fog

was horrible today as I was having trouble recalling words and names. I AM

sleeping okay with a final dose of 25 mcg before I go to sleep plus 3 mg of

Melatonin.

> >

> > >Do I decrease more? Is it possible that when I thought I had clearance

several weeks ago (I am now in week 17) I didn't and only now have experienced a

real clearance? I was up to 125 mcg two days ago but now I am down 12.5 mcg (per

recommendation of Margery, Lethal Lee felt I should not be too quick to

decrease) and I am tempted to decrease much more tomorrow to see if I can

alleviate the shakiness not to mention the irregularity. My sodium is low but

not in the ditch and I took salt by the ½ tsp today several times today to see

if it would lower my pulse. My potassium is okay and my B12 is low but again

within normal range. I have to admit that this is really discouraging not to

mention embarrassing. I had a pediatrician in today and finally I asked her if

she noticed my shaking hand. I was relieved when she said she hadn't noticed, in

fact, she had been sleeping (just shows you how alert our physicians are). > I

feel a bit like the person who said " will there ever be improvement. "

> > >

> > > Thank you for all your help,

> > >

> > > Kris

> >

>

[Guest guest]

It can take 3-7 days after a dose reduction for symtpoms to go away so slowly

drop every week 6.25mcg til you feel better and thet shaking stops. It wil cause

no harm to be a little hyper for a couple weeks,. but this way will prevent you

going way hypo agian.

>

> Hi,

>

> Two days ago I reduced my dose of T3 by 6.25 and today I reduced by another

> 6.25 my FT3 reading from my blood draw on Monday was 6.9 with a range of

> 2.0-4.4. I am a dental hygienist and today for ¾ of the day I had the shakes

> so bad that I had to grab one hand with the other to stabilize my hands.

> When I put a piece of paper on my hand all the edges shook. My pulse has

> been in excess of 100 all day with one reading of 116 at noon. Most

> disappointingly my heart irregularity is back today as well L

>

> My temps are okay but as far as I know they are not elevated. My basal this

> morning was just slightly over 98.2. I am sweaty sometimes at home and

> constantly at work. My hands are red most of the time and feel hot. My brain

> fog was horrible today as I was having trouble recalling words and names. I

> AM sleeping okay with a final dose of 25 mcg before I go to sleep plus 3 mg

> of Melatonin.

>

> Do I decrease more? Is it possible that when I thought I had clearance

> several weeks ago (I am now in week 17) I didn't and only now have

> experienced a real clearance? I was up to 125 mcg two days ago but now I am

> down 12.5 mcg (per recommendation of Margery, Lethal Lee felt I should not

> be too quick to decrease) and I am tempted to decrease much more tomorrow to

> see if I can alleviate the shakiness not to mention the irregularity. My

> sodium is low but not in the ditch and I took salt by the ½ tsp today

> several times today to see if it would lower my pulse. My potassium is okay

> and my B12 is low but again within normal range. I have to admit that this

> is really discouraging not to mention embarrassing. I had a pediatrician in

> today and finally I asked her if she noticed my shaking hand. I was relieved

> when she said she hadn't noticed, in fact, she had been sleeping (just shows

> you how alert our physicians are).

>

> I feel a bit like the person who said " will there ever be improvement. "

>

>

>

> Thank you for all your help,

>

> Kris

>

[Guest guest]

If 114/78 is high for you then you obviously have too low BP!!!

What is it normally?

BP dropping on standing does show you have electrolyte imbalances going on. What

were your last electrolyte levels & how long ago?

Do you use Sea Salt? Are you supping Potassium, Magnesium at all?

High pulse can also be low Sodium.

A pulse of 80 at rest is good. It should go up when you stand so that is OK. BP

however should RISE not DROP when you stand.

You have a choice you can either go the slow reduction of T3 as Val posted

below, or if your symptoms are distressing you or making work difficult, try

either dropping a lot more, or stopping for a day & see what that does.

If I was you I would be tempted to try a small stress dose of HC as well. I did

just small ones mine are 4mg HC tabs. If it helps then you could do some more

just space it out & don't go overboard. Possibly you may get a 'dump' so just be

aware. It did help to get rid of the symptoms quicker for me.

I don't think a few small stress doses over a couple of days will hurt. Doesn't

mean you would have to go on HC daily either.

Lethal Lee

> > >

> > > Hi,

> > >

> > > Two days ago I reduced my dose of T3 by 6.25 and today I reduced by

another 6.25 my FT3 reading from my blood draw on Monday was 6.9 with a range

of 2.0-4.4. I am a dental hygienist and today for ¾ of the day I had the shakes

so bad that I had to grab one hand with the other to stabilize my hands.

> >

> > > When I put a piece of paper on my hand all the edges shook. My pulse has

been in excess of 100 all day with one reading of 116 at noon. Most

disappointingly my heart irregularity is back today as well L

> >

> > > My temps are okay but as far as I know they are not elevated. My basal

this morning was just slightly over 98.2. I am sweaty sometimes at home and

constantly at work. My hands are red most of the time and feel hot. My brain fog

was horrible today as I was having trouble recalling words and names. I AM

sleeping okay with a final dose of 25 mcg before I go to sleep plus 3 mg of

Melatonin.

> >

> > >Do I decrease more? Is it possible that when I thought I had clearance

several weeks ago (I am now in week 17) I didn't and only now have experienced a

real clearance? I was up to 125 mcg two days ago but now I am down 12.5 mcg (per

recommendation of Margery, Lethal Lee felt I should not be too quick to

decrease) and I am tempted to decrease much more tomorrow to see if I can

alleviate the shakiness not to mention the irregularity. My sodium is low but

not in the ditch and I took salt by the ½ tsp today several times today to see

if it would lower my pulse. My potassium is okay and my B12 is low but again

within normal range. I have to admit that this is really discouraging not to

mention embarrassing. I had a pediatrician in today and finally I asked her if

she noticed my shaking hand. I was relieved when she said she hadn't noticed, in

fact, she had been sleeping (just shows you how alert our physicians are). > I

feel a bit like the person who said " will there ever be improvement. "

> > >

> > > Thank you for all your help,

> > >

> > > Kris

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Lethal Lee,

I wrote my blood pressure incorrectly at 3 this morning, sorry:O). It was 134/78

when I first got up and then did settle down to a more normal 114/78. I have

been quite athletic in the past (before T3 only) and my blood pressure is

usually in the range of 117/74, so the second reading was normal the first was

abnormal and my pulse was 101 at 3 this morning and has been high on and off

today. At this moment it (4:17 p.m.) it is 129/84 and my pulse is 103. I have

not had T3 since last night at 9:00. My shakiness is better and my bowels are

improved but still having some issues with that. My left leg still feels a bit

shaky but even that might feel slightly better.

I take Celtic sea salt several times a day in either 1/4 tsp or 1/2 tsp and salt

my food heavily. I have been supping with potassium sometimes and for sure today

and I either take 500 mg of Jigsaw magnesium or spray my body with magnesium

oil. My electrolytes were checked on Monday with my T3 and my sodium was low,

potassium was with in range and my B12 was low, so I am supping that and will

soon have the ones that were recommended from iHerb (I think by you LL).

I will try the hydrocortisone as a stress dose for a couple of days. I have 10mg

tablets, so will divide in half and take a half this afternoon and maybe one in

the morning. I am thinking I will resume my T3 tomorrow as my blood pressure and

pulse are staying so high. I actually still have the headache I had during the

night but it is a mere shadow of last night's headache. When I resume I will try

75 mcg in four doses and then build up from there, does that sound right to you?

and do you think 5 mg of Hysone will be too much?

Thanks so much for the help,

Kris

>

> > Lethal Lee, I am constantly in the bathroom with what some would call the

" runs " and my right leg in particular feels quite weak at times (I have not

understood this symptom at all). I am not taking any HC and only took Isocort

for a few weeks, per Val, to get my blood pressure up in a more normal range.

>

> > I woke up this morning at 3:00 and now at 4:28 my pulse is still 101 and my

blood pressure is 114/78 which is very high for me. I have already gone to the

bathroom once. I have some Hysone in my cupboard, would you advise trying that

and taking no T3 for two days, or since I don't take HC would it be better to

just drop the dose by half for a couple of days and see if I see improvement by

doing that?

>

> > Last night before I went to bed I checked one site to see what the common

signs of hyperthyroid were and I could practically put a check by every symptom.

I do have Hashimoto's and there again wonder if that is affecting me adversely.

>

> > Thank you for the help, Kris

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Kris,

It sounds like things are settling down some. That's good.

I don't think 5mg HC would be too much. If you are worried you could try

quartering the HC tab. Probably awkward but possible to do with a pillcutter

maybe? Just see how taking it goes & then decide if you want to try a little

more spread out. As you say just for a day or two.

Your pulse is still highish. I assume you are talking about RESTING pulse? I

would keep up the Sodium especially as you know it tested low recently.Keep

using the Magnesium too. As you are having bowel issues I would push the

transdermal rather than the oral Mag.

As far as the leg goes that may also be due to low B12 so bear that in mind.

Hows the hand tremours?

I can't remember how much T3 you were on before you dropped down as it's not on

this thread. But start on what you feel comfortable with & adjust by how you

respond to starting again. You may feel better starting on smaller more frequent

dosing. I'm not sure which tab size you are using & what you can cut them down

to but 75mcg in 4 doses sounds OK.

Hope all goes well

Lethal Lee

> >

> > > Lethal Lee, I am constantly in the bathroom with what some would call the

" runs " and my right leg in particular feels quite weak at times (I have not

understood this symptom at all). I am not taking any HC and only took Isocort

for a few weeks, per Val, to get my blood pressure up in a more normal range.

> >

> > > I woke up this morning at 3:00 and now at 4:28 my pulse is still 101 and

my blood pressure is 114/78 which is very high for me. I have already gone to

the bathroom once. I have some Hysone in my cupboard, would you advise trying

that and taking no T3 for two days, or since I don't take HC would it be better

to just drop the dose by half for a couple of days and see if I see improvement

by doing that?

> >

> > > Last night before I went to bed I checked one site to see what the common

signs of hyperthyroid were and I could practically put a check by every symptom.

I do have Hashimoto's and there again wonder if that is affecting me adversely.

> >

> > > Thank you for the help, Kris

> > >

>

[Guest guest]

I was taking 125 mcg of Cynomel, so could even go lower than 75 but 75 would be

quite easy in four doses.

My pulse is still high(101bpm)and yes it is a resting pulse and BP. I just

checked it again and when I stand it still comes down slightly so I will take

more salt before bed and I took 4 Jigsaw Mg and will use a little transdermally.

My tremors are better but when I rest a regular sheet of paper on my hand all

four corners still vibrate. The tremor is worse in the morning until around 2:00

and then it doesn't go away but it isn't as profound. That time of day is when

my cortisol is at its lowest, so perhaps the small amount of Hysone will pick

that up for me. I think I will divide it up as I do have a pill cutter and take

less but maybe a few more time over the period of the day.

I would really like a good night's sleep, so I am hoping not to be up reading

the latest posts at 3 a.m.)

Thank you for your time,

Kris

> > >

> > > > Lethal Lee, I am constantly in the bathroom with what some would call

the " runs " and my right leg in particular feels quite weak at times (I have not

understood this symptom at all). I am not taking any HC and only took Isocort

for a few weeks, per Val, to get my blood pressure up in a more normal range.

> > >

> > > > I woke up this morning at 3:00 and now at 4:28 my pulse is still 101 and

my blood pressure is 114/78 which is very high for me. I have already gone to

the bathroom once. I have some Hysone in my cupboard, would you advise trying

that and taking no T3 for two days, or since I don't take HC would it be better

to just drop the dose by half for a couple of days and see if I see improvement

by doing that?

> > >

> > > > Last night before I went to bed I checked one site to see what the

common signs of hyperthyroid were and I could practically put a check by every

symptom. I do have Hashimoto's and there again wonder if that is affecting me

adversely.

> > >

> > > > Thank you for the help, Kris

> > > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I was taking 125 mcg of Cynomel, so could even go lower than 75 but 75 would be

quite easy in four doses.

My pulse is still high(101bpm)and yes it is a resting pulse and BP. I just

checked it again and when I stand it still comes down slightly so I will take

more salt before bed and I took 4 Jigsaw Mg and will use a little transdermally.

My tremors are better but when I rest a regular sheet of paper on my hand all

four corners still vibrate. The tremor is worse in the morning until around 2:00

and then it doesn't go away but it isn't as profound. That time of day is when

my cortisol is at its lowest, so perhaps the small amount of Hysone will pick

that up for me. I think I will divide it up as I do have a pill cutter and take

less but maybe a few more time over the period of the day.

I would really like a good night's sleep, so I am hoping not to be up reading

the latest posts at 3 a.m.)

Thank you for your time,

Kris

> > >

> > > > Lethal Lee, I am constantly in the bathroom with what some would call

the " runs " and my right leg in particular feels quite weak at times (I have not

understood this symptom at all). I am not taking any HC and only took Isocort

for a few weeks, per Val, to get my blood pressure up in a more normal range.

> > >

> > > > I woke up this morning at 3:00 and now at 4:28 my pulse is still 101 and

my blood pressure is 114/78 which is very high for me. I have already gone to

the bathroom once. I have some Hysone in my cupboard, would you advise trying

that and taking no T3 for two days, or since I don't take HC would it be better

to just drop the dose by half for a couple of days and see if I see improvement

by doing that?

> > >

> > > > Last night before I went to bed I checked one site to see what the

common signs of hyperthyroid were and I could practically put a check by every

symptom. I do have Hashimoto's and there again wonder if that is affecting me

adversely.

> > >

> > > > Thank you for the help, Kris

> > > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I was taking 125 mcg of Cynomel, so could even go lower than 75 but 75 would be

quite easy in four doses.

My pulse is still high(101bpm)and yes it is a resting pulse and BP. I just

checked it again and when I stand it still comes down slightly so I will take

more salt before bed and I took 4 Jigsaw Mg and will use a little transdermally.

My tremors are better but when I rest a regular sheet of paper on my hand all

four corners still vibrate. The tremor is worse in the morning until around 2:00

and then it doesn't go away but it isn't as profound. That time of day is when

my cortisol is at its lowest, so perhaps the small amount of Hysone will pick

that up for me. I think I will divide it up as I do have a pill cutter and take

less but maybe a few more time over the period of the day.

I would really like a good night's sleep, so I am hoping not to be up reading

the latest posts at 3 a.m.)

Thank you for your time,

Kris

> > >

> > > > Lethal Lee, I am constantly in the bathroom with what some would call

the " runs " and my right leg in particular feels quite weak at times (I have not

understood this symptom at all). I am not taking any HC and only took Isocort

for a few weeks, per Val, to get my blood pressure up in a more normal range.

> > >

> > > > I woke up this morning at 3:00 and now at 4:28 my pulse is still 101 and

my blood pressure is 114/78 which is very high for me. I have already gone to

the bathroom once. I have some Hysone in my cupboard, would you advise trying

that and taking no T3 for two days, or since I don't take HC would it be better

to just drop the dose by half for a couple of days and see if I see improvement

by doing that?

> > >

> > > > Last night before I went to bed I checked one site to see what the

common signs of hyperthyroid were and I could practically put a check by every

symptom. I do have Hashimoto's and there again wonder if that is affecting me

adversely.

> > >

> > > > Thank you for the help, Kris

> > > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks to everyone for your good advice. I did drop my T3 for one day (I am

sorry Val I didn't see your reply until today) and added 2.5 mg of Hisone three

times yesterday and today. I actually feel really good today but I am wondering

if that is the Hisone, does it give one an artificial feeling of normalcy? I

have energy but not too much energy and my stomach has finally settled down. My

blood pressure has normalized BUT when I take a resting BP and then stand up it

is always lower upon standing. I am taking salt, about 1/4 tsp four times a day

and salting my food. I am taking 75 mcg of Cynomel as of today and 7.5 mg of

Hisone. Should I increase my Cynomel a little bit as Val seemed to feel I should

only decrease by 6.25 a week or just stay the course I have set now?

I think I was hyper for about three weeks because that is when my diarrhea

started and the tremors in my hands, total exhaustion caused by feeling wired

but tired and that is around the time I increased to 125 mcg of Cynomel. It is

possible that Sharon is right about it being adrenal but she is certainly right

about this statement " all the symptoms are so close " I don't know how I will

ever get to the point that Val is where she can tell what is causing the

problem. I am still in disbelief that I let this go so long just assuming it

would soon right itself.

I hope my feeling of euphoria is a lasting one but I suppose I could go hypo

again as I lose my reserve T3. I really couldn't continue to work with shaky

hands and sharp instruments in people's mouths, so I suspect I have done the

best I could at the moment but thanks again to everyone for the helpful advice

it makes me feel so much better just knowing there are people willing to spend

time on my situation.

Thanks again and again,

Kris

P.S. I have an overseas trip coming up should I plan to take more T3 while I am

gone? Plan to take my Hisone? The timing could be better but September is better

than June or July when I really was struggling.

>

> > Lethal Lee,

> > I wrote my blood pressure incorrectly at 3 this morning, sorry:O). It was

134/78 when I first got up and then did settle down to a more normal 114/78. I

have been quite athletic in the past (before T3 only) and my blood pressure is

usually in the range of 117/74, so the second reading was normal the first was

abnormal and my pulse was 101 at 3 this morning and has been high on and off

today. At this moment it (4:17 p.m.) it is 129/84 and my pulse is 103. I have

not had T3 since last night at 9:00. My shakiness is better and my bowels are

improved but still having some issues with that. My left leg still feels a bit

shaky but even that might feel slightly better.

>

> > I take Celtic sea salt several times a day in either 1/4 tsp or 1/2 tsp and

salt my food heavily. I have been supping with potassium sometimes and for sure

today and I either take 500 mg of Jigsaw magnesium or spray my body with

magnesium oil. My electrolytes were checked on Monday with my T3 and my sodium

was low, potassium was with in range and my B12 was low, so I am supping that

and will soon have the ones that were recommended from iHerb (I think by you

LL).

>

> > I will try the hydrocortisone as a stress dose for a couple of days. I have

10mg tablets, so will divide in half and take a half this afternoon and maybe

one in the morning. I am thinking I will resume my T3 tomorrow as my blood

pressure and pulse are staying so high. I actually still have the headache I had

during the night but it is a mere shadow of last night's headache. When I resume

I will try 75 mcg in four doses and then build up from there, does that sound

right to you? and do you think 5 mg of Hysone will be too much?

> >

> > Thanks so much for the help,

> > Kris

> >

> >