Re: What is the appropriate TSH range

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Some doctors treat anything over 2.0. Not a lot of doctors however.

I'm of the opinion that as soon as you start taking any form of thyroid

medication, that the TSH blood labs are no good. For those of who

supplement testosterone, it suppressed the body's own production of LH.

If we used LH to determine if enough testosterone was being

supplemented, most men would remain way too low. Instead, we use total

and free testosterone to determine if we are getting the right amount.

When it comes to thyroid, I think checking free t4 and free t3 is the

way to go.

I'm treating mine after getting a TSH of 1.572 after it was decreased

from using Lugols Iodine from a high of 2.1. I have low morning basal

temperature, low daily temperature, fatigue, tiredness, and a whole slew

of other hypothyroid symptoms.

Steve

barbasullo wrote:

> Just wondering what a TSH level should be? Mine was 2.4

>

> Barbra

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[Guest guest]

A couple of recent studies have shown that treating a TSH over 1.0 had

benefit for reducing heart problems. Also that weight gains correlate

with incr in TSH over 1.0.

Dorothy

[Guest guest]

I am not on any thyroid meds at all, but here are all the numbers I have and maybe someone can interpret them for me

Tsh- 2.1

free thyroxine-1.2

free t3- 271

Barbara

Re: What is the appropriate TSH range

Some doctors treat anything over 2.0. Not a lot of doctors however.I'm of the opinion that as soon as you start taking any form of thyroid medication, that the TSH blood labs are no good. For those of who supplement testosterone, it suppressed the body's own production of LH. If we used LH to determine if enough testosterone was being supplemented, most men would remain way too low. Instead, we use total and free testosterone to determine if we are getting the right amount. When it comes to thyroid, I think checking free t4 and free t3 is the way to go.I'm treating mine after getting a TSH of 1.572 after it was decreased from using Lugols Iodine from a high of 2.1. I have low morning basal temperature, low daily temperature, fatigue, tiredness, and a whole slew of other hypothyroid symptoms.Stevebarbasullo wrote:> Just wondering what a TSH level should be? Mine was 2.4 > > Barbra-- Steve - dudescholar4basicmail (DOT) netTake World's Smallest Political Quiz athttp://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html"If a thousand old beliefs were ruined on our marchto truth we must still march on." --Stopford