How many of you are on thyroid meds?

[trtthings]

And a bonus question, do you guys know how long I should try something like this before deciding whether it's working or not? Is it a cumulative thing like with TRT?

@Cataceous @Vince

 

[Cataceous]

Do you get agitated/irritable with too much? And does it impact your mood in any other way?
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I think "agitated" is the best description. Also feeling too wound-up later in the day.

And a bonus question, do you guys know how long I should try something like this before deciding whether it's working or not? Is it a cumulative thing like with TRT?
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My impression is that the time frames are shorter than with TRT, especially when dealing with T3. But I leave it to others with more thyroid experience to try to quantify it.

 

[Vince]

And a bonus question, do you guys know how long I should try something like this before deciding whether it's working or not? Is it a cumulative thing like with TRT?

@Cataceous @Vince

For me personally, it takes me 12 weeks after a thyroid protocol change. Before I know the full results.

 

[tareload]

And what made you take the leap? Classic low TSH/T4 or T3? I see some of you are having reverse T3 measured which I believe isn't standard practice.

Some reading material for you on rT3:

Does My Thyroid Look OK?

Hi all, This is my recent Thyroid pannel. Looking at these, does everything seem normal please? Im currently waiting for stability on new protocol. Ive had some issues with cold feet and hands and lethargy with low lib…

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Does My Thyroid Look OK?

The quick and dirty summary from the 2nd link I posted above is probably the best 80/20 rule-approved paragraph (except for the pitch for dried urine testing :-)): I tracked my rT3 from 26 to 6 ng/dL over years and felt exactly zero difference and exactly zero difference in my resting basal...

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For a little read on euthyroid people dabbling with their thyroid:

Thyroid Advice with TRT?

What rT3 would you be shooting for? There is absolutely, positively nothing wrong with your thyroid blood work There’s a reason Endos do this. I thought I was smarter than my body until I ran into issues. Unless you go and biopsy your individual tissues and determine you have a deiodinase...

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Realistic TRT Recomp Progress

Thanks for sharing. I think I’d have a ton of libido at 250 mg/week but nothing would work down there. Amazing how we are all different in our response. Regarding thyroid, your baseline labs look great. Have you tracked your TSH over time while taking the T3? What I observed (and what an...

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T3 dosing, pharmacokinetics, T4-T3 conversion (this post on down):

Realistic TRT Recomp Progress

I’m flattered. Yeah, I understand the extended release technology but haven’t used the compounded T3. When it comes to precision dosing (especially with T3), I went retail. Haven’t looked at the PK profiles of SR T3. EDIT: Here’s good read: Conclusion LT3 is commercially available as...

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Realistic TRT Recomp Progress

For the record, I was always taking T4 with the T3. Up to 200 mcg T4 with finally up to 25 mcg T3 twice daily. A regular “standard of care” endo will blow a gasket with that type of dosing as they want the ratio of T4 to T3 to be closer to physiologic (10 to 1) or as in the paper above (6 /125...

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[geezerjude]

I am also on thyroid meds. My main reason is to improve by cholesterol panel.

By present protocol is, 90 mg of thyroid armor and 6.25 mcg of Cytomel twice a day.

can cytomel by itself be used to treat hypothyroidism

I'm just wondering if anyone uses just Cytomel (Liothyronine) to treat their hypothyroidism?

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Question? Is thyroid armor available online at Reliable RX? Cytomel? What name does Thyroid Armor go by on reliablerx? Thanks.

 

[Vince]

Question? Is thyroid armor available online at Reliable RX? Cytomel? What name does Thyroid Armor go by on reliablerx? Thanks.

T4 - thyronorm T3 - tiromel - no armor

 

[geezerjude]

T4 - thyronorm T3 - tiromel - no armor

Any idea where to get Armor Thyroid online? Without a prescription. Thanks.

 

[Vince]

Any idea where to get Armor Thyroid online? Without a prescription. Thanks.

You can, but it's pretty hard. I've never been able to.

 

[Systemlord]

And a bonus question, do you guys know how long I should try something like this before deciding whether it's working or not?

I tried thyroid treatment and with the second dosage started experiencing hyperthyroid symptoms.