I think I am going to apply the same dosing strategy.
Will someone clear this up........?
As a general rule, most gear will impart a reduction in TSH activity (then a lowering of T3).
Will T2 even assist here? Given the fact it's a relatively indirect mechanism for elevatinng T3, with gear perhaps having the more dominant effect (lowering T3 in favor of an anabolic response)
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I'm not sure I follow what you're asking here.
I think the effects would be slightly diminished, however, you should definitely see some beneficial effects from T2 supplementation (not even accounting for the other things in Alpha-t2 here). 3,3-T2 is a metabolite of T3, so one of the things supplementing with 3,3-T2 does is shift the metabolism down from T3 to T2, thus allowing for more T3 to stay around and perform its job. And the reverse might be true as well - consuming T2 allows for some of that T2 to be converted into T3 (I havent studied thyroid hormone metabolism so I can't comment definitively on if this process is reversible). I think you understood this point.
So naturally, having less of a T3 pool means that you'll get less of this benefit from T2, but 2 things worth mentioning is that
1) proportionally you would still get that indirect increase of T3, though not at the same levels as someone with healthy H-P-thyroid axis, so you would get a benefit from this, and
2) this isn't the only benefit from T2 supplementation. Indeed, this effect of T2 might be minimal compared to the direct activation of cytochrome c oxidase by T2, which results in an elevated metabolic rate.
So I think you have a great chance of getting just as good results as anyone else with alpha-t2.