Re: New here - questions re: labs - less NDT vs T3-only

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Val,

Thanks for the response. I've been on 3 grains of Armour/Nature-throid for 2+

years now.

I guess your suggestion to lower my dose makes sense since my levels are so out

of range, but I'm concerned that lowering the dose is just going to make me more

hypo. Even though my levels are high, I have no hyper symptoms at all...just

lingering hypo symptoms. If the T4 is converting to RT3, taking less T4 would

lower RT3 but wouldn't it also lower T3 as well? As I understand it, replacing

with T3-only would eliminate T4 conversion to RT3 while enabling normalization

of T3 levels...is that right?

I suspect I've had a RT3 problem for a while. As far as the underlying cause...I

don't know. I was under extreme and prolonged stress a couple of years back but

daily stress is much less now. Blood tests for inflammatory markers have been

consistently normal. It could be low B12...I've had deficiency issues in the

past. I guess I could make another trip to Connecticut for the ferritin test.

And I suppose it might pay to order another $aliva test too.

BTW, I don't know if vit D is a contributing factor. I was severely deficient

several years ago but my level is finally over 60 on 10k units per day.

Carol

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> TSH = 0.008 (0.450 - 4.500)

> T4 = 12.8 (4.5 - 12.0)

> T3 Free = 5.1 (2.0 - 4.4)

> T4 Free = 1.97 (0.82 - 1.77)

> Reverse T3 = 593 (32.0 - 100.0)

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> How much Armoru are you taking? First you need to cut it way down or even

replace it entirely wiht T3 would be better yet, btu we need to look for WHY

this happened. You shoudl have ferritin tested and cortisol to see oif either of

those was the culprit.

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> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

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http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/

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[Guest guest]

Okay, thanks. I found some websites that have Cynomel but not sure if any of

these are reliable. Can you offer a suggestion?

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> Yes taking less T3 will ALSO lower T3 that is why you replace that iwht

> T3 supplements.

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> Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

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> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

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http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/

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