I believe that I’ve suppressed my thyroid after long-term (2.5 years) use of T-3, and am wondering if it will ever recover naturally, or what is the best way to go about treating it now (T-3, T-4, or mixed T-3 and T-4).
I started taking 25mcg per day of T-3 back in November of 2017, just to help with fat loss. This worked great for me at first, but slowly my levels and symptoms got worse with time. I increased to 37.5 and then 50mcg of T-3 per day, and felt better, before I eventually started feeling worse again. Now my endocrinologist wanted me to go off everything to see if my own natural thyroid levels recover. But I've been off thyroid meds for 3 months now, and I feel much worse, and my thyroid blood test results (listed earlier in the thread) don't seem to be getting any better.
I have to believe that with thyroid, as with testosterone, once you've suppressed your own natural system for so long, it's probably difficult or impossible to recover, and you will need supplementation for the rest of your life, as we do with TRT.
I would like to believe that I'm wrong, and eventually everything will eventually recover back to normal again. But sadly, it just doesn't seem to be so, at least not for me so far.
How should I proceed? Should I stay off thyroid and hope my natural levels recover?
Or should I take T-4, as my levels of both T-4 and T-3 are lower than optimal (subclinical hypothyroidism)?
Mixed T-3 and T-4? What have other people had success with in treating their own thyroid issues?
I started taking 25mcg per day of T-3 back in November of 2017, just to help with fat loss. This worked great for me at first, but slowly my levels and symptoms got worse with time. I increased to 37.5 and then 50mcg of T-3 per day, and felt better, before I eventually started feeling worse again. Now my endocrinologist wanted me to go off everything to see if my own natural thyroid levels recover. But I've been off thyroid meds for 3 months now, and I feel much worse, and my thyroid blood test results (listed earlier in the thread) don't seem to be getting any better.
I have to believe that with thyroid, as with testosterone, once you've suppressed your own natural system for so long, it's probably difficult or impossible to recover, and you will need supplementation for the rest of your life, as we do with TRT.
I would like to believe that I'm wrong, and eventually everything will eventually recover back to normal again. But sadly, it just doesn't seem to be so, at least not for me so far.
How should I proceed? Should I stay off thyroid and hope my natural levels recover?
Or should I take T-4, as my levels of both T-4 and T-3 are lower than optimal (subclinical hypothyroidism)?
Mixed T-3 and T-4? What have other people had success with in treating their own thyroid issues?