Liothyronine and Sweating: What Users Say

• Sho...
• October 6, 2010

Liothyronine for Hypothyroidism, After Thyroid Removal "I have been taking Cytomel to complement Synthroid for 2 days and my life has already changed for the better! I feel alive, and my severe sweating and hot flashes have subsided - so far. I am SO VERY happy now."

• KS5...
• August 17, 2018

Liothyronine for Underactive Thyroid "Glad this med has helped some, but for me, it was a four-year nightmare. The anxiety was horrendous, as in disabling. Sweating, temper was on a hair trigger, hot flushing on my back (TSH around 0). I even went into the hospital for two days to have my heart checked out, which was fine. I started noticing I would feel more normal each time the med dose was missed. I started coming down by 1/4 pill at a time, and each time it helped. Finally, I came down to 1/4 pill in addition to my 88 mcg Levo. I was exhausted by 11 am, and my TSH was 6, but at least I wasn't peeling myself off the ceiling, and I was calm. I finally went off it entirely, and the anxiety, although not completely gone, was vastly improved. I upped my Levo to 100 mcg and felt dramatically better. It's in process now, and I wish I had not wasted four years of my life on this med."

• Ran...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 27, 2019

Liothyronine for Underactive Thyroid "Upon 5 days of taking Cytomel at a dose of 5 mcg per day, I had burning rashes on my chest up to my ears. Was taken to the ER 3x for tachycardia, heart failure, thyroid failure, sweating, confusion, arrhythmia, panic attacks, nausea, pain, twitching on the left side of my body, and more. Thyroid failure continued after stopping the medication, still to today not recovered. It is 10 months after the fact, and I have permanent damage. Tachycardia, nervous system, thyroid dysfunction, hair loss, excessive weight gain, 4 hours of functionality per day at most. I lost the ability to work and function like a normal person at 43 years old. I cannot exercise nor do simple chores without raising my heart rate excessively and blood pressure. I had perfect blood pressure and heart function prior to taking Cytomel."

• SCa...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 12, 2019

For Underactive Thyroid "Took for hypothyroid and high cholesterol. My only low value was T4 0.61. T3 and TSH were normal. Started on 25 mcg, a month later 50 mcg, 3rd month 75 mcg. Weight gain at the end of month 3, 8 pounds! Not happy! I can see my arms are flabby now, weren’t before! So frustrated I could scream. Read something saying you can overwhelm receptors with too much and actually gain weight. So I cut it back. Still wearing the 8 pounds! I’m going off cold turkey. I don’t care! It’s making me worse! After I take it, within an hour I start to get very sleepy! Like seriously? Then at night I can’t sleep! Makes me sweat like crazy, yet no weight loss. My luck! Happy for those whom it helped. But sympathize with those that gained. Anyone else gain, and at what dose? Thanks."

• Sam...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• June 16, 2019

Liothyronine for Hypothyroidism, After Thyroid Removal "Cytomel is causing debilitating symptoms such as severe muscle cramps/spasms and muscle pain, insomnia, ravenous appetite, profuse sweating, and palpitations. When I stopped taking it, I got better. I tried to reintroduce it, and to my horror, the severe spasms returned. The prescribed muscle relaxers hardly work. The endocrinologist said my symptoms are not related to the prescribed medication or to my thyroid condition! I disagree. I've had problems with Armour in the distant past. For some reason, I can't take Cytomel or Armour long term."

• Sie...
• July 22, 2021

For Underactive Thyroid "This is a very complex hormone. I started taking it a few years ago, due to the inability to convert T4 into T3 - it seemed like a miracle worker. Although, I was on a very strict diet. I did lose weight, but never could get my body back to what it was pre-Hashimoto's thyroiditis. I also noticed lots of sweating, water retention, mood swings (especially when the dose was incorrect; it changes often due to what you eat, etc.), hair loss; although, I noticed it growing back in after about 7 to 8 months, it was very thick. I also had an increase in appetite throughout the years, with less absorption capabilities when not eating very low carb. It's a tricky situation because the energy people speak of is actually like being in a manic state; that's what I experienced."

• Aim...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• November 18, 2021

For Underactive Thyroid "I had a lot of side effects after being on this medicine for about a year. At first, it helped my energy level, but then I had rapidly changing moods, insomnia, sweating, anger/irritability, feeling like I might go crazy/jump out of my skin, severe bloating all over, but the worst part was the feeling of depersonalization/derealization. Scary! Lowering the dose down from 10 to 5 mcgs didn’t help. I’ll just stick with Armour without this added. Check out the list of side effects for this drug on Mayo Clinic’s site, it’s not pretty."

• Sis...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 26, 2020

For Hypothyroidism, After Thyroid Removal "I just brought my sister to the ER because she wanted to kill herself. Ever since she started this drug a week ago, after her thyroid was removed, she has had tremors, headaches, sweats, vomiting, and severe depression. She lost all energy and could not sleep. She only took 2.5 mg. They admitted her to the psych floor and will keep her for a week. This is a powerful drug that needs close monitoring."