Guest guest Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 I had several articles I wanted to print on RT3 and a fuse went out my computer shut off and I lost all of them.I've searched all morning and so far........ haven't found it.Sorry if I do find it I will post. Chantal > > > > 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...
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