Posted by noa on April 14, 2004, at 13:02:19
In reply to T3 for Depression, posted by ddev99 on April 13, 2004, at 23:49:39
I think that you need to get some thyroid tests before you go the route of using thyroid hormone to treat depression.
I myself am not aware of people being treated with T3 alone for depression.
If you have hypothyroidism, thyroid treatment could help at least some of your symptoms. This might be with T4, or with a combo of T4 and T3, depending on your thyroid needs.
There has been discussion of people whose depression is treated with antidepressants, and augmented with T3 to help boost the effectiveness of the AD meds.
Keep in mind that T3 can cause heart palpitations in some people. It is best to split the dose (ie dosing twice a day at half strength) to make it more even.
I'm going to refer you to Mary Shomon's site at about.com, which is a great resource.
main page: http://thyroid.about.com
--the basic overview: http://thyroid.about.com/cs/basics_starthere/a/thyroid101.htm
--Hypothyroid symptom checklist:
http://thyroid.about.com/cs/basics_starthere/a/hypochecklist.htm--key tests and result ranges.
http://thyroid.about.com/cs/newsinfo/l/bltest_values.htm--more about interpreting tests:
http://thyroid.about.com/library/howto/htthyroid-test.htm--an article about thyroid test interpretation:
http://thyroid.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthy.net%2Fhwlibraryjournals%2Fnaturopathic%2Fvol1no1%2Fthyroid.htmAlso--here is the link to Dr. Bob's Psychopharmacology Tips page, where pdocs discussed thyroid and depression--
http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/split/Thyroid-replacement.html
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