Adjusting your optimal dose

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In a message dated 3/10/2005 10:46:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,

gnattygrl@... writes:

> Or have any of you found you've had to increase when you're more

> active? I am pretty active - or used to be! - so I'm thinking I

> might need more than someone my size who wasn't active... Does that

> make sense? It's how own own thyroids would work if they could,

> right?

>

>

yes. i'm not very active...and so i run into problems on a day where i might

be more active. and i sometimes have to use a bit of cytomel then.

but my daily dose is based on feeling well on an everyday basis - which is

not very active.

and i do think an active person might need more.

cindi

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In a message dated 3/10/2005 10:46:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,

gnattygrl@... writes:

> Or have any of you found you've had to increase when you're more

> active? I am pretty active - or used to be! - so I'm thinking I

> might need more than someone my size who wasn't active... Does that

> make sense? It's how own own thyroids would work if they could,

> right?

>

>

yes. i'm not very active...and so i run into problems on a day where i might

be more active. and i sometimes have to use a bit of cytomel then.

but my daily dose is based on feeling well on an everyday basis - which is

not very active.

and i do think an active person might need more.

cindi

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/10/2005 10:46:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,

gnattygrl@... writes:

> Or have any of you found you've had to increase when you're more

> active? I am pretty active - or used to be! - so I'm thinking I

> might need more than someone my size who wasn't active... Does that

> make sense? It's how own own thyroids would work if they could,

> right?

>

>

yes. i'm not very active...and so i run into problems on a day where i might

be more active. and i sometimes have to use a bit of cytomel then.

but my daily dose is based on feeling well on an everyday basis - which is

not very active.

and i do think an active person might need more.

cindi

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Something that's been kicking around - many of us are trying to lose

weight as we get healthy; have any of you had to adjust your dose

down as you've lost weight?

Or have any of you found you've had to increase when you're more

active? I am pretty active - or used to be! - so I'm thinking I

might need more than someone my size who wasn't active... Does that

make sense? It's how own own thyroids would work if they could,

right?

Nat

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Excellent question. Actually, as you lose weight, you may become

MORE active. So, your needs could increase, but by a very small

amount if you are already on an good dose. That's what the T4 is

there for, remember--a storage hormone that can convert to the

needed T3. Based on an active experience I had more than a year ago

(climbing a very long and steep hill), I have decided that in the

future, if I do something like that again, I am definitely going to

take another 1/4 grain before I go, or another 1/4 grain

afterwards, just in case.

Janie

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Janie, " Just In Case " has become my mantra of late Thanks for

your input.

Nat

[Guest guest]

Excellent question. Actually, as you lose weight, you may become

MORE active. So, your needs could increase, but by a very small

amount if you are already on an good dose. That's what the T4 is

there for, remember--a storage hormone that can convert to the

needed T3. Based on an active experience I had more than a year ago

(climbing a very long and steep hill), I have decided that in the

future, if I do something like that again, I am definitely going to

take another 1/4 grain before I go, or another 1/4 grain

afterwards, just in case.

Janie

==============

Janie, " Just In Case " has become my mantra of late Thanks for

your input.

Nat

[Guest guest]

Excellent question. Actually, as you lose weight, you may become

MORE active. So, your needs could increase, but by a very small

amount if you are already on an good dose. That's what the T4 is

there for, remember--a storage hormone that can convert to the

needed T3. Based on an active experience I had more than a year ago

(climbing a very long and steep hill), I have decided that in the

future, if I do something like that again, I am definitely going to

take another 1/4 grain before I go, or another 1/4 grain

afterwards, just in case.

Janie

==============

Janie, " Just In Case " has become my mantra of late Thanks for

your input.

Nat