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Hi,
I have many symptoms of hypothyroid but my thyroid levels are normal, so my physician prescribed low-dose (5mg) Cytomel in the hopes of alleviating my symptoms. Has anyone taken Cytomel (not the sustained-release form, just the regular instant-release form) for Wilson's Syndrome? If so, could you please share your story? Did Cytomel work? Did you try the sustained-released form of T3?
What is the reference range on your FT4? Ranges vary lab to lab, so you have to post the two together. Did they test your FT3?
Hello, I just started taking Liothyronine 5mcg twice daily generic for cytomel on Sunday 8/2, today Monday I feel nauseated and have had a little diareha. Could it just be from the first day of taking it? Does anyone else experience nausea at first and then go away?
The reason I believe this is because within 30 mins to 1 hour of taking cytomel (which is T3 only) I stop itching. This typically happens late day or at least afternoon. There are times I have to take cytomel to sleep becaue the itching keeps me awake.
She declared me Hyperthyroid and wanted to cut my levo back and stop Cytomel. I agreed to stop Cytomel but became very resistant to lower levo. I have since been at 0.15 Synthroid for three weeks and have enough energy to feel normal. I still have RLS and less burning in my feet. It's true what they say about endocrinologists, they live by the TSH test. I asked her how my T3 and T4 could be in mid normal range and still have a TSH below 0.1.
Her reply was t3 and t4 are unreliable.
The only way you're going to know whether the 75/88 2 days/week, with the 5 mcg cytomel will work, is to try it and see.
If you're taking a full 5 mcg/day of cytomel, maybe you could drop back to just 2.5 mcg/day and see if that helps. Once you get used to it, you could add back in the other 2.5 mcg. My generic T3 tablets are about the same size as the cytomel tabs. I've never had a problem with taking the generic T3 med, except from one manufacturer...
Ask for the cytomel in 5 mcg tabs - then you can split the dosage much easier.......Mine are 5 mcg, which worked out perfectly when I was on 10 mcg/day - I could take one first thing in the morning, then another later in the morning, without having to split pills. Now that I'm down to 5 mcg/day, I still don't have to split the pills - they just last twice as long.........
To get the 12.5, you will have to go with 1.5 pill twice/day, unless you can get it dropped to just 10 mcg/day.....
I was taking 50 MCG Synthroid and 4 tabs of Cytomel 5 mcg. My last labs were is Sept 2014 (below) and my endo called me and immediately told me I had shifted to hyper and asked me to bring down my cytomel. The thing is that I can't remember if she told me to adjust my synthroid. :( I know, foolish. My job has been consuming ... I remained at one synthroid per day.. with one cytomel in the am and another in the pm. My Sept 2014 labs: TSH 0.14, T4 Free 0.6, T3 Total 63.
I`ve heard so much about Stress Tabs and was wondering if they help ? If not what would help ?
37.5 mcg cytomel is too much to start with. Most of us start with about 5 mcg and work up as needed. Additionally, most of us find that splitting our T3 med into multiple doses each day works better than taking the whole dose at once. T3 is fast acting and out of your system in a few hours, so if you take it all at once, you get an initial "jolt", then before the day is over you run out and risk crashing.
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 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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