Posted by Chloe on November 2, 2002, at 9:01:06
In reply to Re: Should I add SYNTHROID if T3/4 are normal??? » Chloe, posted by Ritch on October 31, 2002, at 22:23:05
> Chloe, did you wait until after the treatment to take your Cytomel or did you take a split dose, etc.? If you skipped a dose-that could be why you are feeling a little "tired" and "cold". How is your Celexa dosing going? You might want to chart your Cytomel vis a vis Celexa/other meds and your response at different times of the day. This sounds very encouraging. I see my pdoc in a couple of weeks. It looks like Effexor+Ritalin+Omega3+supplements daytime and Depakote+Klonopin at night for now. If this thyroid experiment of yours proves to be *really* beneficial I might press the idea of a little Cytomel. Let us know what your free T3/T4 and your TSH results are, OK? good luck--Mitch
Hi Mitch,
I took the Cytomel after the treatment, so it was not on a empty stomach. But I never missed a dose and I haven't cut it in half again. I have cut my Celexa dose in half though. When I take the full 1.5 mgs, I get really chatty. I just want to talk and talk. So I am taking a little less and don't feel the need to talk up a storm and my mood is still good.
I feel almost no side effects from the Cytomel. I don't even notice that I am taking it anymore. But I do think it's keeping a little more of a floor on my mood. I am not having severe crashes into irrational, distorted suicidal thinking. What a relief. I hope to end this ECT soon.
I would definitely mention T3 to your pdoc. It has almost no side effects that I am aware of, and it actually seems to do something. That is so rare in the psychopharm world!
When I find out my TSH and other values I will let you know. I forgot to ask my pdoc for my original TSH in my email. Now I have to wait til I get my new value which will be drawn next week.
Did you find out if T3 (not T4) has to be taken on an empty stomach? The pharmacist mentioned nothing about it, and my pdoc didn't know...
Take care,
Chloe
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