T3 therapy helped someone feel warmer, more energetic, and mentally sharper. McCall McPherson discusses whether people do better on synthetic T3, synthetic T4, both combined, or natural thyroid extract.
When she got on T3, it's like not cold anymore. Yeah. More energy, more clarity, more emotional regulation. And what she ended up going on is what I take as well, which is a mix of T4 and T3, a thyroid glandular.
Mm-hmm.
Uh, what do you see works most often? Do people need to just take the synthetic T3? Do they need to take synthetic T4? Do they take 'em both or do they just take a natural thyroid extract?
It's a good question. I mean, honestly, I wish there was an easy answer, right? I wish there was sort of a one-size-fits-all approach, but there really isn't. I would say the one thing that I would say with clarity is I think everyone's needs are different and it's based on their biochemistry. I did really well on glandular for a really long time, and then stress and things that impact the activation of my hormones got in the way. So the ratio of inactive hormone in glandular T4 is pretty high compared to T3, and that no longer worked for me anymore. So I had to layer in some T3 on top of that.
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