Re: 13 years of Thyroine use

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Hi Caroline

13 years!!! and you've never queried it? wow! you must really trust your

doc.

First thing to do is go back to the doctor and ask for all the results to the

blood tests he has taken over the past 13 years. Under the freedom of

information act, he HAS to give you the test results, along with the reference

ranges, so you can make sense of them. Ideally if you are meds, you should

be looking to have a TSH of less than 1 and a Free T4 which is at the top of

the range.

Then, whilst it's all very well having a good supply of free t4, you need to

make sure that you can covert the storage hormone T4, into the active hormone

T3. Ask for a free t3 test (bet he's never done one). If you get no where

with this, you can get the test done at a private lab for less than £20.

Has he ever mentioned that you probably need to be taking Selenium to help with

conversion of T4 to T3? or that you need good ferritin levels of over 70,

plus B12 at 700 or more, Good levels of D3, copper and zinc? No of course

he hasn't

When all the above are right, and if you then still have problems, it's worth

looking at adrenals and having a urine test also to see how much T3 you are

actually using......

Then you can look and see whether all the unused T4 is causing a reverse T3

problem....

Sorry, bet you wish you hadn't asked... Yes, short answer is there is plenty

which can be checked out......

First thing, to do is get some test results....

x

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> I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid some 13 years ago,and have been

taking ever increasing doses of thyroxine ever since.