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[TOWIE]

What are your views on T3 - I have only just found out that T4 is not the only meds for Thyroid. I have joined the webpage Thyroid Uk and have found out some valuable info that I never knew. Also that there is natural thyroid hormone called Armour - I am wondering why my Endo has never mentioned any of this to me.

I have my appointment with him at the Nuffield tonight.

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T3.........interesting......some doctors feel that giving T3 if it is low is essential, but the majority of doctors disagree saying that nearly all the T 3 comes from T4 anyway and that if one is T3 deficient, then one should give more T4 thyroxine. You can get T3 ?tri iOS thud nine.

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T3.........interesting......some doctors feel that giving T3 if it is low is essential, but the majority of doctors disagree saying that nearly all the T 3 comes from T4 anyway and that if one is T3 deficient, then one should give more T4 thyroxine. You can get T3 ? as a tablet.


This is a very contentious issue with Endocrinologists and I am old fashioned in questioning whether the T 3 syndrome exists.

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Sorry don't know what happened...new IPad.

[TOWIE]

Oooo, get you, Mr. Technology with your new IPad - hee hee

What about natural thyroid hormone derived from pigs - apparently it was given in this country up until the 1960's but now is only available from USA - it seems to work better than Thyroxine for some people. I don't think my T4 is working for me now, as I still feel lousy - hope my Endo will come up with something tonight otherwise I might just punch him (:o((

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Mrs sqad is calling me for dinner.............will give it more thought.

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Den....back from dinner now.
Some weeks ago there was quite a lively thread about weight increase with patients on thyroxine and one particular gentleman gave me a rough ride as his endocrinologist had substituted L-thyronine T3 for thyroxine and was singing it's praise but thought that the thyroxine was prescribed because it was cheaper.
Other contributors said that they were going to steam off to their doctors for a change of thyroid hormone, but as usual in this section, there has been no feedback.

Let me know what opinion your Endocrinologist has concerning T3.

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Den

http://www.thyroidt3.net/low.html

Some bedtime reading.

Some doctors suggest that T3 should be given with T4 but this has yet to get general approval.

I dont think that you can get tablets which contain both hormones, but I stand to be corrected.

[TOWIE]

On Thyroid UK there are loads of people on T3 and seem to rave about it. I don't think the dosage is quite as hight as T4, because this causes hyper symptons. Some do take it in conjunction with T4. It also takes less time to kick in than T4 apparently.

Adrenals also keep being mentioned and I am wondering whether mine are not working as they should. I have recently purchased a book by Dr. Peatfield and it is very interesting what he comes up with.

I will let you know what my Endo says tonight.

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Thanks Den,

[TOWIE]

I have also been told that T3 works well on receptors in the brain - so I am wondering if it will lift my depression.

See ya later xx

[cazzz1975]

T3 is normally prescribed when the body does not convert the T4 effeciently, this leads to the person still exhibiting symptoms of an underactive thyroid despite taking a large dose of T4

[cazzz1975]

*efficiently

[Marijn]

I have an underactive thyroid and I'm on Thyroxine. My TSH is 2. But I feel just as tired as I did before I started taking tablets a few years ago. Are you saying that taking T3 could make you feel better, rather than just changing your TSH reading?

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notafish...that is exactly what some doctors fell. You can indeed get tablets which contain T3 and T4 (thyroxine)


cazz.......even if the person's T3 is normal?

[cazzz1975]

In the NHS T3 is rarely tested routinely by GPs, It is only tested once a patient is referred to an endocrinologist.

[hellywelly4]

My thyroid was normal when I had my last blood test, but I still felt awful I went to the doctor and she said it might be pernicious anaemia - I looked it up when I got home and it ticked all the boxes. However, the blood tests I had then have all come back normal. I'm seeing the doctor or Friday, but don't know what to say, except that I feel sooooo tired, and need to close my eyes for at least an hour in the afternoon. When I do that I definitely do feel better. Is it psychological or what? if three different blood tests have shown up nothing is it all in the mind? I'm 71 and on 75mcg of thyroxine a day.
Sorry to come in your thread, Towie, but you appear to feel the same as me?

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cazz........my question still stands........if the T3 is normal, but the TSH is high are you suggesting that T3 should be given rather than thyroxine OR only if the T3 is low?

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helly....what you are asking is if one is being treated for an underactive thyroid, should one go on the blood tests or how one feels.

Difficult one that.

Personally I would go on how I felt.

75 mcgms is a very small dose....in your case I would "up it" to 100mcgms..............that is just MY opinion.

[cazzz1975]

the only person qualified to answer that would be an endocrinologist.

I have merely documented 1 possible reason why T3 is prescribed.

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cazz.......right.