Rt3, ferritin & adrenals

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Thanks Nick & Val,

I've reposted my lab results with the ranges included. Val, you mentioned

cutting my levoxyl dosage in half to start and to increase my ferritin. I'll

start by taking the 100 mg a day and increase the following week based on your

recommendation. I have read a bit about the iv treatment and it sounds like some

people have serious reactions to this. Any thoughts? Also, should I be taking

the 15 citomel a day while cutting back on the levoxyl or just not start that

yet.

Thanks.

I have dealt with health issues for the past 15 years and have been searching

for answers. I've dealt with chronic fatigue, anxiety, depression, digestive

issues and more. For the past year I have been taking levoxyl because I was

hypothyroid. I feel like initially it made a difference and gave me a bit more

energy and emotional strength...I didn't feel as anxious or emotional. However,

I just started seeing a new doctor who told me that my thyroid is still quite

out of whack and that I should start taking 15mcg of citomel a day.

I did the RT3 ratio and I it looks as if I have reverse t3. I had my ferritin

tested and it's very low: 18 ng/mL. I also had an adrenal saliva test done and

would love some help understanding it. I have felt that I have adrenal fatigue

but I've had several doctors tell me I don't need to take isocort or cortef.

Could you help me understand my adrenal test results? The doctor I'm seeing now

said that the best way to support my adrenals is to check and see if I'm

allergic to cortisol. I took the allergy test and it came back positive so she

has recommended taking desensitization drops. Do you recommend this? Do I need

to be strengthening my adrenals more before taking citomel?

I'm wondering if I should be stopping the t4 cold turkey to clear out the

reverse t3 or continuing to take T4 while I work on getting my ferritin levels

up. Is that safe to do, are there side effects? My doctor is recommending that I

take my t4, 112 mcg along with the 15mcg of citomel a day. I feel like that

won't solve the problem though. What would you recommend looking at?

Cortisol ng/mL

5.3 @ 9:10 am range 7-10

2.8 @ 1:10 pm midday range 3-6

2.6 @ 7:10 pm evening 2-4

2.6 @ 11:59 pm night < 1.5

Thyroid

Reverse t3 253 pg/mL range 90-350

Ferritin 18 ng/mL range 10-291

Triiodothyronine, free, serum 2.1 g/mL range 2-4.4

Thyroxine (t4) free, direct, S 1.24 ng/dL range .82-1.77

TSH 2.37 uIU/mL range .45-4.5

Thanks so much for your help.