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Re: Cytomel vs. Synthroid, any opinions?

Posted by KaraS on July 9, 2004, at 3:28:27

In reply to Re: Cytomel vs. Synthroid, any opinions?, posted by SLS on July 8, 2004, at 16:27:27

> For my depression, T4 worked better than T3. T3 actually made it much worse. I am most probably bipolar. Perhaps T4 is better for bipolar disorder than for unipolar disorder. High doses of T4 have been used with some success to treat rapid cycling presentations. Actually, I'm not sure that T3 is any better for depression than T4. It may be that it was the first thyroid hormone chosen arbitrarily in the early studies to investigate. Subsequent work relied on the earlier work without considering the posibility that T4 was of equal or perhaps greater value. I believe that T4 does possess biological properties other than acting as a substrate for its conversion to T4. Maybe someone else can comment on this.
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Scott,
I didn't know that about T3 not being good for bipolar disorder. Maybe there is no one size fits all answer here just like there is no one antidepressant that is best for everyone. I'm curious as to whether you've tried something like Armour that has both T3 and T4 etc. There are some doctors who believe that the T3 in Armour is too high (it's about 25%) and that you should take an amount that is closer to what humans naturally produce (more in the 5-10% range). I wonder what effect that would have on you.
Kara

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