what to tell my doctor

[Guest guest]

I seem to have a RT3 problem:

TSH -- 0.02

> FT4 -- 1.0 (0.8-1.8)

> FT3 -- 346 (230-420)

> RT3 28 (11 - 32)

My doctor is always willing to pretty much go along with whatever I want -- and

she has some knowledge about RT3 since she had me tested for it. I don't know

how much she knows about dosing and using cytomel, so I need to have an idea of

what to do before I see her next time.

Do I have to switch to cytomel only or can I just add some cytomel to what I'm

already taking?

I am on 2 grains of compounded sublingual NDT. I still don't feel good, so

that's obviously not the level I need to be at.

Can you tell me how much cytomel I would need to add to what I'm taking? Or, if

it needs to be all cytomel, where would I start so that I don't have a big dip

back to feeling even worse.

Thanks! Amy

[Guest guest]

Before switchign to all T3, and I feel thta would be the best thing to

do, you need ot try to find the cause of the high RT3 and make certain

you are able to tolerate the T3 well. To do that you should get a

complete iron panel and a saliva cortiosl test. These are the two most

common things I dsee that cause high Rt3 and both will also make you

intolerant of enough t3 to get well so need ot be right whne starting it

or at least workign oin them when it comes to low iron/feritin.

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