10 days ago I started using HC at 20-25mg/day.... My body temperature is still between 96 to 97.5... Just today I started on T3 @ 50mcg (25mcg am/ 25mcg pm)..... so i will continue to monitor my body temps and hopefully I can get my body temps up and get rid of the fatigue, depression, hair shedding and hypoglycemia...
*** I am self dosing using meds that I have gotten from overseas pharmacies... does anyone know if Hisone (generic hydrocortisone) and Tiromel (t3) is legit? I just hope I am not using junk and wasting my time....
You are fighting RT3
high levels of RT3 are made from T4 (by misguided deiodinase)
so you are trying to deplete your body of T4 because that will deplete RT3.
if you lucky, this process will deplete your RT3
and
reset your deiodinase
so latter it will produce only acceptable (low) RT3 levels
When you take 50mcg-T3/day that my already shut down TSH, TSH~0
Body will stop production of T4 when TSH~0
and
with time you will end up with low TT4 & FT4, you like that (for the time of RT3 therapy)
but
50mcg-T3/day
is not sufficient to produce good FT3 & TT3 levels
often
75mcg/day
is not sufficient
you may have to go to 100mcg-T3 or even higher
the only way to find out is by testing
but I would say that there is no need for testing until after you are on 75mcg-T3 or if you do not feel any thing unusual, 100mcg/day
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150mcg-T3/day is the highest known to me dose.
...
After certain time you will register RT3 below low range or even less.
Life on T3 only is vulnerable.
You must have assured daily supply of T3
I assume that 6-12 months period when you have RT3 level is sufficient.
Reverting from 100mcg-T3/day (or higher)
to
long term (T4 + T3)
can be started by switching to
100mcg-T4 + 50mcg-T3
you will stay 2-3 months on that level, then test and adjust accordingly.
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