Cytomel and cholesterol
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t want to go back to Levoxyl and I might have two more refills of Cytomel 100 I can pay out of pocket for. Just a few dollars more than what my insurance covers anyway.
I took an additional 5mcg of Cytomel last night right before bed and I slept the whole night through. Didn't wake up once, didn't have to put socks on till morning before my morning dose of Cytomel warms me up again (hopefully).
I'm going to try talking to my doctor.
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While I know that low thyroid levels can throw cholesterol out of whack, in one sense I do have to agree with your doctor -- exercise can go a long way toward lowering cholesterol levels..... Part of the cholesterol issue depends on how much your body produces and how much you consume in food.
Here's my story (you do want to read it, don't you?...... lol) --- last year in Aug, my cholesterol was high.......
I had a doctor who insisted that I go on Crestor when I was hypo and my cholesterol was high and I refused. My cholesterol has since come back within normal limits without the use of statins.
Have you ever tried a small dose of T3 medication, such as cytomel, to raise your FT3, to see if that would help alleviate some of your symptoms?
If you'll post your most recent labs, maybe we can make further suggestions. What dosage of levo are you on?
So every night after dinner, I've been getting palpitations. Driving me crazy for over a month. Been on a beta blocker…
Didn't take beta blocker tonight.
No palpitations. Now, it's definitely not what I ate, because I had leftovers. And the first time I had this exact same dinner, I had terrible palpitations even ON the beta blocker.
Only changes are this:
I skipped Synthroid last night, per doctor's order.
Her suggestion was 4 days 50 mcg Levoxyl, 3 days 75 mcg Levoxyl and daily, 25 mcg Cytomel. I cut back to 75 mcg 2 days a week, as I was hungry all the time, and noted weight gain a month ago,
Today, going over recent labs with the primary, she wants to reduce to 50 mcg of Levoxyl 7 days a week. Keeping the Cytomel at the current, 25 daily.
I truly have no endo that I feel is competent.
so this leaves the option, unless i am mistaken, of having to take 2 pills instead of just 1 - levo and Cytomel. people like to streamline their medication regimens to as few pills per day as possible, but sometimes you cannot worry about quantity so much when your job, personal life, etc. are at stake.
NDT and Cytomel will work for some people. T4 meds work for some people. T4 and Cytomel will work for some. NDT only works for some. The bottom line is that it is not the type of med that matters most. The important thing is getting your biologically active thyroid hormones, Free T3 and Free T4 up to a level that relieve symptoms. That can be accomplished with adequate doses of T4 meds, if your body adequately converts T4 to T3.
I take 125 mcg of Synthroid and 5mcg of Cytomel (2X/day). I have a physical every year for work and my lymphocytes have been gradually increasing for the last 3 years; they are above normal but the docs don't seem overly concerned. My overall WBC was also high this year. I've had several different tests including ultrasound and CT and a cause hasn't been found yet, although something in my gut is suspected. My thyroid is consistently off.
I am on 25 mcg cytomel and 75 mcg levothyroxine. I was thinking of making an appointment with a new endo and going off my meds for a week hoping to increase my tsh so I can continue getting my meds otherwise I do not know what to do. My psychiatrist will continue with the cytomel for I do not know how long and I have nobody to prescribe the levo anymore.
25 of generic Synthroid because I had several hypo symptoms - 30lb weight gain despite diet and exercise, extreme fatigue, very lethargic, anxiety attacks, very dry skin and dandruff, high cholesterol despite healthy diet, bloating, low body temperatures, shortness of breath, missing periods, hairloss and change of hair texture and extreme ADD. After a month of the synthroid - I had more energy and my period has always been normal ever since. The dry skin and dandruff went away.
Since then I have been on Synthroid by itself then with Cytomel, Tirosint by itself then with Cytomel , Nature-Throid and now compounded t4 and compounded sustained release t3. I cannot get rid of the heart palps and high blood pressure. I feel terrible. My latest labs 2 weeks ago were
Tsh 0.06 0.34-5.60
Ft4 0.77 0.76-1.46
Ft3 2.49 218-3.98
rt3 21.2. Ratio -11.
ve been bringing her from science journals and clinical trials, as well as my previously-terrible labs for all the OTHER things like cholesterol and calcium and glucose and eGRr etc. doing exactly what I predicted they would.....go back to their previously great levels.
I see what you're saying there, and thanks for the insight.
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