Posted by Cece on June 1, 2002, at 21:29:41
In reply to Re: estrogen » judy1, posted by Beliala on June 1, 2002, at 15:44:22
T3 augmentation did nothing for me; T4 augmentation is doing wonders for my mood, energy, alertness, and ability to get up in the morning.
I always tested low normal or borderline low. The T3 was prescribed for AD augmentation, not thyroid problems, and it did not change my thyroid test results. When I started on T4 I was still on T3 and got bad side effects(feeling hot, heart racing, agitation). When I dropped the T3, I was able to raise my dose of T4 with no problems. We are raising my dose to move me from the low to the high end of normal.
Thyroid supplement therapy is used by some doctors (Peter Whybrow at UCLA is a leader in this) for many psych disorders, especially depression and BPII. As someone else said here, thyroid disorders, even those that don't easily show up in testing, can mimic- my pdocs words: "any and all psych synmptoms in the book".
Of course, not a panacea for all (nothing is), but worth looking into.
Cece
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