FOR WOMEN ONLY.....CYTOMEL
DILISIOD
embaressed. I want to ask the girls who are on Cytomel if you ever had any
changes with your monthly cycle after starting Cytomel? I started it about 6
weeks ago and now my period is almost 3 weeks late and NO I am not pregnant.
When I called the Doctors office today to ask if that could be from the new
medicine the nurse called me back and said on my machine that the Doctor said
your body has to adjust to the Cytomel. Well that didnt really answer my
question. Other than this late period thing I have felt so much better taking
this medicine. So if anyone has experienced a change in their menstral cycle
could you let me know please. Thanks a lot.
Pam
Sara Avery
Yes, it is probable that starting on the Cytomel is the reason your cycle
has changed. My personal choice would be to wait a couple of months and see
if it straightens itself out.
sara
DILISIOD
has changed. My personal choice would be to wait a couple of months and see
if it straightens itself out.
Thank you Sara, I was wondering if you have ever heard of this before and if so
WHY would the Cytomel mess up my cyce? It is not a female hormone so I dont
get it. I really would hate to stop taking it I feel so great on it. The
problem is that for almost 3 weeks I have ALL of the PMS symptoms but no
period......not fun I would rather get it than feel like this. Thanks again.
Pam
Skipperbeers
>changes with your monthly cycle after starting Cytomel? I started it about 6
>weeks ago and now my period is almost 3 weeks late and NO I am not pregnant.
I won't comment on the changes, and you are probably right about not being
pregnant if you took a pregnancy test or abstained from pregnancy inducing
activities. However, I will point out that females have been known to suddenly
become fertile and quickly pregnant when their thyroid is treated adequately.
Skipper Beers
DILISIOD
pregnant if you took a pregnancy test or abstained from pregnancy inducing
activities. However, I will point out that females have been known to suddenly
become fertile and quickly pregnant when their thyroid is treated adequately.
Skipper Beers
LOL Skipper.....I did take a Pregnancy Test and it was negative however I DID
NOT abstain from pregnancy inducing activites. That was cute. I just turned
44 wouldnt a baby be fun at my age? Possible I guess. Hey maybe it's the
other dreaded M word for women? Gosh I sure hope not. Have a great day. Pam
arlynsg
adjusting. Sometimes are periods are altered by our thyroids so this could
be a sign that things are "on the move."
ar
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arlynsg
Here is my take on it:
Generally (note I said "generally") hypos have heavier periods than normal.
With lots of cramping and other problems. (I personally did not experience
any of this). One could surmise that the T3 is hitting you hard (which it
is supposed to do) and "speeding you up." This speeding up would show in a
lighter period with no cramping. Again, I'm speaking generally. I would
give it another month to see what happens. The key here is that you are
feeling better.
Your missing period could be from the cytomel, but it could be from
something else as well. So please don't wait too long to check with your
gyn and get another opinion if next month you still have no bleeding.
Take care,
ar
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Sara Avery
"DILISIOD" <dili...@aol.com> wrote
> Thank you Sara, I was wondering if you have ever heard of this before and
if so
> WHY would the Cytomel mess up my cyce? It is not a female hormone so I
dont
> get it. I really would hate to stop taking it I feel so great on it. The
> problem is that for almost 3 weeks I have ALL of the PMS symptoms but no
> period......not fun I would rather get it than feel like this. Thanks
again.
I don't have an in depth scientific answer for you except that the endocrine
system (of which the sex hormone producing organs and glands are a part) is
all very interconnected. Put more into one part of the system and the rest
is going to take some time to readjust. Sorry to hear about the PMS,
though. Hope it goes away soon!
Sara
Richard
If you're going to use that heading you have to put something juicy in the
messages. I was expecting pictures or something.
Take a look at the Medline entry for Liothyronine (Cytomel) at
http://tinyurl.com/fgw
"changes in menstrual cycle" are a known side effect. It says to tell your
doc if it is severe or does not go away. No cause for alarm.
Isn't this be a good thing?
Richard
Amethyst Ivy
changes with your monthly cycle after starting Cytomel? >>
No change at all. I'm only on 5mcg's though
DILISIOD
Richard sorry there werent any nekkid pictures for you to look at lol. Thanks
for the site I will check it out. In answer to your question NO it is not a
good thing because all of the awful PMS stuff is still there just no end to it.
Besides I am only 44 and was hoping to get a few years in before I have to
worry about THAT stuff. Thanks for your reply. Pam
GugaFan2
"Hormone Balance Test" with answers below:
http://www.johnleemd.net/forms/hb_test.html
I checked every box on the one that turned out to be adrenal.
DILISIOD
Heather Nordin
Has anyone on Cytomel noticed a dramatic change the week before your period? I have been on Cytomel for 4 months and the week before my period I get terrible headaches, bathroom problems, cold sweats and fatigue. Hopefully it balances out because Cytomel is really working well for me otherwise.
deT notsuH
But there is no else home here anymore to answer questions. So, I
hope you don't mind.
What dose of T3 are you taking? How do you take it? I would hope it is
spread over multiple smaller doses (>3) (oops, not an emoji, but I meant
more than 3 times) during the day, true? Otherwise, it is comparable to
taking a single T4 dose once per week. If you are taking the T3 in just
one or two subdoses, then there is little you can track beyond "how am I
feeling?", because TSH and fT3 labs would be bogus. Both TSH and fT3
are strongly dependent on when you last took your dose. Too soon, and
levels look more hyPER, and waiting 24h and they will look artificially
more like hyPO. That is a clever strategy to follow for patients that
are trying to get on higher doses. And then you present your "how am I
feeling?" for at least one week of the month as "YIKES!!!" If your
"bathroom problems" imply being loose as a goose, even more YIKES!! It
doesn't mean whatever damage may be happening isn't also present the
other 3 weeks of the month. That poses a dilemma. The hidden damage of
hyPER is really not something to ignore. Do NOT buy into the notion
that even a fT3 result high in the normal range (despite the worst
timing of a blood test shortly after taking your dose) is okeydokey. It
isn't. It is cumulative.
Cold sweats is a classic symptom of anxiety, right? It is fight or
flight, and your body is trying flight. It is experiencing low blood
sugar at the very least. But then you acknowledge a thyroid problem,
and instead it is saying hyPER, hyPER, hyPER. Your body has more than
one way to deal with an excess of T4, but the options are much more
limited to deal with an excess of T3, and the loose goose is high on
that list, sending the excess literally down the toilet. T4 can be
blocked by other routes, such as converting into non-active reverse-T3,
or avoid being absorbed in the first place. T3 doesn't have either of
those luxuries. Yes, the enzyme that takes T4 to rT3 will also destroy
T3, but you really really don't want to strengthen that power. And T3
is just too efficient at being absorbed. Even pig bits (Armour) have at
least some T4 to help moderate the problem of T3 only.
Why the week before your period, you ask? Because that is the week that
estrogen levels are lowest. Estrogen leads to production of more TBG,
thyroid binding globulin, one of the binding proteins that ferry the
thyroid hormones around in the body. As you know, T4 is incredibly
bound by TBG and the other ferry proteins, some 99.97%, compared to T3's
binding being a tiny tad looser at 99.8% bound. With lower levels of
estrogen, there will be less TBG, and more thyroid hormone circulating
in the free and active state. Free and active is equivalent to hyPER
for the right (wrong?) dose of T3.
On 12/6/21 1:22 PM, Heather Nordin wrote:
> Hi all -
>
> Has anyone on Cytomel noticed a dramatic change the week before your period? I have been on Cytomel for 4 months and the week before my period I get terrible headaches, bathroom problems, cold sweats and fatigue. Hopefully it balances out because Cytomel is really working well for me otherwise.
>
deT notsuH bass-ackwards ude.hcimu@pcird
I'm not a complete idiot. Some pieces are missing.