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In your clinical experience, has T3 augmentation been effective for treatment-resistant depression?

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Psychiatry · George Washington University School of Medicine
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I have used T3 as Cytomel for this purpose, after hearing Dr. Lee Cohen describe his research on the subject. However, over time I have found that simply using thyroxine, which I think is a mix of T3 and T4, for augmentation works about as well. The response, as I recall, to either one has been mean...

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