Re: more T3 dosing concerns / aldosterone

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Failing the " flashlight " test may mean it would be worthwhile to test

aldosterone levels. Aldosterone links from STTM:

General aldosterone page, including important testing guidelines (see " how do I

test for aldosterone? " ):

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/aldosterone/

Page referring to " flashlight " test, see Discovery Step Two, Test Two

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/adrenal-info/

Hope this helps.

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> > >my doctor recently increased my cytomel dosage from 25 mcg to 50 mcg..

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> > >i take one 25mcg in the a.m. and the second around noon

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> > Too big a jump and too much at a time

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> > Have a read of here

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> > http://thyroid-rt3.com/dosing.htm

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> > >i've noticed that my pulse rate is now getting uncomfortably high for me,

resting rate is well above 80 and yesterday after one hour of exercise it took

over 2 hours for the resting rate to go below 100

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> > The big jump is upsetting your adrenals

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> > >symptomatically, i feel worse...fatigue is extreme, after 'forcing' myself

to exercise (treadmill) yesterday, i was totally exhausted the remainder of the

day...morning temps are still hovering in the low 97's (some high 96's) 'brain

fog' is intensifying, difficulty with sleep

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> > Adrenal stress due to poor T3 dose timing and adjustment

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> > >could it be that increasing from 25 to 50 has resulted in the elevated

heart rate, and if so, should i try to spread the dosage out more throughout the

day or consider going back to 25? val had written that most patients need 75

to 100 mcg to achieve Rt3 clearance in a previous message posted originally

about my cytomel dosing

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> > Have a read of the dosing link, it takes time to get to that sort of

> > dose and lots of small steps

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> > >any advice or comments are greatly appreciated

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> > Good luck, let us know how it goes.

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> > Have you had adrenal tests?

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> > Nick

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> > for more information on RT3 and Thyroid Resistance go to

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> > www.thyroid-rt3.com

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> > For lots of good information of adrenal issues

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> > http://www.nthadrenalsweb.com/

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> > and the adrenal group on

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> > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

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