Re: Is it possible I'm hyper now?

[Guest guest]

Sounds like you need to get your potassium up (and you said mid-range for sodium, which would indicate that needs to come up as well). I know that I get higher BP and pulse when I am low in either one.

Good luck!Terri

From: jaalva1@...

Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 10:20 PM

To: RT3_T3

Subject: Is it possible I'm hyper now?

Is it possible to be hyper on 65-70mcg T3? I'm in week 7.I'm wondering what to check into as I have no ferritin issue, no cortisol issue (prior to T3 treatment) and the salt test has not brought down my high resting pulse, which is now consistently over 100 BPM.My sodium, RBC magnesium and calcium were all recently checked mid-range.My potassium was low-normal.In the past 4 weeks I've begun supplementing B-12, folate, vitamin D - I was deficient in all of these. I've also added B vitamins and vitamin C.Is it possible I've been improving my hypothyroidism with the vitamins and is it possible for me to stabilize on less than the 75-125mcg that is the average for folks?I've suspected an aldosterone issue, but high pulse and low blood pressure usually sees a rise in potassium, right? Mine is low-normal.What else should I be looking into here?? Please help - I'm very concerned about the consistently high BPM and am hesitant to decrease the T3. I'm not sure what to check next.Thanks,Alixe

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Terri - my blood pressure is always very low, however. Would you still

say an increase in potassium and sodium? Alixe

>

> Sounds like you need to get your potassium up (and you said mid-range for

sodium, which would indicate that needs to come up as well). I know that I get

higher BP and pulse when I am low in either one.

>

> Good luck!

> Terri

>

>

> From: jaalva1@...

> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 10:20 PM

> To: RT3_T3

> Subject: Is it possible I'm hyper now?

>

>

>

> Is it possible to be hyper on 65-70mcg T3? I'm in week 7.

>

> I'm wondering what to check into as I have no ferritin issue, no cortisol

issue (prior to T3 treatment) and the salt test has not brought down my high

resting pulse, which is now consistently over 100 BPM.

>

> My sodium, RBC magnesium and calcium were all recently checked mid-range.

>

> My potassium was low-normal.

>

> In the past 4 weeks I've begun supplementing B-12, folate, vitamin D - I was

deficient in all of these. I've also added B vitamins and vitamin C.

>

> Is it possible I've been improving my hypothyroidism with the vitamins and is

it possible for me to stabilize on less than the 75-125mcg that is the average

for folks?

>

> I've suspected an aldosterone issue, but high pulse and low blood pressure

usually sees a rise in potassium, right? Mine is low-normal.

>

> What else should I be looking into here?? Please help - I'm very concerned

about the consistently high BPM and am hesitant to decrease the T3. I'm not sure

what to check next.

>

> Thanks,

> Alixe

>

[Guest guest]

>What else should I be looking into here?? Please help - I'm very concerned

about the consistently high BPM and am hesitant to decrease the T3. I'm not

sure what to check next.

The missing piece of information is temperature.

If that is high as well then yes, you are hyper. It may be that you

have had some T3 pooling in the blood and not able to get into the

cells and the other supplementing you have done has " let it through " .

It may well be worth dropping the T3 dose by 12.5 for a few days and

seeing how you do.

Nick

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