Never done T3..... thought i would try it out, but now I am thinking of dropping it all together.....
If you do decide to use exogenous thyroid, there are some things to consider:
- Complete suppression of the thyroidal axis is complex, triphasic, and nonlinear, and for stable suppression of TRH/TSH it can take anywhere from 2-8 weeks depending on the individual. So if you are planning to use it, it should be a long-term commitment
- Similarly, it can take the same time for endogenous thyroid to return to baseline after cessation
- Only use pharma thyroid
- There are T4-specific effects and my current belief is that one should run a combination of low-T4 alongside their T3 to ensure the body is not "starved" of T4
- I can think of zero legitimate reasons why one would need to run more than 50mcgs/day assuming that puts them into slight hyperthyroid state
- Both men and women require the equivalent of 30-40mcgs/day of T3 or 100-125mcgs/day of T4 for "replacement doses" on average, using less than a replacement dose is worthless