Re: Re: New labs - please advise

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>Hi Nick. Yes, I had taken T3 the morning of the blood draw. Was I supposed to

skip it?

Yes

http://thyroid-rt3.com/stopping.htm

You get a massive spike, the read reading will be nearer 5 if you only

took the dose the day before and hence a perfectly good place to be in

while waiting for resistance to clear,

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>And my Ferritin really is 676. It was over 300 a few months ago, and seems to

be getting higher. I'm a little concerned about that and am going to talk to my

doctor to find out what could cause that.

Yes, if you are supplementing iron then stop. A full iron panel would

be beneficial and post the results for Val..

Have you any inflammation going on in your body??

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>I think I've been taking too much T3. My pulse has been over 100 resting, and

if I walk around or move quickly, it feels like I'm exercising hard. I skipped

the T3 all day yesterday and by this morning my pulse was down to 84. I am going

to take 50mcg today and see how that feels. I'll raise if I start to feel hypo.

Seems a plan

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>I'm also going to lower the HC to 20mg and see if I need it at all anymore. I'd

like to get off it entirely.

OK

>I thought the high pulse might have been related to potassium but that seems to

be normal. But if I skipped T3 and the pulse came down, wouldn't that tell me it

was the cause?

Possibly, the fact you felt OK skipping it's a clue as well!

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Nick