T3T4 ?

[rivera11]

Does anyone know about and/or take T3T4 combo? I'm going to start taking it tomorrow. I was wondering if it will help me with my weight loss. I have Hashimoto's and have been taking synthroid. Wish me luck. I hope someone has some info for me. ensive

[2big4mysize]

it will depend on if you were deficient or not. The T3 is the active form of the thyroid hormone and is made in a small supply in our thyroids and coverted from T4 in our cells. If you were too low then your cells were slow and not doing the best they could do and the cells depending on the chemicals each other cell produced were not getting the chems they needed to do their best and so forthe it is a chainreaction and a snowballing effect. The changes wil be gradual you aren't going to see a change suddenly like induction type loss but it will slowly get you going better.

[rivera11]

T3T4

2big4mysize Thanks for the info. The Dr. did say that he thought by giving me the combo it might help. I was already taking T4. So let's see what happens. Thanks again :wave

[Alisha]

Hi, Riveria, im learning as well.

I have been doing atkins on and off for close to a year, and during the summer really hit a block. We started watching my thyroid last winter as one of the levels was elevated, I dont know, i have been newely diagnosed. Hope to learn together and loose together as well.

Alisha

[Felix]

Rivera,

I take thyroxine and Armour thyroid. Adding the Armour, which contains T3 and T4, has been great for me. I've much more energy and the brain fog has lifted. It's not been straight forward - I still have periods when I am tired and feel lousy and I'm still titrating my dose, but a definite improvement.

It's not been a magic weight loss pill either. It just means that its possible. I can still clap weight on just by sniffing it and have to be really strict. But I've lost weight on Atkins.

Good luck with. I hope it helps you too.

Felix x

[midnitestar26]

I have taken T3 before, it helped me better than synthroid ever did.

[Shannasfour]

Hey i was recently prescribed the same, but my doctor has me on such a low dose i wonder if it will be effective? My brain fog has not lifted yet, but I am hoping it will lift soon. I am really excited about the prospect of more energy, easier weight loss and brain function!!! I read that it takes a few weeks to get the full effect.
Shanna
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[goin2Bgood]

I've been on Armour thyroid for about a year. The difference for me is amazing. I thiught the brain fog stuff was normal all the years I was on synthroid.

Now, truthfully, I have not noticed Armour helps me loose weight any better than Synthroid did. I was still on Synthroid when I did Atkins the first time.

[bmeade8]

Re: T3T4 ?

Hi I'm new and i just found out i have a thyroid problem my tsh is 25.5. this i take is bad but my t3- and t4 is normal. Is all this normal, can your tsh be so bad and have normal t3 t4 levels. my doc is sending me levothirine or some thing like that. need info please help
T3=99.9 t4=7.2. i have been takeing 2500mg of l-carnitine does this affect any of this?

[goin2Bgood]

Re: T3T4 ?

bmeade8, if your T3 and T4 is normal and your TSH is high (yours is too high) then you can have a mild (subclinical) hypothyroidism. Have you been having any common Signs or Symptoms?

I don't think taking L-Carnitine is bad for your thyroid, but you might want to do some google searches to make sure.

[bmeade8]

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thanks for the info. yes i feel depressed and like i just can't get the brain to be sharp any more and i gained weight fast and my hair thined over a 2 year period. told the doc something was wrong he said i was getting older, im 35. Fired that doc and demanded a T3T4 test from the new doc and here i am. hope to fix this and move on i life. can't wait to be able to think clearly. may be my hair will grow back. I used to be a power house and now im a solar panel. most people couldn't keep up in thoght or action with me. my friend was always mad, i had three thoughts be fore he finished one. used to piss people off. now i feel like im in the slow lane watching life pass by. hope all that will change soon. thanks for the info it helped alot.

[2big4mysize]

Re: T3T4 ?

are those free T3 T4 values? if not you can still be abnormal cause there are things that can cause the proteins in your blood stream to bind the T$ and T# to them and then they can't work well.

You can also have what is called secondary Hypothyroid and the problem is with your parathyroid not your thyroid

[bmeade8]

Re: T3T4 ?

so will the levothyroxine work. the itching is driving me nuts. i want to rip my skin off. i cant take it any more. my doc said they mailed the med but didn't get yet almost 2 weeks.

[2big4mysize]

Re: T3T4 ?

Are you sure ther itching isn't an allergic reastion to something, unless you have dry skin. call your doc about it ASAP Benydril will help with the itching. I know when i was allergic to the soy in Synthroid I had a type 3 reaction and the itching drove me nuts and if I got hot and sweeling I itched worse.

[bmeade8]

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Just started the synthroid today. .025mg The itching was before i took synthroid, it seems to be dry skin. my head feels funny now kind of like heavy in the back right side and my temp is up now i also have ringing in my ears a little. the itching has almost stoped. but i still feel swelled up a bit. i eat the same thing every day for the last two week and felt fine so i don't think it is an alergy. should i feel it this so soon. only took it about 5 hour ago brain feels like it is being affected not sure good or bad. Hungery for the first time 5-6 years. really hungery, like want to eat a cow hungery. empty stomach and growling acid hungery. wow this is new. faster thoughts still not clear ones thought want to go and do somthing but don't know what. got a ton of energy.