Endo Monday - any thoughts on results?

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I've been taking 30 mcg T3 in a split dose since July last year, having started

on 5mcg in December 2010.

My latest results are:

Feb12 Nov11

TSH (0.35-6) <0.02 0.06

FT4 (9-26) 7.0 5.1

FT3 (2.8-7) 7.2 5.3

Because both the registrar and his Clinical Director insisted that this time I

take my meds before the test, I took 10mcg T3 about 10 minutes before…it was

still dissolving in my mouth as I was sitting there being tested, so I doubt it

would have made any difference.

I am feeling much worse generally now than I was in November and have now put on

2 stone since last April. In November I thought I could go with an increase,

but I can see that I am not going to get one now because I am over range.

Could the two Nutri Thyroid I have been taking daily since the beginning of Jan

have made this much difference to my results?

Endo appointment Monday. Any advice please or comments on these results?

Thanks

D

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Hi Dolly,

If you have Hashimoto's thyroiditis then this alone could account for falling T4

levels.

Yes, any extra T4 you are taking can cause the liver to bind more T3 to protein

and reduce your free T3 level.

You will feel better once you raise your FT3. How you do that is up to you. It

can be done by adding more T3 to your meds. If your have low adrenal function

then you could consider using the Circadian T3 Method, outline in my book, for

part of your T3 dosage.

Reducing or cutting the Nutri Thyroid would also be likely to increase FT3

again. If part of your issue is that T4 does not perform well in your body then

cutting the Nutri Thyroid would be necessary also. I can't tell enough from this

post to determine which route might be best for you.

One thing I can safely say is that no value of TSH or any other blood test

measured hormone is going to be reflective of what the thyroid hormones are

actually doing inside your cells. If you feel fine, your heart rate remains

normal, your blood pressure remains normal and you have no symptoms or signs of

over stimulation of thyroid hormone then you haven't got too much thyroid

hormone.

I hope this helps.

Best wishes,

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Using the T3 Thyroid Hormone

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If you have Hashimoto's thyroiditis then this alone could account for falling T4

levels.

, thanks for your response. I am totally negative for antibodies. Whatever

is responsible for my slightly raised TSH and low in range FT4 and FT3 at the

time they started treating me (I have no diagnosis apart from CFS), it does not

appear to be Hashis.

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> You will feel better once you raise your FT3. How you do that is up to you. It

can be done by adding more T3 to your meds. If your have low adrenal function

then you could consider using the Circadian T3 Method, outline in my book, for

part of your T3 dosage.

I'm not sure how I could make the Circadian Method work for me because of my

varied times of natural waking. I haven't managed to get my head round it yet.

Back to the book I guess.

NHS endos cannot understand why I am not hyper on 30 mcg T3. I suspect this

shows a worrying lack of knowledge. I am however, pretty sure that they will

want me to reduce my dose and I know from experience that if I do that within

days my fingernails will peel off below the free edge and it will all be

downhill from then on.

If you feel fine, your heart rate remains normal, your blood pressure remains

normal and you have no symptoms or signs of over stimulation of thyroid hormone

then you haven't got too much thyroid hormone.

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>Brilliant! That's what I thought.

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> Author of: Recovering with T3 My Journey from Hypothyroidism to Good Health

Using the T3 Thyroid Hormone

> My facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/recoveringwitht3

> My website: http://recoveringwitht3.com/

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