Posted by gabbix2 on January 3, 2003, at 0:24:05
In reply to Re: thyroid hormone, posted by Dave1 on January 2, 2003, at 12:48:34
I was given cytomel to augment an anti-depressant
25 mcg increased to 50 mcgs within a week. It was done that way, because it can cause anxiety for a while, so its better to increase the dosage.
It took about 10 days for me to notice the positive effects, at first I was just very anxious.Its been 7 years now and its still a staple for me, I've also noticed it helps to minimize some of the side-effects of various medications.
Things like water retention, and lethargy.
I recently boosted mine to 75 mcg, w/o telling my Dr. I don't know if your system adjusts to it over time or not but I was starting to gain water weight again and feel sluggish and cold all the time. Its helped, without any negatives.
Surprisingly from the little research I've done on it there doesn't seem to be many negative side-effects from t3 even if you don't have HypoThyroidism. It hasn't been extensive research though.
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