Re: Upping from 30 to 35 mcg T3

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>Should I try this today? My second doe is 1 hour 10 minutes overdue. Trying to

make up my mind. The arrhythmia I had earlier today COULD be from low cortisol

or too low Ferritin, and that makes it dangerous to try more T3.

I would say leave the extra till tomorrow

Nick

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Ok. Willdo. Thanks for your advice!But what if the bad electrical wiring on my heart from birth puts a limit on T3 on 30-40 mcg? I have this feeling..... :\

>Should I try this today? My second doe is 1 hour 10 minutes overdue. Trying to make up my mind. The arrhythmia I had earlier today COULD be from low cortisol or too low Ferritin, and that makes it dangerous to try more T3.

I would say leave the extra till tomorrow

Nick

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>But what if the bad electrical wiring on my heart from birth puts a limit on T3

on 30-40 mcg? I have this feeling..... :\

Then your converted T3 from self produced T4 would have been a problem

too

Nick

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Loved that answer. I was like "Gee I'm an idiot, and wow Nick's smart!" Haha.. Anyway.. In the past, pre-thyroid meds, my FT4 was at 12. I only did ONE blood sample, and no FT3 with that, before starting with T4-meds. Now, I doubt that that lowish T4 (at 12.0) could've been converted to all the T3 I needed anyway. JEEZ, why didn't they test FT3 back then? I know why. Cause, even if I live in "the best country in the world" (overall, it really is... Norway) they are HORRIBLE with Hypothyroidism. In 1997, when I was diagnosed, I had to be diagnosed by a private specialist. And what's happened since 1997? It's been 13 years... Well.. NOTHING! The endos over here, and I do mean ALL of them, only diagnose and treat people with Hyopthyroidism, Type 1, where your thyroid gland has lowered its production of hormones. It's horrible.......................I just

gotta trust the HC and the Iron I am taking. Too bad there is no way knowing if I have enough cortisil in my cells to tolerate the T3. My temps are stable. Guess it means I have enough. Possibly even too much cortisol. And Ferritin, well, let's just hope any infection doesn't create a false high on that one.Thanks for your reply Nick!

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>But what if the bad electrical wiring on my heart from birth puts a limit on T3 on 30-40 mcg? I have this feeling..... :\

Then your converted T3 from self produced T4 would have been a problem

too

Nick

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>I just gotta trust the HC and the Iron I am taking. Too bad there is no way

knowing if I have enough cortisil in my cells to tolerate the T3. My temps are

stable. Guess it means I have enough.

You answered that one yourself, the best indicator of " enough

cortisol " that they have found is stable temperatures, they have

helped literally thousands of people on the adrenal group.

Nick

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I can even lower the HC, like Val suggested (due to my huge belly and round face), and probably have enough cortisol. But... Won't lowering HC from 27.5 and down make my ACTH work more and more again, thus making my own adrenals producing more and NOT resting?

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>I just gotta trust the HC and the Iron I am taking. Too bad there is no way knowing if I have enough cortisil in my cells to tolerate the T3. My temps are stable. Guess it means I have enough.

You answered that one yourself, the best indicator of "enough

cortisol" that they have found is stable temperatures, they have

helped literally thousands of people on the adrenal group.

Nick

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> and probably have enough cortisol. But... Won't lowering HC from 27.5 and down

make my ACTH work more and more again, thus making my own adrenals producing

more and NOT resting?

You are not on a fully suppressive dose at the moment so they are

doing some work. Hopefully now ferritin is better and RT3 serum levels

are lower they don't have to work so hard and will pick up production

as you lower that little bit

Nck