cytomel cycle

I am now two months without a cycle, prior to that I had a cycle, two weeks, cycle, two weeks, cycle. Believe it or not, I have been going through this balancing act for about five years after a battle with Graves/Hoshimotos that I couldn't win...had to have my thyroid removed. I have been to numerous doctors and at one point was on 75 synthroid and 30 cytomel, but was so sick. That is when they switched me to Tirosint and reduced my cytomel.

Has anyone used Cytomel for anxiety? If so, would you mind sharing your experiences. I am having major anxiety and wondered if this would be of any benefit. Thanks for your input.

Can clenbuterol be taken at the same time as cytomel (t3), or does it have to rotated. Each drug rotated on a two week on, two week off cycle?

I switched from Armour to Synthroid and Cytomel and am doing great on it. Adding the Cytomel to my Synthroid was the key to my treatment, as my Dr can control my Free T4 and Free T3 separately. Unfortunately my body doesn't like the dessicated thyroid meds. But I am doing great!

It all changed after my diagnosis. I take my levothyroxine +cytomel at night. If I take it in the morning i feel nervous. At night I don't notice any difference.

Im hypothyroid, last test has showed I have high RT3 so I switched from 130mcg synthroid and 1 grain armour TO 15 mcg Cytomel and 1 grain armour. I also did cortisol saliva test which shows im LOW in cortisol cortisol morning. 2.6 ng/ml. normal range. 3.7-9.5 >cortisol noon 2. ng/ml. normal range. 1.2-3.0 >cortisol evening. 1.1. normal range. 0.6-1.9 >cortisol night. 0.2. normal range. 0.4-1 the problem is I keep gaining weight, i have headaches, tired, feel like I have cold.

TSH FREE T4 FREE T3 - Not total T3 Hormone balance is very tricky and complicated. But it seems odd to me that low Progesterone would be treated with a T3 med of Cytomel. And a rather large dose of that as well??? I have actually heard of several others who's sex hormones were stabilized by first stabilizing Thyroid to the correct levels. Seems like your Dr is approaching it from the exact opposite way. maybe it will work???

I am now on a mixture of the two, but I still feel like I have an easier time with the cytomel. A couple of times I have felt like the armour was working when I took iodine, but that sort of went away. I am only on one grain but when I try and raise I don't feel too hot. I saw my doc and he is going to check my reverse T3 level to see if I have a conversion problem. He is alwso going to switch me from cytomel to a time release T3.

been on cytomel 1month. tsh gone down to .27, t3 2.9, t4 1.23, reverse t3 13.5. should i go down to 75 mcg synthroid or stay at 88. i feel good!

t receive T3 treatment until I get my FT3 levels checked). Hypothetically, is adding Cytomel treatment to Eltroxin the preferable solution? Or taking Armour Thyroid instead of Eltroxin? What's the preferable treatment usually? Besides Eltroxin, I tried Magnesium (helped a bit) and i'm now trying Vitamin E. My bloodwork (potassium, magnesium etc.) is all good. Thanks for the help!

I had read that article also, or something similar and had been thinking of trying to take the T4 at night and Cytomel in the morning, since you don't have to wait to eat after the Cytomel. Sure would make it easier to get a start on the day. I read it a little while ago, doesn't it say that they've found that the thyroid naturally peaks at night? Has anybody tried it? It would be so great if it helped me to sleep, I'm having a lot of trouble.

Do you have the range for your FT4? Ranges are lab specific so have to come from your own lab report. Did your doctor test FT3 as well? What were you taking prior to the 50 mcg Cytomel and 50 mcg Synthroid? When he d/c'd the Cytomel, did he change your Synthroid as well? Sorry to ask so many questions, but need to know.

I would like to hear from anyone who is Hypothyroid and has had/has irregular menstrual cycles that were extended and not stopping. My cycle is always normal/heavy (5-6days) except for this month. My flow lasted 5 days, however I am still bleeding @ day #11. Went to my doc and he checked me out, concluded that it is my hormones (which I figured anyhow), but would like to know what experience other have had with this issue.

Hi, I need some help! Can I come off cytomel cold turnkey without side effects? My primary doctor put me on cytomel for chronic fatique/depression. He started me on 25mcg. I felt better so he increased to 50mcg. I said to him at my last appt that it didn't seem to be working and he said we'd go to 75mcg. He said "we can go to 100mcg and then we'll check your thyroid sometime".

If not, why are you on T3-only med (Cytomel)? What were your labs a week ago before going on the Cytomel, and were you on any other meds then?

I am on 137 Synthroid and 5 of Cytomel twice a day. I take first Cytomel at 10 and second at 3. I was recently tested on the adrenals by salivia and they are: 7 am 7.9 (8-15) 11am 4.3 (3-7) 2pm 3.3 (2-4) 8pm 2.0 (<1.5) What does this mean for my adrenals? I tried cortef and it made me so exhausted that I stopped taking it. I also craved salt really bad on cortef. I am also extremely low in progesterone. I have a supplement for that and will start days 21-28 of my cycle.

I was up to 125 mcg synthroid, then dropped back to 75 synthroid, then switched to 75 generic levo and added 10 mcg cytomel. That was too much cytomel, so dropped back to 5 mcg cytomel and switched to generic; then up to 88 mcg levo, staying with 5 mcg generic cytomel. Am currently on 100 mcg Tirosint and 5 mcg generic cytomel. I take the Tirosint first thing in the morning, per instructions (my day starts 3:30 am). I take my T3 med about 7-7:30 am.

He said just see how you respond on 5 mcg cytomel for a week and if you feel ok then add another dose 5 mcg cytomel. Your thoughts ? So hoping that I will respond ok to combination therapy 50 mcg synthroid and 10 mcg cytomel. If needed more synthroid will be added later on. 5. I probably have selenium deficiency because once on selenium supplement I felt better. I will get tested for selenium. What are other tests I should get tested for? 6.

She told me she was 20 lbs over weights due to being hypo and was only be able to loose few lbs even with teaching many aerobic classes and eating healthy until she heard of Cytomel. She started taking 25mcg of Cytomel 4 yrs ago and noticed the fat melted quickly. She is now at her ideal weight and very fit.

s fairly rare for somone to be on Cytomel only. Usually a small dose of Cytomel is added to the Synthroid, which may have to be reduced to accomodate the Cytomel. Cytomel (T3) is very fast-acting, so it has to be taken several times throughout the day if taken by itself. This leads to intra-day ups and downs in hormone levels. Do you have the results of your latest lab tests (FT3, FT4 and TSH) and their reference ranges?

I read on here how many use cytomel with their Levothyroxin or other thyroid medication. Why & When is cytomel prescribed? Is it something that makes your mind feel better? How do you know if it would help me or not? Just curious..

Can you take just Cytomel? I am on levothyroxine and feeling awful. I heard that this generic of Synthroid is actually not the same as Synthroid and that it is not as good. I heard some people have fabulous results on Armour and Cytomel. Why are Dr's so reluctant to prescribe these other meds? I heard Cytomel really helps with fatigue. All I want to do is sleep, it's awful.

I thought that the generic cytomel was exactly as the brand cytomel. no difference what so ever. I thought I read this somewhere in these forums???? i am on the generic for 3 weeks now and I really feel no different. the doc gave me 25 mg of cytomel to add to my 75mcg of synthroid. advice from you guys, so I cut my synthroid in half and taking only 6 mcg of cytomel. but I have been taking 1/2 of cytomel in the morning and breaking the other half in two. so yeah that is 25 mg.

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