Regulating body temp/Cytomel

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I posted a question several weeks ago about hot flashes/inability to control

body temperature. I was diagnosed with Hashi's last year and am on .088 mcg

Levoxyl. Some of you here asked that I get my blood tested and post the results

with ranges. While I did do so, and I requested that they include T3, T4, Free

T3 & Free T4, I did not obtain everything I requested. Here's the results they

provided:

T4 Free 1.67 0.82 - 1.77

TSH 0.523 0.450 - 4.500

In looking back over prior test results, I noticed from last October my numbers

were:

TSH 2.49 0.30 - 3.00

Free T3 2.4 1.5 - 4.1

Total T3 61.7 65.0 - 185.0

T3 Uptake 34.5% 25.0 - 40.0

Total T4 6.8 4.5 - 12.5

This appears to reflect that my Total T3 is low. I'm currently reading The

Thyroid Diet, Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss by Shomon, and

she indicates that when your body isn't converting enough T3 that it will have a

difficult time controlling body temperature. She goes on to say that Cytomel is

an additional drug to consider.

So my question to the group is this - is Cytomel a valid option? Has anyone

here had the same symptoms I've described and gone on Cytomel? If so, what was

your experience?

I've placed a call to my endo to get another blood test ordered. But would like

to be prepared to intelligently discuss this with him.

Thanks so much for your time and support.

Beth

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---- bqueenin <Baw0929@...> wrote:

> I posted a question several weeks ago about hot flashes/inability to control

body temperature. I was diagnosed with Hashi's last year and am on .088 mcg

Levoxyl.

Was that based on an antibody test? Without it, you could have another form of

hypoT than Hashimoto's.

I assume you mean 0.088 mg of Levoxyl, which is still a pretty low dose. There

is more than 0.088 mcg of T4 in a rare steak.

Some of you here asked that I get my blood tested and post the results with

ranges. While I did do so, and I requested that they include T3, T4, Free T3 &

Free T4, I did not obtain everything I requested. Here's the results they

provided:

> T4 Free 1.67 0.82 - 1.77

> TSH 0.523 0.450 - 4.500

>

> In looking back over prior test results, I noticed from last October my

numbers were:

> TSH 2.49 0.30 - 3.00

> Free T3 2.4 1.5 - 4.1

> Total T3 61.7 65.0 - 185.0

> T3 Uptake 34.5% 25.0 - 40.0

> Total T4 6.8 4.5 - 12.5

>

> This appears to reflect that my Total T3 is low....

It is the FT3 that is important. TT3 includes the bound fraction, effectively a

storage system. Since your FT3 is mid-range, as is the TT4, it is more likely

that you just need more Levoxyl, enough to get your TSH below 2.0 .

Chuck

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*You must have a doctor like mine Beth. I requested a full thyroid panel.

All he did was TSH, Free T3, and T4. I have never been able to have all of

the tests necessary for diagnosis and treatment, even though I've requested

them repeatedly.

Barb

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On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 2:09 PM, bqueenin <Baw0929@...> wrote:

>

>

> I posted a question several weeks ago about hot flashes/inability to

> control body temperature. I was diagnosed with Hashi's last year and am on

> .088 mcg Levoxyl. Some of you here asked that I get my blood tested and post

> the results with ranges. While I did do so, and I requested that they

> include T3, T4, Free T3 & Free T4, I did not obtain everything I requested.

> Here's the results they provided:

> T4 Free 1.67 0.82 - 1.77

> TSH 0.523 0.450 - 4.500

>

> In looking back over prior test results, I noticed from last October my

> numbers were:

> TSH 2.49 0.30 - 3.00

> Free T3 2.4 1.5 - 4.1

> Total T3 61.7 65.0 - 185.0

> T3 Uptake 34.5% 25.0 - 40.0

> Total T4 6.8 4.5 - 12.5

>

> This appears to reflect that my Total T3 is low. I'm currently reading The

> Thyroid Diet, Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss by Shomon,

> and she indicates that when your body isn't converting enough T3 that it

> will have a difficult time controlling body temperature. She goes on to say

> that Cytomel is an additional drug to consider.

>

> So my question to the group is this - is Cytomel a valid option? Has anyone

> here had the same symptoms I've described and gone on Cytomel? If so, what

> was your experience?

>

> I've placed a call to my endo to get another blood test ordered. But would

> like to be prepared to intelligently discuss this with him.

>

> Thanks so much for your time and support.

> Beth

>

>

>

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*Barb*

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Absolutely. I'm taking generic Cytomel (T3) no levothyroxine (T4) and I feel

much better. My hair has grown back (not totally yet), I'm not freezing all the

time and I'm sleeping better among other things. The RT3 test will show if your

body is converting T4 to T3 or not and how well. There's a T3\RT3 group on

that deals with this issue all the time and was really helpful. Tina, of

Thyroid Helpers was also extremely helpful to me. The trick is getting someone

to order the

darn test. To me it seems like if they don't test for it, they can't see it, so

they can sustain plausible deniability.

 

<>Roni

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It's called knowledge!

 

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>

> I posted a question several weeks ago about hot flashes/inability to

> control body temperature. I was diagnosed with Hashi's last year and am on

> .088 mcg Levoxyl. Some of you here asked that I get my blood tested and post

> the results with ranges. While I did do so, and I requested that they

> include T3, T4, Free T3 & Free T4, I did not obtain everything I requested.

> Here's the results they provided:

> T4 Free 1.67 0.82 - 1.77

> TSH 0.523 0.450 - 4.500

>

> In looking back over prior test results, I noticed from last October my

> numbers were:

> TSH 2.49 0.30 - 3.00

> Free T3 2.4 1.5 - 4.1

> Total T3 61.7 65.0 - 185.0

> T3 Uptake 34.5% 25.0 - 40.0

> Total T4 6.8 4.5 - 12.5

>

> This appears to reflect that my Total T3 is low. I'm currently reading The

> Thyroid Diet, Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss by Shomon,

> and she indicates that when your body isn't converting enough T3 that it

> will have a difficult time controlling body temperature. She goes on to say

> that Cytomel is an additional drug to consider.

>

> So my question to the group is this - is Cytomel a valid option? Has anyone

> here had the same symptoms I've described and gone on Cytomel? If so, what

> was your experience?

>

> I've placed a call to my endo to get another blood test ordered. But would

> like to be prepared to intelligently discuss this with him.

>

> Thanks so much for your time and support.

> Beth

>

> 

>

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*Barb*