suffering 17+ yrs - what about natural T3?

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50 yr old peri-menopausal female w/partial thyroidectomy and CFS/EBV (and high

mercury) suffering over 17yrs - PLEASE HELP ME! MANY THANKS!!

My chronology: few yrs on T4 only, then Armour until 2005, 2002 started HC

acetate and nearly normal combined with Armour, then Armour reformulations

started in 2005 and I tried bio-identical T3/T4 which was horrible, then back

to Armour on twice the dose (from 42mg to 80mg), then increased HC acetate from

5mg to 7.5mg I suspect due to increased Armour, then switched to USP Porcine

last yr due to ongoing Armour formula problems, and increased USP Porcine within

last month from 80mg to 82 mg to treat increasing hypo symptoms.

Reverse T3 H 271

TriIodothyronine (T3), free L 270

ratio of Free T3 to Reverse T3 1.00

** has anyone tried NATURAL T3 only (synthetics aka bio-identicals -lol how can

they state this when missing T1, T2 and calcitonin - do not agree with me, but

perhaps Dr Holtorf has perfected delivery system)? what about add/only use (if

RT3 remains too high) glandular T3 thyroid supplement: such as Biotics GTA

Forte, Nutri-Meds Porcine Thyroid Glandular Concentrate Capsules/Tablets (so I

can cut in half = 65mg?) or RLC's Hypo Support Formula that does NOT contain T4

but does contain T3 and all the other glandular constituent - if so, how much

did you need and what type did you take?

** just increased USP Porcine to 82mg - I'm chemically sensitive, so small

changes have big impact; also, I was quite hyper & extremely irritable on 90mg

Armour compounded prior to Armour's latest formula change

** other than DHEA, can NOT take any HRT or similar due to high breast cancer

risk; previously tried pregnenolene - clearer cognition, but came with huge

bloated stomach and beard

** doing whatever I can to detox mercury: removing mercury fillings as needed,

milk thistle, mushroomsetc. I take lots of amino acids too.

Current Meds:

81mg USP Porcine compounded w/sodium bicarbonate

7.5mg hydrocortisone acetate (stronger than cortef and causes less bloating, but

not the strength of pregnidsone)

50mcg fluticasone nasal spray

Some blood results:

EBV high

Ferritin 88 w/42% iron saturation

IGF-1 229

Vit D2 <1

Vit D3 64

DHEA S 88 (take 10mg TR DHEA daily - causes excessive facial hair)

Testosterone 25

I'm perimenopausal, so all female hormones low, including Sex Horm Binding Glob

@ 56 back in 2005 - unable to do any HRT due to high risk for breast cancer

passed ACTH stim test w/flying colors

Western blot and all other lyme tests negative

T4 (Thyroxine) 7

TSH 1.11 (feel best around 0.7)

Reverse T3 H 271

TriIodothyronine (T3), free L 270

ratio of Free T3 to Reverse T3 1.00

T4, free, direct 0.96

Thyroid Peroxidase (TPO) Ab 10

Thyroid Antihyroglobulin Ab < 20

ANA QUANT neg

Blood Pressure 96/60

Resting Heart Rate 68

T4 (Thyroxine) ( 4.5 to 12.5) 7

TSH 1-hyper, 2-hypo opt 1.5 1.11

Reverse T3 opt <145 H 271

TriIodothyronine (T3), free opt 360-450 L 270

ratio of Free T3 to Reverse T3 > 20 1.00

T4, free, direct opt 1.5 -1.8 0.96

Thyroid Peroxidase (TPO) Ab 10

Thyroid Antihyroglobulin Ab < 20

synthroid tablets

thyroxine tabls mg, T4/T3 GR or T3(cytomel)

USP Porcine 80

Armour Thyroid mg

hydrocortisone/cortef/cortisol 7.5mg

ANA QUANT neg

Blood Pressure (opt 115/75) 96/60

Resting Heart Rate 68