Fresh FT3 labs!

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FT3: 6.2 (3.5 - 7.0)FT4 6.3 (9 - 21)TSH 0.49 (0.2 - 4-5)Potassium 4.1 (3.6 - 4.6)Sodium 141 (137 -145)Chloride 100 (100 - 110) - I read somewhere that it's bad to have this one too low!?Calcium 2.48 (2.15 - 2.51)Ferritin: 55 (30 - 350)S-Iron: 26 (9 - 34)S-Transferrin: 2.7 (2.0 - 4.0)S-Transferrin Saturation: 40% (15 - 57%)What do you guys make out of this?Can my FT3 be a false high due to too low cortisol? Or.. Maybe Ferritin won't let T3 into the cells with only a value of 55 when not stopping iron supplementing before the blood draw?I am interested in Nick's idea that I might need more Cortisol. Maybe too low cortisol gives me adrenaline which can give me heart

issues? - STIL got that ticklish feeling in my heart! And too bad NOBODY I ever talked to have felt ANYTHING like that: TICKLING feeling. :-(

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FT3: 6.2 (3.5 - 7.0)

FT4 6.3 (9 - 21)

TSH 0.49 (0.2 - 4-5)

From thes4e labs I do nto think you are utilizing the T3 well enough

yet and oyu need to stop raising it and just build the ferritin for a

while yet. Have you raised your iron dose to 150-200mg daily yet?

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I see.Well, I asked here while you were away and it didn't sound like it would be any point going past 89 mg iron before I go to bed. If I would add iron 2 x daily, I would have to either take T3 sublingually in the daytime, or have 5 hours between 2 of my T3 doses. What do you recommend?FT3: 6.2 (3.5 - 7.0)

FT4 6.3 (9 - 21)

TSH 0.49 (0.2 - 4-5)

From thes4e labs I do nto think you are utilizing the T3 well enough

yet and oyu need to stop raising it and just build the ferritin for a

while yet. Have you raised your iron dose to 150-200mg daily yet?

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,Do I need to step back on the T3 dose? I just stepped UP last night, fearing not enough T3 was making it to my cells.Dr Lowe recommends starting at 75 mcg T3 and increasing by at least 12.5 mcg T3 weekly, which you already know, I think. What is your opinion on that? - Still got that tickling feeling :\

 

FT3: 6.2 (3.5 - 7.0)

FT4 6.3 (9 - 21)

TSH 0.49 (0.2 - 4-5)

From thes4e labs I do nto think you are utilizing the T3 well enough

yet and oyu need to stop raising it and just build the ferritin for a

while yet. Have you raised your iron dose to 150-200mg daily yet?

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Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

http://www.stopthet hyroidmadness. com/

http://health. groups.yahoo. com/group/ NaturalThyroidHo rmonesADRENALS/

http://health. groups.yahoo. com/group/ RT3_T3/

http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/HypoPets/

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I htink that is WAY too high for many peoplke to start at wiht T3. I

htink you need ot hold the dose where you are for at least a month and

really pack in thr iron. Your ferritin si still WAY too low foryou to

keep oushing up the T3 dosing.

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wake 7am take T3 dose

8am take iron

11am take T3 dose

3PM take T3 dose

4pm take iron

8PM take t3 or wiat til lbedtie to take last T3 dose.

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So far I've been taking T3 with 3 hours in between each 10 mcg. Is that too little?Thanks for making this plan for me. To wake up at 7 am seems so unreal for me. It's been years since I did that last time. When I had a real job - I woke up at about 7-8 am. It was 2002, I was on T4 only and felt great! Go figure, huh.

So 3 hours after taking Iron, I can take T3? The limit is not 4 hours? Yes, I see how I need to get up earlier. To get 1 hour extra in between each T3 dose. Making it 4 hours instead of 3.

So I can stay with 50 mcg T3 for now, and keep upping that iron? How much do you recon I can up the iron with, like, how fast? I am at 89 mg iron now. I take it around midnight or 1 am, then do my last T3 dose at 10 mcg sublingually.

I _have_ been noticing, every morning after sublingual T3, that I have been much more (!) awake in the mornings. My mornings while taking T3 sublingually have started at around 10. Usually i get up at 11. So 1 hour earlier on T3 sublingually at bedtime.

If my T3 is not used well enough, as you say, how does that affect the heart? I've felt the "ticklish" feeling in my heart (anyone else felt this? I feel So alone with this feeling!!!) since abuot noon today. It's now 10 pm and I took my fourth 10 mcg T3 dose of the day, bringing the total up to 40 mcg T3. I will take my fifth and last T3 dose at about 1 or 2 am when I go to bed. Gonna try to wake up no later than 10 tomorrow.

What about all the AF specialists advising people to sleep as much they can while having AF, like, going to bed at 10:30 pm and sleeping til 10 am?

So, no iron at bedtime, ?

BTW , your name, as well as Nick's, are household names over here by now. My mothre, father, they all know these names very well now. :-) So you're world famous now! Deserved!!

Subject: Re: Fresh FT3 labs!To: RT3_T3 Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 7:50 PM

wake 7am take T3 dose8am take iron11am take T3 dose3PM take T3 dose4pm take iron8PM take t3 or wiat til lbedtie to take last T3 dose.-- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

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Ok. I took 50 mcg of T3 for 2 days before making that blood sample. Does this mean I should stay at 50 mcg o can I go down to 45 mcg T3 while pushing iron? I am taking a local type of iron (norwegian made, unknown brand..) - I have no idea if this is THE best brand of chelated iron or not. Maybe I should drop it and try out Bluebonnet instead??? I also tried NOW Foods chelated iron for a few days, but those pills were only 18 mg and I ant my pills to be closer to 30 so I won't have to take so many!I really don't feel like upping T3 now, considering how I feel and my Ferritin being in the 50s, probably 40s if I stop taking iron supps before testing my Ferritin. I am also very curious about cortisol and how much HC I should take. I now take 32.5 or 35 mg HC daily, depending on how I stress dose. Should I up HC even more and how fast should I do that?

I really have no way of telling if I need more or less HC, so it will all be guessing!

I am worried about adrenaline, if it can cause serious heart issues. So... Should I up the HC past 35 mg?

I htink that is WAY too high for many peoplke to start at wiht T3. I htink you need ot hold the dose where you are for at least a month and really pack in thr iron. Your ferritin si still WAY too low foryou to keep oushing up the T3 dosing.

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How would you space 50 mcg T3, 35 mg HC and 114 mg iron (my current iron dose) on those times you gave me, Val?Thanks!

 

wake 7am take T3 dose

8am take iron

11am take T3 dose

3PM take T3 dose

4pm take iron

8PM take t3 or wiat til lbedtie to take last T3 dose.