Re: is insomnia a hypo symptom?/Ferritin

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Val or Nick can help with a more detailed answer, but for starters your ferritin

is still way too low. A level of 70 to 90 is needed for T3 to work properly.

Here's a link Nick's post on this subject:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/message/35774

Your ferritin HAS improved with the iron IV's, but it just isn't there yet.

Hope this helps.

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> I've looked at the list of hypo symptoms on STTM and don't find insomnia. But

I've been suffering from it off and on for the past month or so since starting

an RT3 protocol. Last night I was awake for at least two hours, so I have more

exhaustion piled on top of my usual CFS. I had 3 iron IV's in the past week,

but don't seem to be tolerating Cytomel any better than I was before, and am

back on SR at 15 mcg twice a day. I understand that's hardly anything, but my

ratio did improve in the month I've been on it from 4.8 to 15.6. I also think

insomnia can come from cortisol issues. I'm on 5 mg cortisol twice a day, which

I understand is also almost nothing. These are my labs from late January and

from late February:

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> January

> TSH 1.270 (0.450-4.500) uIU/mL

> T3, free, serum 2.1 (2.0-4.4) pg/mL

> RT3 434 ( 90-350) pg/mL

> T4, free (direct) 1.32 (0.82-1.77) ng/dL

> DHEA-sulfate 193 (13-130) ug/dL

> ferritin, serum 15 (10-291) ng/mL

> B12 926 (211-911) pg/mL

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> February

> T3, free serum 2.7 (2.0-3.5) pg/mL

> RT3 173 (90-350) pg/mL

> T4, free 0.97 (.89-1.76) ng/dL

> ferritin, serum 25.7 (11.1-264.0) ng/mL

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> from over a year ago, before treatment:

> cortisol, saliva:

> 5.6 at 6:00 a.m. optimal range 7:00 a.m.: 7.0-10 ng/ml

> 2.1 at 11:00 a.m. optimal range noon: 3.0-6.0 ng/ml

> 2.6 at 5:00 p.m. optimal range 5:00 p.m.: 2.0-4.0 ng/ml

> 1.0 at 10:00 p.m. optimal range 10:00 p.m.: 1.5 ng/ml

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> I have a consult with an endo today and will be taking my labs. It always

helps to know in advance what I need to ask for. Can I get some recommendations

about this, to take with me to my consult? I would so appreciate it.

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> Peggy

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