Re: Val - On 8.5 grains THYROID and counting. Maybe it's an adrenal problem too?

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You should have Rt3 checked. I am still on all T3 adn it DID help though

I am at 150mcg which is a fairly high dose. With your T4 that high I ma

betting you have through the roof RT3 blocking the T3 from getting to

the cells.

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[Guest guest]

I see a hormone specialist and she told me that some patients are

actually on quite a lot of thyroid, saying 8-10 grains for some of

them. If increasing doses don't work, and adrenals are functioning

well, ferritin is good etc, she gives compounded synthetic T4/T3

instead.

I know Val mentioned Rt3, but my doc told me some people with high

antibodies find they need more because the antibodies attack the

replacement hormone instead of their own thyroids.

I've never seen any objective study to this effect, but it sounds

plausible to me based on what I do know about antibodies. Apparently

it's the protein in Armour that is the problem.

>

> Val - I know you were once (and may still be) on a high dose of

armour,

> comparable to my current dose. I remember that you tried an

experiment

> wherein you slowly replaced your armour with cytomel. Did this

work?

>

> Also, due to the fact that my labs are showing not only a

completely

> suppressed TSH but also very high T3 and T4 (T3 is almost 2x the

top of

> the reference range and T4 isn't far behind) but I'm not feeling at

all

> hyper on 8.5 grains, I'm confused. I am assuming that if I had an

> adrenal problem I wouldn't even be able to tolerate this dose, yet

my

> immune system is a mess and I feel like it's time to raise my dose

> again, and I'm afraid that 9 grains is just too much.

>

> What the heck is going on here?

>