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Re: gg- your T3 dosage » gardenergirl

Posted by tealady on August 9, 2004, at 6:43:15

In reply to Re: gg- your T3 dosage » Pfinstegg, posted by gardenergirl on August 7, 2004, at 11:06:56

> That's okay, I welcome your input. My school is not a research school and not a medical school. I suppose I could see an endo., in fact my hubby does for his diabetes, so I have a ready made referral. I agree the T3 is important, and my doc was starting to decide how to get me a lower dose when he suddenly said to just go off the Cytomel. Since I do have quite a few left, I am thinking of cutting them and taking a tiny dose anyway...yikes! I'm such a rebel. My other thought is to try selenium, but I realize that is not the same.
>
> My free T3 level was 374.6,on 25 mics, so I was estimating that a quarter dose, 7.25 mics might be appropriate. I wish he had started me at 5...
>
Hi again,
Your blood test levels were as expected by me a least. It means either (expected) your hypothalmus-pit had not ye adjusted so you were getting T3 from your own thyroid PLUS what you were taking

OR ...that you maybe had adjusted a little (which may be expcted if the rapid cycling has anything to do with your thyroid-hypothalmus-pit axis)..but for some reason you had gone from hypo to hyper..expected with some antibodies..can your doc test you for those?
So I assume your doc just wants to check what your normal levels are before started any thyroid meds..just in case. (probably easiest..and if "normal" he'll have learn a lesson about length of time for your body to adjust to thyroid hormone level changes)..which hopefully he might apply to others

Another girl on this forum went on 25mcg T3 ..I gathered straight on to it and successfully..or so I thought..perhaps you could ask her?
Have a read of my posts to her anyway..bit more info
Re: whats the typical cytomel dosage for depressio
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20031004/msgs/266528.html
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20031010/msgs/268077.html
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20031010/msgs/268617.html
..whole thread if you like

Oh..and my learning experience is here
http://forums.about.com/ab-thyroid/messages?msg=42948.54 (to follow the thread, just click on the "in reply to" to go back)..and set view to "advanced"

Jan

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