NDT Sublingually

[Lucas]

Hello.

Male, 40 years old.

I want to share my results after trying NDT sublingually to see if this is a normal pattern to happen.

I was taking 75 mcg Syntroid, and these was my results whit it:

TSH: 2,48 Ref: 0,27 – 4,20

Free T3: 0,26 ng/dl Ref: 0,20 – 0,44 ng/dl

Reverse T3: 0,16 ng/ml Ref: 0,10 – 0,35

T3: 0,83 ng/ml Ref: 0,80 – 2,00

T4: 83,2 nmol/l Ref: 66 – 181

Free T4: 1,27 ng/dl Ref: 0,93 – 1,70

I feel better whit Syntroid vs without it, but still feel fatigued whit brain fog and horribly joint pain on my knees (heavy legs felling).

So, I changed to NDT, TR. Tman from Thailand. Started whit ¼ of grain increasing ¼ of grain every 2 weeks. I take NDT sublingually at 7 am and 2 pm. Whit it I feel better on my legs, but still don’t feel well. These are my results after using 1.5 grains for 6 weeks:

TSH: 3,32 Ref: 0,27 – 4,20

Free T3: 0,31 ng/dl Ref: 0,20 – 0,44 ng/dl

T3: 0,97 ng/ml Ref: 0,80 – 2,00

T4: 52,4 nmol/l Ref: 66-181

Free T4: 0,79 ng/dl Ref: 0,93 -1,70

Ok, so my T3 numbers had increased, but my T4 numbers are very, very worse, and my TSH raised!!

1.5 grains of this NDT brand is about 57 mcg of T4 and 13.5 mcg of T3.

A reduction from 75 mcg of T4 to 57 mcg cannot make a so big drop on my T4 numbers like this. I think that taking the NDT sublingually was not optimal for me, make me under medicated.

So, today I started taking NDT orally whit 50 mcg of Syntroid added to my NDT dose. I fell a little better, but not spectacular of a difference.

What do you think?

 

[Luckytype]

Lucas, have you had a chance to try the NDT via swallowing it?

If not, you should. The big thing about NDT is that everyone says it needs to be digested(and even chewed sometimes) to be activated whereas the synthetic t3 and t4 are ready to be used as soon as they hit the blood. The lack of activation because of how its bound to thyroglobulin might explain some of the surprising results.

I can recall reading a post where a lab tested the synthetics for t4(contained what itnhad claimed to contain) and tested ndt for content. The ndt was a popular effective one but in a lab tested as "containing no t3/t4" because it wasnt converted to actual t4,t3,t2 etc as it hadn't gone through the body yet.