Tatyana
Elite Mentor
Guilty
My own personal story - to hopefully help some girls out there debating. Contest prep was starting to mess with my head so the bf stepped in and insisted I add T3/clen ASAP. Desperate, I did, knowing the consequences, but he told me I could deal with all that after the show.
I dosed much much lower than he thought I was (he suggested 75mcg), I kept it at 25mcg's and didn't tell him. Personally, I saw huge changes at that dose (despite being low). Again, maybe it was all mental and psychological more than anything. Regardless, now I'm almost 3 months post show, both T3 and T4 are running low and having a hell of a time finding a doctor in my area intelligent enough to treat it since my TSH is normal.
Now looking back on it, it wasn't worth it, but at the time, I think I would have done almost anything. Live and learn right??!
What are your levels?
There are a number of endocrinologists who are suggesting a much narrower range for TSH.
I had a similar issue, a normal TSH but a very low free T4.
I lost half my eyebrows before it was diagnosed properly, and I have never used any pharma drugs for BBing.
I do wonder if the extremes of comp dieting had an impact, it is impossible to eliminate that possibility.