Posted by SLS on August 13, 2012, at 4:51:44
In reply to Re: T4 and weight gain » SLS, posted by alchemy on August 12, 2012, at 22:44:39
> > T3 (Cytomel) made me wickedly more depressed, even upon rechallenge. T4 (Synthroid) was neutral for me.
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> Interesting! I searched the web to find out why - and of course nothing.Doesn't triiodothyronine (T3) increase the sensitivity of certain NE receptors? This might not be such a good idea for some people. I am responding favorably to prazosin (NE alpha1 antagonist). Perhaps feeling worse while taking T3 is a clue of some sort as to what's wrong and what would work. People react in specific ways to specific drugs for specific reasons.
> Glad to know I wasn't the only one.
I agree. Not being the only one is somehow comforting. I don't feel like I am somehow different from everyone else in ways that leave me doomed to remain ill.
> Do you still take Synthroid?
No.
Since I was not hypothyroid, we decided to discontinue the T4. I actually felt somewhat more energetic on it at first.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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