Very strange - what do you think?

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Hi folks,

I just got my most recent Reverse T3 test result back today at long

last. When I had the test done, I had used T3 for about 2 months.

I'm suffering from a lot of anxiety so doc thinks that I might have

taken too much T3 for my body to cope with. I initially took 5mcg

of T3 for 1 month and then took 2 x 5mcg of T3 per day. I dropped

back to 1 x 5mcg of T3 per day after my blood test in late July. I

have been told to take 125mcg of thyroxine 5 days a week and 100mcg

thyroxine 2 days a week.

What I don't understand, and what doesn't seem to match what the

books say, is that after taking T3 my free T3 levels rose quite a

bit from 3.0 to 3.9 HOWEVER my reverse T3 levels rose as well!!! I

thought the reverse T3 was supposed to go down as the free T3 levels

increased. Can anyone shed any light on what might be going on???

Bob - any ideas? It looks as though my body is 'uptaking' the T3

that I'm taking, however it is also creating more Reverse T3.

TSH

Feb 08 3.2 (range 0.5 - 4.0)

early May 08 2.1

late July 08 1.1

.........................

free T4 has been steady around 16 - 17 since August 07

........................

My free T3 levels were as follows:

early May 08 3.0 (range 3.1 - 5.4)

end July 08 3.9

Here is what has been happening over time with my reverse T3.

March 07 364 (range 170 - 450)

July 07 382

Feb 08 469

May 08 546

end July 08 642 !!!!!

Hope someone has some ideas because I can't work out what is going

on.

P