Posted by Questionmark on February 3, 2005, at 15:59:17
In reply to Re: Early Cytomel (T3) experience » Questionmark, posted by Mark H. on February 1, 2005, at 18:20:44
From Mark H:
> Hi Q,
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> I'm no expert, but I think Cytomel's augmenting effect will likely increase your appetite, depending on what else you're taking with it. I've gained about 40 pounds in the last six years (I was also very thin for most of my adult life).(Woah! Yes! That's encouraging. Man, i hope it works that way for me. .. How early on after starting Cytomel did you start to gain weight, and how much?)
> So the increase in metabolism has not offset the increase in appetite for me.
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> Cytomel (like everything we take for depression) is serious medicine. See this link for more information about it:
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> http://www.drugs.com/PDR/Cytomel_Tablets.html
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> I don't know whether Cytomel alters thyroid production in the long term, but I suspect it might. I don't think cessation causes withdrawal symptoms per se, but if you feel better while taking it, you might feel less well when you don't.
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> Speaking strictly for myself, I've come to terms with the fact that I'll likely be on all my meds for the rest of my life, so I'm not concerned with discontinuation.
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> I hope others will chime in with their experiences as well.
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> Best wishes,
>
> Mark H.Thanks Mark.
From Maxime:
"T3 should DECREASE your appetite and you should lose weight on it. It is prescribed when you are hypothyroid which means your thryoid is not producing enough of the hormone. I am hypothyroid and I have to take synthroid which is T4 and the body is suppose to convert it to T3 thus speeding up the metabolism.I'm in the proper range now thyroid wise, but I have yet to lose the weight I gained from being hypothyroid.
Maxime"
Yeah, i knew that the thyroid hormones are prescribed when one has hypothyroidism, and i knew that they increase one's metabolism significantly. But i wasn't sure whether taking one of them (especially for someone who is not hypo- or hyperthyroid or overweight-- such as myself, who is just taking it for depression augmentation) would increase or decrease one's appetite. i wasn't sure because my aunt-- and many others i believe-- who had hyperthyroidism had a raging appetite (though still stayed very slim), and i thought that those with hyPO- often have a tendency to be overweight though still not have a very strong appetite. Is this the case?
Good luck with that though. And thanks for replying.
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