Comments on: T3 to heal adrenals, Selenium, Liver Health–all important info for thyroid patients!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:27:26 +0000

This makes absolute sense to me. The adrenals go on overdrive to compensate for the lack of energy of hypothyroidism to begin with.

Many hypothyroid people are actually running on adrenaline much of the time because of this. Adrenaline can make you feel energetic and raise your temp & pulse, masking hypothyroid symptoms. So one of the ways you can tell is taking your basal temp & pulse in the morning (it may actually be in the normal range) but appx half hour after you eat a balanced breakfast (protein + carb) or even just having a glass of oj, temp & pulse go down and you may feel lethargic (sugar and salt bring down adrenaline, revealing the hypo symptoms it was masking).

By: Christel

Christel — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:44:59 +0000

After using the RT3 protocol and being on a high dose of T3 only I started to feel worse , not better. I stumbled on a posting on the English forum Thyroidpatientadvocacy about the different use of T3 only and went on to try and find out more. I did not wait for the book to come out, although I have it now. I started experimenting with different timings and dosages, step by step and slowly taking my first dose earlier and earlier. I immediately started to feel better. I take my first dose of 25mcg at 5.30am, no problem, just pop my cytomel sublingually and fall asleep without any problems. My second dose is then at noon 18,75mcg and finally 12,5mcg at 5pm.
I have good and steady temps. I have to say I had only mild adrenal fatigue, but HC did not work for me and made me feel worse then ever before. I had a full thyroidectomy October 2010 and only since November i can say I feel so much better and improving…So for me this approach worked wonders.
PS: I was of course on T4 only until I discovered this site, then tried Erfa, found out a 5 grains I had high RT3, then went onto T3 only protocol to end up with this method. I took Isocort and HC for my adrenals but felt bad and bloated , so I stopped those.

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:19:22 +0000

I am watching Dr. Oz.. He is talking fighting fatigue and exhaustion and about T3 and how important it is for many many people. He had a specialist, Dr Susan ??? Awesome seeing this becoming main stream! She explained how she uses food to help your thryoid work better, multi minerals, Selenium, Zinc, and Iodine. Foods like kale, sunflower seeds, carriots, sea salt, kelp.

By: Montana NAR

Montana NAR — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:05:27 +0000

This is good news!

I have been often waking at 3 or 4 AM, wishing I could fall back asleep, and aware that my heart is beating quickly. Just this morning I wondered if I should try taking a quarter tab (6.25 mcg) of T3 Cynomel. I didn’t know if it would further wake me up, or help me fall back asleep. I’m going to try this next time I can’t sleep at 3 AM.

I multi-dose T3 at three times during the day, and if I forget to take a dose, it seems my heart speeds up and after I dose, the heartrate is better.

(From Janie: yes, it’s VERY good news, and I don’t yet think folks with PROVEN low cortisol really get yet how significant this is. He completely avoided HC to heal his adrenals. But understand that his protocol is NOT “picking” a time and seeing what happens. It’s about starting one hour before you wake up with your morning dose, and giving that a couple of weeks to see how the adrenals kick in or not (via the use of BP and heartrate readings, for example). Then if not enough happens, going back another half hour, holding, and seeing what happens with heartrate and BP readings, etc. Those are done between each dose of T3. It’s SYSTEMATIC. There will eventually be a time where you notice the best effect to the adrenals. There could even be a time when the effect is TOO much, to you go back to the previous time. He explains it well in his book)