Guest guest Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 > >I am very discouraged b/c I am hypo (high RT3) and feel horrible but I can't seem to get my iron/ferritin to stay up so that I can begin T3. In October 2009 my Ferritin was 5, last month it was up to 28 (0-73 ng/mL). I just got new labs and it is back down to 13 (0-73 ng/mL). I am taking 100 mg Ferrochel Iron per day with Vit. C except I did not take any 5 days prior to the blood draw. You need to look at alternatives then. One thing to look at is stomach acid, that is often low when you are hypo and that makes iron harder to absorb. If you are in that situation then supplementing acid at meal times, Betain HLC for instance, can help http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ferritin/ Is the ferritin page from STTM The hardest part is that you need Ferritin to tolerate thyroid and you need thyroid to retain ferritin. Iron IVs are expensive but can be a way of bypassing that trap, have several IVs and then start taking T3 and going up as fast as you can tolerate while still having occasional IVs. This way you may be able to retain the ferritin by getting some thyroid in you, otherwise you would lose it all again www.venofer.com is the IV talked about the most Several people here have had them, feel free to ask questions. This past message gives some guidance on finding out if you have low or high acid >There is the burp test... quoted from the adrenals forum: >On an empty stomach put 1 tsp of baking soda in about 6 to 8 oz of water and >drink that. You should burp almost instantly or at longest within 5 minutes. If >you don't you have low stomach acid. If you pass this test but still have >symptoms take 1 tablespoonful of apple cider vinegar straight or in a small >amount of water. If it causes pain, it usually indicates high stomach acid. Low >acid can be helped by taking ACV or betaine HCL, high acid by diet modification >and some of the things I spelled out earlier. Of course, neither test is perfect >and not accurate if you are taking anything regularly. If you think it's low then the suggestion is to take one HCL with each meal the first day and then increase to 2 the next day and 3 the day after, when you get to " too much " you will feel a " warm or burning " sensation, just back off by one or 2 from there and that's the dose you need then. As your system recovers you may feel the warm sensation again some time later, if so then reduce again. I've not needed it myself but have had good reports of it Nick -- for more information on RT3 and Thyroid Resistance go to www.thyroid-rt3.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 100mg is NOT enough when you are that low. You need ot DOUBLE that dose. Or better yet lok inot gettign iron IV as with it that lwo you should be able to get a doctor oto do them. That would by far be the best way to raise it quickly and painlessly. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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