cytomel withdrawal symptoms

What is the daily dose of Cytomel? It may be that since the half life of Cytomel is less than a day, you may already be feeling the effects. I assume you started back on the same dose, right? If so, you should get the effect in a few days.

After reading an article about Cytomel and speaking with my endocrinologist, he added Cytomel to my treatment. Recently he decided to reduce my Cytomel dosage by 1/2. Since that change, I have less energy and can't seem to stay awake. Could the lower dosage be the cause?

m wondering are there any w/d symptoms people have experience from coming off of cytomel? I have found that even when literature from the company and even a pharmacist wil say that a med has no w/d symptoms whem tapered correctly; that I follow dr's orders exactly and still get w/ds, bad enough to be incapacitating. I'm not saying this is happening with cytomel, but I have noticed some increased symptoms due to the lexapro I've weaned off of.

I had a TT in October '07 due to papillary thyroid carcinoma. I am 40 yo, the nodule was 12mm, there were no apparent metatheses at all, and I underwent radioactive iodine treatment afterward. The endo put me on 125mcg synthroid and up to 75mcg cytomel after the final scan. I then tapered off the cytomel. While on the cytomel, I felt "normal" meaning I had no symptoms either hyper or hypo and I never felt a rush from taking the cytomel.

Hi. My friend has been offered Cytomel by a doc, based on symptoms and labs. She also has multiple thyroid nodules. She is afraid to take the Cytomel because she can't afford to feel worse. Her labs are Free T4 is 1.6, Ref. Range .82-1.16, Free T3 is 3.0 Ref. Range 2.0-4.4. She is currently on no thyroid meds.

Adding a direct source of T3 to meds (e.g. Cytomel or dessicated) relieves the hypo symptoms. The best thing you could do right now is ask your doctor to repeat TSHand FT4 and test FT3 as well. Be sure to ask for FREE T3 (FT3) because if you just ask for T3, they will test total T3 (not nearly as useful). Once you have FT3 results, it will be much easier to tell if you are simply overmedicated or need to add T3 meds.

I was really worn out and by October could hardly walk to class. I decided I had to take a medical withdrawal. Primary care doctor would only say I had “mono” again and to take vitamins. Thyroid test in Oct 15, 2009 by Dr. Blackmon TSH was high 9.370 uIU/mL. In October 2009, had a ultrasound of thyroid and liver done. Thyroid scan showed the tiny cysts on left lobe, still measuring 2-3 mm. So they haven’t grown any. Still showed that I had no right lobe.

Your have to remember that T3 (Cytomel) is approximately four times more potent than T4 (Levoxyl). So, your 5 mcg of Cytomel is equivalent to 20 mcg of Levoxyl. This represents 1/5 of your total hormone intake in a day When you look at it that way, 5 mcg is not insignificant. Also, when our thyroid functions normally, it produces T4 to T3 in a ratio of about 20 to 1. This is very close to what you are taking.

Back in November I had these results, I was taking 2 grains of NT and something like 30 mg of Cytomel. I felt very nervous and anxious and could not concentrate, I had constipation, hair loss, bleeding before period, and headaches: TSH: 0.01 0.4-4.50 Free T4: 0.8 0.8-1.8 Free T3 4.2 2.3 -4.2 Reverse T3: 28 11-32 I started then taking 100 Synthroid and 2 and 1/4 grains NT. After a month in this dose: TSH: 0.01 0.4-4.50 Free T4: 2.2 0.8-1.8 Free T3: 5.

I receved a letter from my endocrinologist recently saying that he was switching me from desiccated thyroid to cytomel, I had only been on the desiccated thyroid for 6 months with what looked like normal thyroid levels.

ve slowly upped my dose of Cytomel, but it seems as if my hypo symptoms are getting worse-when I first started the quarter dose of 5mcg twice a day, I felt a lot of my aches and pains leaving, felt more energy, but it's been a month or so now, and it feels as if my hypo aches and pains and weakness are coming back full force,especially in my hips and legs. Plus major itchy dry skin.

52 (72% of range) and my Free T3 283 (only 28% of range.) The doctor wants me to add back Cytomel, but I am worried about doing so. My most noticeable symptoms are probably low appetite, migraines, and holding on to about 5 lbs that shouldn't be there based on my calorie and activity level. Thoughts? Do you think my T3 is low enough to treat? ANyone know what the common symptoms of low T3 are?

Does anyone know why Cytomel jumps from a 5 mcg pill to 25 mcgs? I thought that was unusual. I am currently taking this T3 med; a starting doage in addition to T4. I can only hope and pray the T3 addition will lift my symptoms as a lot of you have suggested it may. Looking forward to your answers.

for Synthroid/Cytomel is only something doctors go by as the INITIAL orientation for the prescription, if patient was never on Cytomel before and with very mild symptoms. Some patients, like me, need larger dose, and the RATIO Synthroid/Cytomel does not always work the same for everyone. So, you cannot say " you need more or less of Cytomel, as your doctor does not know what he is doing...

The problem is since starting the cytomel, my labs actually went lower? Is this common or normal--the problem is I am having the symptoms again since starting the cytomel, my hair is breaking off--ALOT and my energy levels are low and I am holding onto fluids---Retaining lots of water, and my labs went down--my syn dose was not adjusted, doc just added cytomel?? and my labs are like this TSH .40, FT3 1.99 and Ft4 is .64??? borderline low even with syn?? What are your thoughts??

5 and 10 cytomel caused a tsh over 2, he suggested I take 10 cytomel and 75 of syn every day except sunday than take 1/2 75. This is not a good solution for me because I feel I ahve side effects from the cytomel and my ft3 and ft4 are still lower than when I took straight t4 meds. I thought a good compromise would be more t4 meds and 5 of cytomel along with a switch to a medicine that worked better for me before like Unithroid.

He seemed to treat symptoms more than numbers. His original reason for the cytomel was because my free t3 was low and all others were in the normal range, but i still had hypo symptoms. I also am very unhapoy with the bloat from the levo. I really dont have much intetest in trying to deal with rhis endo. I felt like she was very condecending in addition to the abive complaints.

ve only been on it for 2 months so I didnt think I would have withdrawal symptoms, should I take 15 today for a few days and then stop? I am so tired I can hardly do anything. I wasnt this bad before starting the meds.

I take all the recommended supplements (fish oils, vitamin, extra D, extra Bs, etc). Anyway, my thryroid doc has recommended that I lower my synthroid and begin taking cytomel along with it. She said that sometimes TT patients do not convert as well after some time. Has anyone else with a TT taken both meds? Did you feel better? I'm just so nervous about changing it up, even though clearly something is going on. Thanks!

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?

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