T3 and Shut Down Thyroid

[Para_Shoot]

So, after 4 years of straight T3 self supplementation, at 50mcg's a day, non-stop, my blood test today with my doc showed a shut down thyroid. No shock to me.. I told him about the T3 useage and he wanted me to stop for 6 to 8 weeks to see if my thyroid would beat again. First, do you think it will work again, and 2nd, if I try this what should I expect for the next 8 weeks without a working thyroid? Or, should I tell him i'm just going to keep on doing the T3?

 

[Fatboy1984]

Yes. Definately taper down. Everything i have ever read says to slowly go up and slowly go down when coming back off.

 

[Para_Shoot]

I will taper down, understood, but I think after all the tapering is done the thyroid is still not going to be working, right? Because it is so shut down?

 

[Varga]

any reason why you did this besides that you wanted to stay lean and all that?
Never heard anyone stay on for that long....It's a good chance your tyroid is shut for good 4 years is a loong time.
What to expect...fat gain, body temp problems normally being cold most of the time, hair loss, lethargic

 

[kscowboy]

Yes taper. But EVERYTHING i have read says that it has no long term effect on your thyroid that would be permanent. I bet when you get retested you will be just fine.

 

[ArmaniAK47]

Man cytomel fucked me up so bad..

I came back to normal eventually, though.. I had the opposite problem.

 

[Varga]

Man cytomel fucked me up so bad..

I came back to normal eventually, though.. I had the opposite problem.

How long did it take you to recover and what dosage did you take for how long?

 

[Varga]

Yes taper. But EVERYTHING i have read says that it has no long term effect on your thyroid that would be permanent. I bet when you get retested you will be just fine.

one hopes that would be the case but "supplementing" something that our body makes is always a crop shoot to recover from...

 

[ArmaniAK47]

How long did it take you to recover and what dosage did you take for how long?

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/l...ters-bodybuilding/post-your-hrt-715563-2.html

 

[Para_Shoot]

When I started taking T3, it was with clen of course. It worked well. I dopped the clen and just stayed on the T3 because I liked the effect of leaness with my on-target diet, of which I am still on today from 5 years ago. Everytime I thought of wanting to come off T3, I thought about the rebound effects that may happen when your thyroid is shut down and I didn't want to go thru them so I just stayed on. It's such an easy, cheap research chem to get so cost and availability wasn't a factor. I really don't even want to try to see if my thyroid comes back. For what, just cause the doctor asked me too? People stay on thyroid meds for life, right? I just consider it part of my HRT program at age 41, along with my prescribed test cyp and my peptide regime. I was just wanting to know if anyone else went as long as me and tried to get the ol thyroid back and beating.