T3 Rebound

[mkk359]

I Recently read this on T Nation

Even so, with ephedrine, you do eventually reach the point where down-regulation of these receptors occurs and thus the effectiveness is greatly diminished. One of the reasons why T3 is thought to work so well with beta-2 agonists is simply the fact that it can cause up-regulation of these receptors. However, with T3, you have yet another drawback, that being of course, suppression of endogenous thyroid production. Once you discontinue using T3 you'll be in a hypothyroidal state for at least a month. During that month you'll gain fat at a rapid pace, even if you're consuming the same amount of calories as you were previously. (3-8)

Has anyone experienced this?

[chest6]

I've seen many posts here that say your thyroid recovers very quickly unless you stay on T3 for a rediculously long amt of time (6months+ i.e.)

[Jerzey]

Try 28 lbs.. which is what happened to me when my thyroid shutdown for 4 mos..... Very rapid pace... the only way to try to control that is tapering it back down, which doesn't help your thyroid heal faster, but it does help control rapid weight gain. My thyroid was 0.01 for 3 1/2 months then in the last 15 days slowly started to function. My endocrinologist said that when you use T3 for any decent amount of time it's bound to happen as it takes time for you pituitary to tell your thyroid to start to produce the T3 again.. so during this time you are bound to gain weight. Not worth it IMO unless you need to drop that extra weight for a competition and don't care about the rebound after until you function properly.

Even if it doesn't shutdown, it will be suppressed... I'm sure it comes back much faster with shorter time use of the T3 supplementation.

[brutesinme]

how long were you on T3 for jerzey. Also i've heard that the sides of T3 hit women harder, did you find this to be so?

[chest6]

yeah thats my question..