Cytomel in australia
Common Questions and Answers about Cytomel in australia
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Hey, Doc~
I'm sure you understand that it isn't just any tick that will produce Lyme disease after having bitten someone. You know that they are deer ticks that have been infected, and hence carry the disease. I'm sorry about the cat. My goodness! But there's no way to tell if the tick that latched onto kitty infected the cat with Lyme or something else. (Not saying it can't have been Lyme!)
I found a site that says Lyme was first documented in Australia in 1980.
Initally - going on a T3 med - Cytomel in addition to the Synthroid - you will feel great - then crash. This applies to natural thyroid combo meds too.
T3 hormone is direct - which means your body accepts it immediately. You expressed you felt aweful prior to starting Cytomel - so that says you were hypothyroid and wanted direct T3. Well, you gave the body - what it needed - but it wants more.
This is proven on your FT3 lab - the only thing is this is an old lab so one can only assume.
Synthroid on its own for many thryoid patients is not the answer. I hate to be horrible, but here in Australia we just can't get any T3 supplementation (which is what Cytomel is) without almost going to a Judge and Jury! I would cheerfully live even more frugally than I do now, to get some T3 into my system. I know then I could feel better enough to go to work for the first time in near 20 years!
I know you would recommend it. I just felt so awful and depressed yesterday that I remembered I had Cytomel in my drawer.
Last year my previous doctor prescribed 75mcg of levothyroxine and 5 mcg of Cytomel. The combination made my palpitations worse so he put me back on 30 mg of Armour saying that was my ideal dose. After this point we moved to CO. I kept both meds since then just in case a new doctor wanted to see any previous meds.
Just got new script for Synthroid combined with Cytomel and my Endo wants me to take the Synthroid and half the dose of the Cytomel in the morning and the rest of the Cytomel in the evening. My question is if there is anyone who has a similar script, do you take the evening dose before bed or before dinner?
Thanks.
Don't have the answers for you, but just wanted to say; Welcome to my world! Like you I have been crud since my TT in 2007....Each time I lower or raise the dose of my thyroxine medication, I get worse...my Free T3 is low and gets lower all the time. I had some cortisol tests done in USA whilst on holiday there, but back home in Australia they just laughed and called them 'backyard labs' Hard to get any doctor to believe we need help!
Let me know how you are going.
I have just been to my gp, for review of my blood test, asked to be put on cytomel, he is not comfortable with that, increased my synthroid, suggest i see an endo, does anyone have any suggestions for dr.
I quit taking the chiropractors supplements, but not for that long. I have constant ringing in the ears. This is the worst symptom I have had. It all started after taking hydrocortisone for my very low cortisol levels and Cytomel. Now the endo wants me to only take the Cytomel for my Reverse T3. The rining seemed to get worse. I really don't know what to do at this point. I felt like I had so much energy on hydrocortisone and I only took that for 1 week.
The levels suggest that an increase in synthroid and a decrease in cytomel would be more physiologic. We usually use 5mcg in am and 5mcg at 2-3pm if we use cytomel. So in your case, would consider a change to 75mcg of synthroid and 5mcg 2x/day of cytomel -- this would be more physiologic for the body. If you take oral iron, it must be separated by 3-4 hours from any thyroid med to avoid absorption problems of the thyroid med.
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