My doc added T3 after ten years of consistently worsening hypo symptoms taking only synthroid for hypothyroid and hashimotos

I cannot even express how quickly I felt like a completely different human with the added T3!!!!! The intense flu-like brain fog is mostly gone with the Cytomel, my face and throat aren’t swollen, my hair stopped falling out, I don’t need several layers just to stop feeling cold constantly…many other great things. The fog has quite literally lifted. I used to have to drink espressos to have just enough boost to get out of bed and get dressed, now I forget to have my coffee

My doctor was convinced T3 would make me feel worse but It does the complete opposite. I feel like a person again. I feel like I’m actually aware of and a part of my surroundings instead of just sliding through life without any of it touching me due to the mental haze and sluggishness.

For almost 10 years I have begged my doctor to increase my synthroid dose because I was still severely symptomatic but they were convinced of the dose was increased that it would make me hyperthyroid. That never made sense to me, because my tsh is still high-ish (still over 3 while on synthroid) and my T4 was still somewhat low (around 0.70) ☹️

As the years passed I got worse, And finally this year in 2022 I had gotten to the point of hypo symptoms intensifying to a degree that I couldn’t even function. I’m talking weight gain of 40+ pounds over the last year and a half without changing my diet, extreme hair loss, high cholesterol, months of strict intermittent fasting+low carb eating and calorie restriction doing absolutely nothing to get the weight off, no appetite, horrible brain fog, cold even in summertime, joint pain, skin so dry it was painful, extremely puffy face and hoarse voice, exhausted and sick constantly, lethargy, and the worst depression and insomnia of my life.

I’m so happy the T3 has changed so much of that, but It shouldn’t have to get to this point. I had to straight up tell my endocrinologist I cannot live like this anymore and not back down in demanding to try something else. It is ridiculous that I’ve complained for years that something needs to change. I had to beg.

For the love of god, why is T3 considered a last resort?! I’ve never felt so good in my adult life before.

Has anyone else benefitted from added T3? Any suggestions for dealing with a doctor that won’t raise your synthroid dose ? A different doctor isn’t an option unfortunately (due to location.)