Re: - 18 weeks on T3 only and no better, advice please?

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Triiodothyronine, Free, Serum: Oct 4.1, range 2.3-4.2, Feb 4.3, range 2.0-4.4

I am still hypo at these levels. When on T3 onyl we need to be far over range

with FT3 to have enough ot last all the time. There is NO T4 bnack up conversion

I feel best at 6.2 dand less thna thta and the hypo symptoms return for me. If

your poulse ois nto too high I woudl try pushign the T3 higher. I woudl also

push for 90 for the Ferritin.

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Thank you Val. No, my pulse is not too high, it fact it won't budge, I think

that is symptomatic of T3 just not working in me. I will do as you suggest and

raise both T3 and Ferritin. Thank you again.

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> Triiodothyronine, Free, Serum: Oct 4.1, range 2.3-4.2, Feb 4.3, range 2.0-4.4

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> I am still hypo at these levels. When on T3 onyl we need to be far over range

with FT3 to have enough ot last all the time. There is NO T4 bnack up conversion

I feel best at 6.2 dand less thna thta and the hypo symptoms return for me. If

your poulse ois nto too high I woudl try pushign the T3 higher. I woudl also

push for 90 for the Ferritin.

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> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

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

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

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

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>If your poulse ois nto too high I woudl try pushign the T3 higher. I woudl also

push for 90 for the Ferritin.

To echo what's Val's saying there I feel best of 150 of T3 (taken as 6

separate doses of 25) so if you have no hyper symptoms you can

certainly try an increase

For me edging up until I am on slightly too much and then backing off

a little seems to work as a way of finding the sweet spot.

Nick

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Thank you Nick, " edging up " on Cynomel is just how I'll proceed. You're on

150mg/day (!) would you attribute that to some form of " thyroid resistance " ?

Because it looks like that's what I have, too.

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> >If your poulse ois nto too high I woudl try pushign the T3 higher. I woudl

also push for 90 for the Ferritin.

>

> To echo what's Val's saying there I feel best of 150 of T3 (taken as 6

> separate doses of 25) so if you have no hyper symptoms you can

> certainly try an increase

>

> For me edging up until I am on slightly too much and then backing off

> a little seems to work as a way of finding the sweet spot.

>

> Nick

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[Guest guest]

Thank you for your reply, Nick. You and I are in the same boat regarding T3

resistance. (I am amazed that you were on 12 grains of Armour! Twelve!) Many

messages on this group are about high pulse, yet my pulse has not responded to

t3 at all, I might as well be taking sugar pills for all the effect t3 has on

me. I just need more. Thank you again, I will increase T3, and I and am deeply

grateful for your help.

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> >Thank you Nick, " edging up " on Cynomel is just how I'll proceed. You're on

150mg/day (!) would you attribute that to some form of " thyroid resistance " ?

Because it looks like that's what I have, too.

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> I assume that is resistance other than RT3 induced. I am above the

> " upper edge " of normal but not that far up.

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> Before I cleared the RT3 I got up to 250 of T3 to feel non-hypo and

> before that I had ramped up to 12 grains of Armour to feel well.

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> I am sure my RT3 came from the excess T4 in the Armour and I had to

> take that amount to get enough T3 to feel well.

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> In a nut shell I am resistant to T3, given enough of it I feel well.

> Natural has too much T4 in it for me to be able to get the T3 from

> that without problems building up.

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> I don't know the cause of the remaining resistance but it's not

> causing me a problem on a " T3 only " regime.

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> Nick

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