I posted this in the steroid forum as well.
I don't mean to double post. I can't figure out how to delete the original on that forum. My apologies

My story on T3. I'm not your mother. Do what you want. This story serves purely as wisdom from an older guy as to why I think using t3or any thyroid med is a dumb idea.
So as you may or may not know t3 is used primarily as a fat loss drug. It is used going into a show or used year round.
At first I thought wow this stuff is amazing. I started out only at 20mcg daily. It gave me a boost of energy and the fat just melted off. No side effects. No jitters, just increased attention and I looked better in the mirror.
I decided to bump it up to 40, then 60, then 80. I decided to run it for 12 weeks.
After those 12 weeks I'll just ween myself off at 10 mcg a day.

But of course there was a problem. Which is why you are reading this thread. You see, just like steroids that shut down your HPTA. t3 will shut down your thyroid. I remember understanding that there is no permanent damage and your thyroid will eventaully come back online. This is true. However, there is no PCT for thyroid to hasten this recovery like you would take clomid or hcg to kickstart your testicles again for HPTA.
So unbeknownst to me, once you stop t3, it will take months and months to get back to normal.
It started gradually, I kept needing more and more t3 to get the same results. soon I was at 80 mcg.

So 12 weeks was up and I decided to stop. I cut the dose down daily. I was fine for the first week. But then I got down to 40 mcg daily and thats where I had problems. I felt like a zombie. Insomnia kicked in and my entire sleep schedule flipped. I couldn't go to the gym. I was depressed, and generally felt like garbage. I knew what was going on and decided to persevere. I kept it at 40 mcg for 2 weeks. Nothing helped. I felt like absolute shit. I hit the gym maybe twice, i ate like garbage and couldn't find the motivation to leave the bed or even walk. I was so damn fatigued.

I scheduled an appointment with a doctor and he pretty much told me he couldn't help. that I just had to ween myself off of it. He said he would prescribe pharma grace t3 instead of what i get online, but in the end there was not much he could do .but he would supervise and help if i had any more problems.

I did figure out a pro tip. t3 is a stimulant. so I ended up getting off but it took my 2 months just to ween myself off and it was agony. I substituted the effects of t3 and opted for energy drinks like red bull and monster. I would go through a case or two every few days, just to feel normal. a 12 pack of redbull is about 20$. You do the math.
then I had to go through feeling awful for months even after I stopped using.

I think steroids are safer. you can take a pct, restore your natural test production, even counter estrogen related sides. with thyroid there is no bounce back or pct, it's just a waiting game.

t3 is really not to be fucked with. There are many other ways to rid the fat. Sure clen and albuterol make you feel hot and sweaty but theres much less sides getting off. T3, just like ghb lulls you into a false sense of security. Get off too quick and you can even slip into a coma.

knowing what I know now. if you want to lose fat stick to cardio and gw501516.