Shut down after a 12 week T3 cycle?

[poantrex]

how does one gauge a shutdown metabolism once off a longish T3 cycle WITHOUT a bloodtest?

any other way?

Constipation, dry skin, and memory fogginess.

Its better to get a bloodtest though, becaues sometimes there are no immediate signs. Its pretty cheap - usually around 70ish for just a thyroid panel.

 

[poantrex]

Did I say it doesn't? But the body converts T4 to T3 which is supposedly better for you thyroid as opposed to taking straight T3 as your body thinks it's producing more T4.

People with Euthroid sickness syndrome (and a lot of people who have abused stimulants fall in this category) do not convert T4 to T3 optimally in the liver. So taking T4 is not better in all cases, and like all endogenously produced hormones, there is a negative feedback loop which means that if you take synthetic t4 you will surpress exogenous t4 and cause further problems.

People with ESS have a TSH and T4 in the normal range, while Free T3 will be low.

 

[Quadsweep]

That is because they are idiots. All they care about is getting blood tests in the normal range, and they don't even pay attention to the Free T3 blood test. Some people cannot properly convert T4 to T3 (espeically ones that have abused stimulants or thyroid hormone) and T4 will do absolutely no good.

Hell, most endo's don't even test for T4 and T3 - just TSH. Of course TSH can be in the normal range while T3 will be absurdly low.

I have warned aginst long term T3 use for years. It will shut you down and is often permanent. I use only 12.5mg for 2 weeks when contest dieting at the end only. You are correct about docs looking at ranges and not testing T3...maybe they should see if an obese person who is dieting and on T4 but still not losing weight may just possibly lose on T3 if they lack the ability to convert T4 to T3 enzymatically.


Quad

 

[poantrex]

I have warned aginst long term T3 use for years. It will shut you down and is often permanent. I use only 12.5mg for 2 weeks when contest dieting at the end only. You are correct about docs looking at ranges and not testing T3...maybe they should see if an obese person who is dieting and on T4 but syill not losing weight may just possibly lose on T3 if they lack the ability to convert T4 to T3 enzymatically.

Quad
Quad

Well thanks for the backup quad, It seems that people around here tend to dismiss dangers of using any compound no matter how real they are. I've seen bloodwork to prove that using T3 is dangerous.