Guest guest Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 I recently started taking 5000mg of VitD and I think I am noticing increase in T3 sensitivity.Drinking tea makes me hyper which is something I experienced when I first got on Armour years ago. Also more heart issues even with HC,so I took half my T3 dose today and finally my heartbeat is back to normal.I'm going to monitor this closely and I'll post the results in a week or so. Would love to decrease my T3 dose I've never seen any reference to VitD and tissue receptor response. Found this online recently so it makes sense in terms of what I am experiencing. Functional Hypometabolism or thyroid resistance occurs in some patients where they still suffer from hypothyoid symptoms despite the fact that thyroid hormone levels are optimal and normal hormone binding and metabolism occurs. Causes may include suboptimal levels of Vit D which is required for receptor response, suboptimal Iron (measured by Ferretin levels) which is required by thyroid peroxidase activity, high or low cortsiol levels, genetic defect with receptors, receptor dysfunction associated with toxicities. Unfortunately there are many patients with thyroid resistance that are not properly diagnosed and subsequently their dose of T4 gradually escalates over time with little benefit which can actually aggrevates this condition even further as it only increases binding and thus reducing the free and active form. Chantal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Hi Chantal, Thanks for the very interesting information on vitamin D. Can you tell me from which source you found this? I am in the process of switching from synt T4 to Erfa Thyroid. My D vitamin level was 33 (RR 25-175) and my doc told me to take 4000IU of vit D. I suspect I also will meet a problem with my RT3-T3 level as my labs were: RT3 31.2 ((9.0-35.0) ng/dL T3 2.41 (1.80-4.20) pg/mL I have only started reading all the fantastic information about Hypo that is not cured by synthetic T4. It gives me so much hope for the future. Thanks to Val, Nick and all others, who are sharing their knowledge. > > I recently started taking 5000mg of VitD and I think I am noticing > increase in T3 sensitivity.Drinking tea makes me hyper which is something I experienced when I first got on Armour years ago. > Also more heart issues even with HC,so I took half my T3 dose today and finally my heartbeat is back to normal.I'm going to monitor this closely and I'll post the results in a week or so. > Would love to decrease my T3 dose > I've never seen any reference to VitD and tissue receptor response. > Found this online recently so it makes sense in terms of what I am experiencing. > Functional Hypometabolism or thyroid resistance occurs in some patients where they still suffer from hypothyoid symptoms despite the fact that thyroid hormone levels are optimal and normal hormone > binding and metabolism occurs. Causes may include suboptimal levels of Vit D which is required for receptor response, suboptimal Iron (measured by Ferretin levels) which is required by thyroid peroxidase > activity, high or low cortsiol levels, genetic defect with receptors, receptor dysfunction associated with toxicities. > Unfortunately there are many patients with thyroid resistance that are not properly diagnosed and subsequently their dose of T4 gradually escalates over time with little benefit which can actually aggrevates this condition even further as it only increases binding and thus reducing the free and active form. > Chantal > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 > >I've never seen any reference to VitD and tissue receptor response. >Found this online recently so it makes sense in terms of what I am experiencing. Thanks for that, that was interesting It sounds like you are finding your route through this journey. Do you mean 5000iu rather than 5000mg of vitamin D?? Nick Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 >I am in the process of switching from synt T4 to Erfa Thyroid. >My D vitamin level was 33 (RR 25-175) and my doc told me to take 4000IU of vit D. You are going to need more than 4000iu I suspect. 30 mins in the sun is equivalent to 10,000IU There is a lot about Vitamin D here http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/ I've been supplementing 10,000IU for 9 months or so and it's certainly helped with colds and flu etc etc this winter, people in the office have had some and I've escaped.. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 >I am in the process of switching from synt T4 to Erfa Thyroid. >My D vitamin level was 33 (RR 25-175) and my doc told me to take 4000IU of vit D. Here is another good one on Vitamin D http://homefirst.com/info-1/current-health-news/vitamin-d3.html Thanks to Birrdy for posting that one before Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Thanks Nick, I think you are right about that the 4000IU extra of vitamin D is not enough for me as I live in Finland with long, dark winters without sun. I have been much worse hypo during the winters for the last 20 years. I will increase to at least 5000IU. For many years I have also avoided fat in every form in the attempt to keep my weight. I have now changed my diet to one with fat but without sugar and restricted amount of cereals. Great sources of information. I have so much to read. > > >I am in the process of switching from synt T4 to Erfa Thyroid. > >My D vitamin level was 33 (RR 25-175) and my doc told me to take 4000IU of vit D. > > Here is another good one on Vitamin D > > http://homefirst.com/info-1/current-health-news/vitamin-d3.html > > Thanks to Birrdy for posting that one before > > Nick > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Interesting but can you post a link to this information? That is not only needed for determining the validity of the informaiton but also to avoid issues with intellectual property copywright laws which state ist is necessary to give the author credit for the words. It might also lead me to the science behind this which I would certainly love to see. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 > >Interesting but can you post a link to this information? Looks like this was her source http://www.custommedicine.com.au/thyroid/ Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 That's the one. Thanks Nick > > > > >Interesting but can you post a link to this information? > > Looks like this was her source > > http://www.custommedicine.com.au/thyroid/ > > Nick > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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