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Has this happened to anyone. Total amount of throid used was 200 25mcg tabs. 
Shut down after a 12 week T3 cycle?
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Wait up! you used what?! Please tell me you used 25mcg per day for those 12 weeks.
lawnsaver
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skunkworks said:Has this happened to anyone. Total amount of throid used was 200 25mcg tabs.
How do you know you are shut down?? How long have you been off?
Maybe you are just suppressed, and need to recover. You were supposed to taper the T3, even at only 25mcg per day. You should have split the pills and/or went EOD for a while.
skunkworks
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Its a friend of mine I just would like to know if anyone shut down their thyroid and what type of dosing pattern caused this to happen.I'm supprised to hear it being shut down with25mcg a day for 12 weeks, aren't people using alot more than this especially competitive bodybuilders?
Gigantasor
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My thyroid has been shutdown since I was a young kid. It happend like this. I was overweight and my family did not have insurance. My mom took me to a doctor who simply looked at me and diagnosed me as being hypothyroid. I have no idea if that was correct as I can't recall having any blood work done. I took the medication until my mom could not afford to buy it any more, about 3-4 months I guess. After that I stopped taking it.
When I was 20 I started gaining weight like mad. I couldn't figure out what was happening. I was fit and in shape but by the time I was 21 I had gained near 90 lbs, most of it fat. I had an idea it was related to my thyroid but it had never been a problem before.
I had some blood work done and bingo Hypothroidism. Turns out that it was very likely that it was caused by the doc who perscribed the meds to me in the first place without having done the blood work but was not an issue due to increased hormone levels durring puberty.
No way to know now cause they can't determine what caused it to go bunk but there are a lot of professionals I have spoken with who believe the same thing. End result. I am taking 200mcg of T3 daily just to stay normal. I have to work my ass off doing cardio just to get the same results someone doing half the work gets.
Dosing patters? I'm not sure how much I was taking but it wasn't a lot and it got me pretty bad. My thyroid is basically shutdown on a permanent basis. It still functions to some small extent but without the extra T3 my body goes to hell no matter how hard I work.
Tell your buddy to get checked. If his thyroid is trashed he is in a no win situation and needs professional assistance. Messing with the thyroid is a bad idea if you are not very, very careful. The repercussions are often extreamly bad if you screw it up.
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Gig
When I was 20 I started gaining weight like mad. I couldn't figure out what was happening. I was fit and in shape but by the time I was 21 I had gained near 90 lbs, most of it fat. I had an idea it was related to my thyroid but it had never been a problem before.
I had some blood work done and bingo Hypothroidism. Turns out that it was very likely that it was caused by the doc who perscribed the meds to me in the first place without having done the blood work but was not an issue due to increased hormone levels durring puberty.
No way to know now cause they can't determine what caused it to go bunk but there are a lot of professionals I have spoken with who believe the same thing. End result. I am taking 200mcg of T3 daily just to stay normal. I have to work my ass off doing cardio just to get the same results someone doing half the work gets.
Dosing patters? I'm not sure how much I was taking but it wasn't a lot and it got me pretty bad. My thyroid is basically shutdown on a permanent basis. It still functions to some small extent but without the extra T3 my body goes to hell no matter how hard I work.
Tell your buddy to get checked. If his thyroid is trashed he is in a no win situation and needs professional assistance. Messing with the thyroid is a bad idea if you are not very, very careful. The repercussions are often extreamly bad if you screw it up.
Late,
Gig
scriptfactory
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How does 200mg of T3 keep you normal. That is way, WAY above a normal person's T3 production. Even people with hyperthyroidism don't have that much T3 running through their bodies. Also, doctor's don't usually prescribe T3 to people with hypothyroidism, they use T4.
Yes, you are shut down.
Most individuals produce approx 10mcg of Free T3 per day - taking 25mcg of T3 that attenuates within the body in 4 hours WILL shut you down. You will recover in a few weeks, but your thyroid will likely not be at the level it once was, and you can verify this through bloodwork. Your T4 will likely be high, T3 low, and TSH high.
This has been my experience. My thyroid is not working as well (verified through blood tests) since taking T3, and I do regret it. I've recovered but its not optimal-
Optimal and youthful range for TSH is between 1 and 2. Upon testing it was higher, and I don't convert T4 to T3 properly anymore....
Edit: I was only taking 20-40mcg of Tertroxin T3 per day in conjunction with ECA.
Most individuals produce approx 10mcg of Free T3 per day - taking 25mcg of T3 that attenuates within the body in 4 hours WILL shut you down. You will recover in a few weeks, but your thyroid will likely not be at the level it once was, and you can verify this through bloodwork. Your T4 will likely be high, T3 low, and TSH high.
This has been my experience. My thyroid is not working as well (verified through blood tests) since taking T3, and I do regret it. I've recovered but its not optimal-
Optimal and youthful range for TSH is between 1 and 2. Upon testing it was higher, and I don't convert T4 to T3 properly anymore....
Edit: I was only taking 20-40mcg of Tertroxin T3 per day in conjunction with ECA.
