lindsay
Member
Has anyone on here ever tried cycling the doses of your thyroid supplement to see if you get better results? When I first started taking Cynoplus a little over one year ago, I noticed that I felt great the first couple of months and then it sort of leveled off and some of my hypo symptoms returned. Then in August, I managed to reduce my Cynoplus dose to half what I had been taking - it was easy after having been on Thiroyd for a couple months (which basically felt like I hadn't been taking anything).
The past few days has been incredibly stressful with travel and winter and so I upped my dose again by half a grain (so from one grain to 1.5 grains of Cynoplus). I feel much better on the higher dose, but know it will level off. I don't want to just keep taking more of the stuff, as I know the T4 can be problematic. And I'm inclined to not add in T3 after the heart issues some were mentioning and the fact that it always makes me feel like I have high adrenaline.
So what I'm wondering is, could there be a good way to cycle the dose so that I continue to feel the improvements - you know, maybe take a higher dose for a week and then return to a lower dose, or something like that? It seems the body adapts to the dose and then it's no longer effective after some time (maybe this has to do with T4 in the liver?). The most immediate (and welcomed) difference I notice on the higher dose was improved digestion and bowel function - and this despite air/train travel (which always makes me feel yuck). I tend to gauge my well being based on gut function because when it's good, I feel good.
The past few days has been incredibly stressful with travel and winter and so I upped my dose again by half a grain (so from one grain to 1.5 grains of Cynoplus). I feel much better on the higher dose, but know it will level off. I don't want to just keep taking more of the stuff, as I know the T4 can be problematic. And I'm inclined to not add in T3 after the heart issues some were mentioning and the fact that it always makes me feel like I have high adrenaline.
So what I'm wondering is, could there be a good way to cycle the dose so that I continue to feel the improvements - you know, maybe take a higher dose for a week and then return to a lower dose, or something like that? It seems the body adapts to the dose and then it's no longer effective after some time (maybe this has to do with T4 in the liver?). The most immediate (and welcomed) difference I notice on the higher dose was improved digestion and bowel function - and this despite air/train travel (which always makes me feel yuck). I tend to gauge my well being based on gut function because when it's good, I feel good.