A short Q&A-style segment from a YouTube video by McCall McPherson advising against unregulated thyroid supplements and compounded/time-release T3, explaining how to ask a clinician about splitting Cytomel into two daily doses, describing common early T3 side effects (jitteriness/heart palpitations that are usually transient), and suggesting symptomatic management (e.g., lemon balm) and caution about overmedication.
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The speaker estimates 95–99% of the time they are self-limited and resolve in less than a week.
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If drugs, regulated drugs with desiccated thyroid have a hard time creating stable, predictable doses of T3 and T4 in them, which is a recurring issue with one particular brand. How can we expect supplement companies who are not regulated at all, not independently verified a lot of the time to contain proper amounts of T3 and T4? Because they don't. They just don't. So don't do it. Find someone who can actually help you get your life back and balance your hormones. Don't try and do it on your own with thyroid supplements, because it's. It's a bad, bad deal. I'm sorry, y'. All. How would I address doing cytomel twice a day with my current doctor? I take it every morning and it makes a huge difference. But never knew to take active T3 twice a day. Here's what I would say. So sometimes, not always. Sometimes clinicians have little bits of an ego, and you don't want to challenge that because then they don't listen. So what I would say if it were me, is, hey, I'm kind of feeling tired in the afternoons and I feel like I'm hitting a slump and read somewhere that a lot of people take cytomel twice a day or heard somewhere or something. Maybe read somewhere like in the morning and in the afternoon. Would. Could I try that? Very casual, very demure and see what they say. I think that's your best bet. Can cytomel cause heart palpitations? Absolutely. So 50% of people, when they first start T3 of any kind, feel a little jittery, stimulated palpitations like they drank too much coffee. 95% of the time, that's just. No. 99% of the time. It's self limited. It goes away in less than a week. And if it's noticeable but never uncomfortable, it's pretty fine and predictable and normal. If it's uncomfortable or persistent, that's an issue. Usually indicates over medication or an adrenal issue. Oh, I currently have T3 toxicity. What else can I do to manage my symptoms while going down on my prescription? I'm so sorry, Sarah. God, that sucks. I would say lemon balm is a great way to calm, calm and even dampen thyroid hormones. I've been on time release T3 when I test. How long after taking it should I draw labs? Okay, we only have five minutes left and I want to cover this. Don't be on time, release T3. Don't be on compounded thyroid meds at all, y'. All. Compounded hormones are amazing. Those are in milligrams. Okay, so Alan Christensen gave me this analogy once.
