Strange - symptoms went away - Help

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I have an RT3 problem, low ferritin and high cortisol & I'm taking 4 g Armour. I

decided to switch to T3. Since I don't have enough T3 (more coming) I started

taking 1 g Armour and 25 mcg of T3 spaced out thru the day. I tolerated that OK

& felt pretty well, so after 5 days I raised to 1 g Armour and 30 mcg T3. Two

days on this regimen.

I have had anxiety recently, but the anxiety increased with T3 so much it was

intolerable! Near panic attacks, couldn't sleep, episodes of freezing cold hands

& feet, up & down temps, etc..... just horrible.

Couldn't tolerate another day like that so yesterday I took *NO* thyroid

whatsoever and had the best day in more than a year!! Felt like myself again -

no anxiety, no fatigue...Just wonderful. Could I have been on too much Armour?

Would this make me soooo anxious when converting to T3?

On 3 g Armour - December labs:

FT3 - 2.92 pmol/L (2.1-3.8)

RT3 - 24.0 ng/dl (11-32)

FT4 - 1.07 ng/dl (0.82-1.63)

((RT3 ratio - 12.1))

Doc said I was hypo & raised me to 4 g in December. This is January labs:

FT4 - 1.32 ng/dl (0.82-1.77)

FT3 - 4.5 pg/ml (2.0-4.4) * HIGH

Ferritin - 36 (Not taking iron yet. Ordered some.)

Salivary Cortisol from December:

Morning: 11.6 (8.0-15.0)

Midday: 6.2 (3.0-7.0)

Evening: 6.6 (2.0-4.0) * HIGH

Night: 5.5 (<1.5) * HIGH

What to do now? Took no meds and not doing as well today, a bit foggy, tired.

Was I on too much Armour to begin with? Don't know what to take now....Take

Armour, take T3 or a combo? And how much? Help....

[Guest guest]

Hi

It sounds like you may be having problems because of your low ferritin. Here is

a link to the information Nick has provided us about ferritin:

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ferritin/

Val says if your ferritin is low when you try to increase T3, anxiety is a

likely result. She says we need our ferritin to be arond 70-90 for optimal

results.

Can you buy some elemental iron supplements locally while you are waiting for

the ones you ordered?

Hopefully Val or Nick will be around and can advise you on what thyroid meds to

take now.

Heidi

[Guest guest]

>What to do now? Took no meds and not doing as well today, a bit foggy, tired.

Was I on too much Armour to begin with? Don't know what to take now....Take

Armour, take T3 or a combo? And how much? Help....

Depends how much stock you have of what!

What timing did you use on the Armour and T3 mix?

Looking at those labs you overcooked the amount of T3 for the ferritin

you had

If you have enough T3 I would take no Armour today at all and take 25

of T3 spread in 4 or 5 doses through the day.

Nick

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