T3 ?

[weighted life]

@ what dose do you run T3 and for how long?

 

[m_ob]

@ what dose do you run T3 and for how long?

First off could I ask the reason or need for running the t3?
If you must keep it under 50mcgs to prevent muscle catabolism.

 

[Pericles]

When I was a competitive bodybuilder I would start at 25 mcg and titrate up to 100 mcgs and then back down to nothing.

I do not recommend that for anyone who is interested in optimizing health. Ideally, T3 should only be used for those w/ unacceptably high TSH levels. The range your Family doc works from is a TSH of .4 to 4. However any decent endo will tell you that what you want is 1 or a bit lower (naturally).

The question is, what about those of us w/ TSH levels of say 1.8-2 or so? That is where I am naturally and I don't have the metabolism that I once did. I also was recently diagnosed as Bipolar and the meds, while helping me tremendously in terms of my mental health are predisposing me towards weight gain.

So I have started taking a very small amount of T3, 12 mcgs a day. Thats half a tablet or 1/12th of a cc of the stuff this board sells. Always be very conservative w/ this stuff.

BTW, I train very hard 6-7 days a week and take 1.3-1.5 tubes of testim per day.

 

[m_ob]

When I was a competitive bodybuilder I would start at 25 mcg and titrate up to 100 mcgs and then back down to nothing.

I do not recommend that for anyone who is interested in optimizing health. Ideally, T3 should only be used for those w/ unacceptably high TSH levels. The range your Family doc works from is a TSH of .4 to 4. However any decent endo will tell you that what you want is 1 or a bit lower (naturally).

The question is, what about those of us w/ TSH levels of say 1.8-2 or so? That is where I am naturally and I don't have the metabolism that I once did. I also was recently diagnosed as Bipolar and the meds, while helping me tremendously in terms of my mental health are predisposing me towards weight gain.

So I have started taking a very small amount of T3, 12 mcgs a day. Thats half a tablet or 1/12th of a cc of the stuff this board sells. Always be very conservative w/ this stuff.

BTW, I train very hard 6-7 days a week and take 1.3-1.5 tubes of testim per day.

TSH of 1.8-2 is perfectly fine, are you saying this is low?

 

[Pericles]

No....but lower would be better.

 

[m_ob]

No....but lower would be better.

I'm sorry, I thought you were trying to claim that 1.8-2.0 was too low. I understand where your coming from with could be lower.

 

[XKawN]

i've started @ 25mcg and added 25 mcg every 3 days till i was at 125mcg. hold for a few weeks @ 125mcg then lower 25 mcg every 3rd day till i was back off.

days 1-3 25mcg
4-6 50mcg
7-9 75mcg
10-12 100mcg
13-15 125mcg and hold for a few weeks

then come off the same way you came on.

i used cemproducts alb/t3/keto stack with seemingly good results.

 

[ironmanlives79]

you just did this cycle?? what kind of results did you get..i dont like the idea messn with my thyroid.ill take a cap once in a while..

 

[m_ob]

i've started @ 25mcg and added 25 mcg every 3 days till i was at 125mcg. hold for a few weeks @ 125mcg then lower 25 mcg every 3rd day till i was back off.

days 1-3 25mcg
4-6 50mcg
7-9 75mcg
10-12 100mcg
13-15 125mcg and hold for a few weeks

then come off the same way you came on.

i used cemproducts alb/t3/keto stack with seemingly good results.

Sounds good, anything goes wrong cut it down.

 

[weighted life]

Thanks for the info guys.

 

[IronCore]

Does the dosage/time change when Albuterol and Keto are added? And what dosage should Albuterol and Keto run?

 

[XKawN]

you just did this cycle?? what kind of results did you get..i dont like the idea messn with my thyroid.ill take a cap once in a while..

i did it about a year ago. i dropped about 10 to 15 pounds without dieting really. i coud really feel the heat and shakes. i didn't really monitor results, but was stagnant aty the time and seen results once i started this cycle.

 

[XKawN]

Does the dosage/time change when Albuterol and Keto are added? And what dosage should Albuterol and Keto run?

keto 1 ml before bd every night.

albuterol i started with 4mg in the morning forf a few days
then 4mg in the morning in the late afternoon for a few days
then added 4mg in the mid afternoon for 3 doses a day
4-4-4

then 6-4-4
then 6-4-6
then 6-6-6.

morning/noon/afternoon

pretty much uped dose acording to sides (shakes). ran albg for about 3 weeks straight.