Guest guest Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Thyroxine production is a feedback loop. When it is too low your pituitary gland produces thyroid stimulating hormone [TSH] that tells it to produce more. If that loop works properly you should see a normal TSH level when your thyroid gland is working normally, and that is what you see. I think there are conditions where the pituitary gland could produce too much or too little TSH but I am not really familiar with them and suspect they are rather rare. In any event you are apparently not producing too much. I guess that if your pituitary does not respond to a low thyroxine level by producing more TSH you could have the present TSH levels while your thyroxine is low but I'm getting far beyond my comfortable expertise level here. It appears that probably more than 90% of people have expected thyroid responses [maybe more than 95%] but there also appears to be some percentage who do not fit the mold and can have quite complicated responses to treatment that are very difficult or impossible to decipher. Some seem to have hypothyroid symptoms but no [or very few] indications from lab work. Whether their problem is actually hypothyroidism or some other ailment is very difficult to answer. Roni is one person with none-typical results and she has a lot of hard-won experience in that area. Chuck is a scientist as well as a hypo patient and has a vast store of knowledge on the subject [and many others]. And others here will jump in... You probably need to consider the " world view " of those who give you advice. Mine is more from the allopathic or scientific position although I have no credentials in either. Others may be more to the alternative medicine side, where I see precious little credible support. YMMV. Luck, .. .. > > Posted by: " Dena Gustaf " maraul@... > <mailto:maraul@...?Subject=%20Re%3A%20Finding%20a%20Doctor> > denamarieg <denamarieg> > > > Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:17 am (PDT) > > > > Hi and All, > > This is how my results are shown and I did miss a decimal. > > Component Your Value Standard Range Units > > T4 Free 0 .7 .07 - 1.5 > ng/dL > > TSH 1.26 0.35 - 4.94 > uIU/mL > > Does your TSH have be off also to be having issues with your thyroid? > > Thank You so much and I am looking forward to any information for all of > you. > > Dena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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