Re: T3 is MUCH easier to adjust by symptoms than Natural?

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I would imagine it's because T4 stays in your system for about 4 weeks whereas T3 clears

withing a day, so you can adjust easily according to symptoms. At least it has worked that way for me.

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Subject: T3 is MUCH easier to adjust by symptoms than Natural?To: RT3_T3 Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 4:11 PM

Hi Nick:You said:T3 is MUCH easier to adjust by symptoms than NaturalCould you speculate why?Terri------------------------------------We are not medical professionals here, just patients sharing our experiences. Please use this information with the help of a competent doctor.

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Because it works immediately and wears off quickly. You can feel it's effectiveness, and you can feel it wearing off, especially in the early days of switching over. It's also easier to correct if you go too high - it's gone in a few hours.Ann

Hi Nick:

You said:

T3 is MUCH easier to adjust by symptoms than Natural

Could you speculate why?

Terri

[Guest guest]

Oh good news Ann. Thanks for your reply. I am having trouble stablilizing

adrenaline symptoms on HC and have been off all thyroid for 4 months. So I now

know from Val that I probably won't feel better until I get some T3 going. It's

encouraging to think it might get easier then. Your post was so good to read.

I can't believe how helpful it is to read everyone's stories and comments here.

When Holly posts, she's posting for me and countless others just starting out in

the same or similar boats. And when you and others reply, it's like a wave of

reassurance spreading out to all those reading.

I just can't imagine going through this alone anymore.

Terri

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> Hi Nick:

>

> You said:

>

> T3 is MUCH easier to adjust by symptoms than Natural

>

> Could you speculate why?

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> Terri

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[Guest guest]

Oh good news Ann. Thanks for your reply. I am having trouble stablilizing

adrenaline symptoms on HC and have been off all thyroid for 4 months. So I now

know from Val that I probably won't feel better until I get some T3 going. It's

encouraging to think it might get easier then. Your post was so good to read.

I can't believe how helpful it is to read everyone's stories and comments here.

When Holly posts, she's posting for me and countless others just starting out in

the same or similar boats. And when you and others reply, it's like a wave of

reassurance spreading out to all those reading.

I just can't imagine going through this alone anymore.

Terri

>

>

> Hi Nick:

>

> You said:

>

> T3 is MUCH easier to adjust by symptoms than Natural

>

> Could you speculate why?

>

> Terri

>

[Guest guest]

Oh good news Ann. Thanks for your reply. I am having trouble stablilizing

adrenaline symptoms on HC and have been off all thyroid for 4 months. So I now

know from Val that I probably won't feel better until I get some T3 going. It's

encouraging to think it might get easier then. Your post was so good to read.

I can't believe how helpful it is to read everyone's stories and comments here.

When Holly posts, she's posting for me and countless others just starting out in

the same or similar boats. And when you and others reply, it's like a wave of

reassurance spreading out to all those reading.

I just can't imagine going through this alone anymore.

Terri

>

>

> Hi Nick:

>

> You said:

>

> T3 is MUCH easier to adjust by symptoms than Natural

>

> Could you speculate why?

>

> Terri

>

[Guest guest]

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> T3 is MUCH easier to adjust by symptoms than Natural

>

>Could you speculate why?

Time constants to put it in scientific language.

Take a T3 tablet and your body levels rise over 30 minutes or so to a

peak and then decay to around half that peak after 12 hours, a sort of

saw tooth shape.

I don't let my level sink that low though, I take another one after 2

to 3 hours. That keeps me a pretty constant level and if I am on too

much I just take less at the next dose or wait longer to take it,

keeping my levels within my " sweet band " is easy.

That's all assuming your TSH is suppressed and your own T4 levels have

sunk to near enough zero, this will be the case about 8 to 10 weeks

into T3 only.

With Natural you have 3 separate time constants to contend with, there

is a brief kick from the T2/T1 in it, I saw that because I was

resistant to T3 and had to take a lot, not everyone will see that. The

next time constant is the T3 one, that's why multi-dosing natural

helps instead of taking it once a day The final one is the T4 levels,

these take weeks to stabilize following a dose change, this is why Drs

like labs after 6 weeks, this is the long slow tail that makes

overshooting a pain in the ass as it makes an overdose last for a week

instead of an hour. (yes, you can lower the dose and feel less from

the T3 but that makes it even harder to stabilise)

All in all I love being on T3, and I was wedded to Armour for 10 years

before that.

Nick

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[Guest guest]

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> T3 is MUCH easier to adjust by symptoms than Natural

>

>Could you speculate why?

Time constants to put it in scientific language.

Take a T3 tablet and your body levels rise over 30 minutes or so to a

peak and then decay to around half that peak after 12 hours, a sort of

saw tooth shape.

I don't let my level sink that low though, I take another one after 2

to 3 hours. That keeps me a pretty constant level and if I am on too

much I just take less at the next dose or wait longer to take it,

keeping my levels within my " sweet band " is easy.

That's all assuming your TSH is suppressed and your own T4 levels have

sunk to near enough zero, this will be the case about 8 to 10 weeks

into T3 only.

With Natural you have 3 separate time constants to contend with, there

is a brief kick from the T2/T1 in it, I saw that because I was

resistant to T3 and had to take a lot, not everyone will see that. The

next time constant is the T3 one, that's why multi-dosing natural

helps instead of taking it once a day The final one is the T4 levels,

these take weeks to stabilize following a dose change, this is why Drs

like labs after 6 weeks, this is the long slow tail that makes

overshooting a pain in the ass as it makes an overdose last for a week

instead of an hour. (yes, you can lower the dose and feel less from

the T3 but that makes it even harder to stabilise)

All in all I love being on T3, and I was wedded to Armour for 10 years

before that.

Nick

--

for more information on RT3 and Thyroid Resistance go to

www.thyroid-rt3.com

[Guest guest]

>

> T3 is MUCH easier to adjust by symptoms than Natural

>

>Could you speculate why?

Time constants to put it in scientific language.

Take a T3 tablet and your body levels rise over 30 minutes or so to a

peak and then decay to around half that peak after 12 hours, a sort of

saw tooth shape.

I don't let my level sink that low though, I take another one after 2

to 3 hours. That keeps me a pretty constant level and if I am on too

much I just take less at the next dose or wait longer to take it,

keeping my levels within my " sweet band " is easy.

That's all assuming your TSH is suppressed and your own T4 levels have

sunk to near enough zero, this will be the case about 8 to 10 weeks

into T3 only.

With Natural you have 3 separate time constants to contend with, there

is a brief kick from the T2/T1 in it, I saw that because I was

resistant to T3 and had to take a lot, not everyone will see that. The

next time constant is the T3 one, that's why multi-dosing natural

helps instead of taking it once a day The final one is the T4 levels,

these take weeks to stabilize following a dose change, this is why Drs

like labs after 6 weeks, this is the long slow tail that makes

overshooting a pain in the ass as it makes an overdose last for a week

instead of an hour. (yes, you can lower the dose and feel less from

the T3 but that makes it even harder to stabilise)

All in all I love being on T3, and I was wedded to Armour for 10 years

before that.

Nick

--

for more information on RT3 and Thyroid Resistance go to

www.thyroid-rt3.com