@Galaroc Thanks for the links, I will have a read. Currently I've stopped taking T3 and am going to try and improve my diet before I try again.
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RE: What to expect with T3?
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RE: What to expect with T3?
Interestingly I haven't taken any today and my temperature is currently 36.7 C
@Galaroc not stressed out at all but my diet isn't great. Can you tell me more about circulating FFAs? This is caused by eating a lot of PUFAs? How do they negate T3?
@BroJonas Cholesterol was slightly high last I checked, vitamin D low. What exactly does aspirin do and what do you guys mean when you talk about using it, like how much aspirin should I be taking and what effect is it meant to have? I've been taking one or two 100mg tablets a day recently.
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What to expect with T3?
I've been taking T3 for two weeks now, around half a Cynomel a day (spaced out over multiple doses every couple of hours). My temperatures haven't come up and I still get weird sensations in my chest. Is it safe to say it isn't working for me and I need to stop and figure out what else is wrong? Or should I stick with it a little longer? Should I increase the dose?
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RE: T3 causing weird feeling in chest at night
@cs3000 I've only tried doses between 1mcg - 4mcg. I'd be too scared to try higher doses because of the heart symptoms. I think I need to stop taking ADHD meds before I experiment anymore.
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@Mulloch94 I haven't tried pregnenolone. I'm not sure I ever really had ADHD or whether I believe in it anymore. I'm hoping thyroid will solve what I thought was ADHD. I'm already on less than 5mg a day but I need to rip off the bandaid soon and stop completely. Thanks for your advice.
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I should've said in the OP, I'm prescribed dexamphetamine for ADHD. I've been tapering down for a while but every time I stop completely I'm too dopey and tired to focus at work. But I'm down to <5mg a day now. The chest feeling I've been getting from thyroid is similar to a feeling I get when I stop ADHD meds completely, which also happens at night. I would also assume my cortisol levels must be relatively high if I'm taking speed everyday.
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RE: T3 causing weird feeling in chest at night
@Mulloch94 said in T3 causing weird feeling in chest at night:
Also the cortisol thing Peat was talking about was after meals, not after thyroid supplementation.
Would thyroid supplementation not have a similar effect? If not then can you speculate on what else might cause either/both of my symptoms?
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RE: T3 causing weird feeling in chest at night
@Mulloch94 I've been taking ~300mg magnesium every night before bed for years, and occasionally ~100-300mg during the day as well, so I would be surprised if not enough magnesium is the problem.
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RE: T3 causing weird feeling in chest at night
@Master How long have you been taking it? And do you get it at night as well or soon after taking it?
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T3 causing weird feeling in chest at night
I'm trying to troubleshoot why I'm reacting to T3 the way I am. It doesn't raise my temperature and actually seems to lower it sometimes. And on days that I've taken it later that night I get an uncomfortable feeling in my chest. I don't get the feeling immediately after taking it, only at night around the same time.
I recall reading something Peat said about if someone's been running on cortisol then thyroid supplementation will reveal their true metabolic state and could therefore lower their temperature. I'm wondering if this could explain my experience.
Cortisol levels decrease at night, if I've also lowered my cortisol levels by taking T3 could this lead to lower blood pressure than normal and hence the feeling in my chest?