surprising blood results

[Guest guest]

Hi All, Havent posted in ages, but am chasing some advise/comment. I have been

on 60mcg t3 for ages now, this seems like my ideal dose, most symptoms gone,

just a few aches and pains in the morning when I get up, but otherwise skin is

good, and I am feeling great. (Hair is falling out but its summer here and

others tell me that is more common). Have been on t3 only meds since April last

year, so have defenitely cleared all reverse t3, I am taking iodoral as my

loading test last year was woeful and I had a breast cancer scare, so want to

cover all bases. I know most here dont like it though. Just got some blood

results back today telling my ferritin is down to 53, even though i am taking

100mg blue bonnet iron (the one that is reccomended) I did get it up on iron

picolinate, so may go back to that, or try half and half to get it back up to

70. My antibodies have just about halved since my last test 6 months ago, which

I am excited about, but they are still in the 500's, so I have a ways to go.

The weird thing is that my free t3 is above range, 6.4 (ref 2.6 - 5.7 pmol/l,

which I think is ok, even though we use a weird range here in aus, my free t4 is

less than 5 (ref 9 - 19) so that is good, but I have a tsh of 2.51. Since May

last year my tsh has been totally suppressed, and 0.01 and 0.02, another time it

was .76, but now it is relatively high. How is that so when it should be

suppressed? Could it be that due to ferritin dropping I am pooling my t3 again,

and its not getting to the cells, hence the tsh is rising again?

I know we should go on symptoms (or symptom relief) rather than lab results, but

I am quite confused now.

Can you shed any light on this? I am taking hc, and my temps are stable and

sitting around 37 average, so I dont think this is an issue.

[Guest guest]

>The weird thing is that my free t3 is above range, 6.4 (ref 2.6 - 5.7 pmol/l,

which I think is ok,

Nice place to be

>ven though we use a weird range here in aus, my free t4 is less than 5 (ref 9 -

19) so that is good,

Yes

>ut I have a tsh of 2.51.

Strange!

>ince May last year my tsh has been totally suppressed, and 0.01 and 0.02,

another time it was .76, but now it is relatively high. How is that so when it

should be suppressed? Could it be that due to ferritin dropping I am pooling my

t3 again, and its not getting to the cells, hence the tsh is rising again?

It could be, I don't know, VAL, we need you

>

>I know we should go on symptoms (or symptom relief) rather than lab results,

but I am quite confused now.

>

Me too

>Can you shed any light on this? I am taking hc, and my temps are stable and

sitting around 37 average, so I dont think this is an issue.

>

You may well have it, are you supplementing iron?

Had you taken T3 just before the blood draw or none that day?

If you took it the morning of the draw the " real " FT3 may be MUCH less

Nick

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the response Nick, yes I did take t3 the night before, about 12 hours

before, so figure thats ok, it wouldn't upset the blood results too much.

I am supplementing iron, and have upped it over the past few days. Will keep

plugging away at it all.

It seems we need to keep tweeking all these things.

[Guest guest]

>Thanks for the response Nick, yes I did take t3 the night before, about 12

hours before, so figure thats ok, it wouldn't upset the blood results too much.

That should give realistic numbers then

>

>I am supplementing iron, and have upped it over the past few days. Will keep

plugging away at it all.

>

OK

>It seems we need to keep tweeking all these things.

yep, it's a balancing act getting them all right at once, they

interact with each other

Nick

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