Guest guest Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 As the pulse is too high I woudl lower the T3 it does sound like clearnance is happenign now, >> >> >> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ >> http://faqhelp.webs.com/ >> >> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ >> http://www.thyroid-rt3.com/ >> > I have several questions. My BP for the past week has ranged 105/73- 115/76 which is normal for me. Pulse is getting higher. It was in the mid to high 90's last week. Sunday it was 98 and has increased steadily to 115 today. My temp is also 98.6 for the first time in my life, except when I've been sick. I've tried lowering HC as I was up to 60, and am down to 35mg a day. > > On 4/22, I was taking 180mg Armour and 75mg Cytomel, and stopped Armour completely. On 5/13 I stopped taking L-Tyrosine and Thyrodine- both of which make the thyroid produce T4, I think...is that correct? so, which date do I count as the beginning of 12 weeks to clearance? 4/22 makes me at 11 weeks. 5/13 puts me at 8 weeks. I've gotten up to 125mg generic Cytomel, and felt so hypo this week that I added 12.5 at bedtime.I've also had a terrible headache on waking and am sleeping 9-10 hrs a night. Over the past year after the Armour debacle, I gained 20 lbs- and I'm only 5'2, lost muscle mass and generally had a year of doing nothing. I felt a big improvement in March or April, like I woke up again, and now I've had another big jump re feeling better physically and emotionally. I've been on a new diet for the past month- Protein 20%, carbs 20%, fats 60%. I'm never hungry and I've lost 7 or 8 lbs... eating around 1700 calories a day. Carbs mostly fruits and veggies, as I'm > pretty sure I have gluten issues, as many of us do. > I'm on 6-8000 D3 a day, same of B12, 4000 C, 2t + sea salt in water throughout the day and other vitamins and supplements. My iron has always been good. > > Should I back off of the 12.5 cytomel I added 3 days ago? My temps have been inching up this week, as I said. > > Here are my labs from: > Nov 09- Mar 10- May 10 > TSH 00.7- 00.4- not tested > FT4 1.72-1.17-.56 > FT3 8.1--7.9-5.2 > RT3 26- 24- 10 > ACTH 56 > > I'll have labs again on 8/3/10, before my appointment with my wonderful doc on 8/10. > > Should I hold T3 at 137.5 and HC at 35? I don't dose T3 in the AM, until an hour or so after HC, sea salt and food, as my adrenals always test off the chart low in the morning. > > 8am 10mg HC > 10am 25 T3 > 11am 7.5 HC > noon 25 T3 > 2pm 7.5 HC,25 T3 > 4pm 7.5 HC, 25 T3 > 6pm 2.5 HC 25 T3 > 9pm 12.5 T3 -I can't use HC before bed anymore... > > Am I at clearance? > Should I change doses and/or schedules? > > Thanks so much! > I have to tell you all that I was in our local compounding pharmacy buying sea salt and heard a woman asking about thyroid and adrenal support. I waited outside for her, gave her my card and we talked about the medical merry-go-round that costs us time, money, health and a great portion of our quality of life. She emailed me and I sent her the links to the appropriate yahoo groups. I'm not an expert, but I feel like I'm getting my life back, thanks go Val, Nick, and folks on these groups, and I want to share what I know, and point people here... it feels good to be able to give back a little... > > Best, > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > We are not medical professionals here, just patients sharing our experiences. Please use this information with the help of a competent doctor. Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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