Reverse T3 advice needed. New here - thank you.

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I apologize if this is a repeat. I hit send, but didn't see my post show up.

Here are my labs:

Free T3 3.5 PG/ML (Range is 2.3 - 4.2)

Free T4 0.74 NG/DL (Range is 0.89 - 1.76)

TSH 0.015 uIU/mL (Range is 0.35 - 5.50)

Ferritin 25 ng/mL (Range is 10 - 291)

Reverse T3 19 ng/dL (Rnage is 11 - 32)

Cortisol - 24 Hour Saliva

8 am 5.5 ng/ml

12 noon 2.5 ng/ml

6 pm 2.8 ng/ml

11 pm 1.5 ng/ml

I am questioning my ratio of RT3 to FT3 because if I have done my conversions

correctly between picograms and nanograms and then between milliliters and

deciliters, I have about 500,000 times more RT3 than FT3. Is that even possible?

I converted the Free T3 to 0.0035 ng/mL

compared to Reverse T3 of 1900 ng/mL

OR

Free T3 of 0.035 pg/dL

compared to Reverse T3 of 19,000 pg/dL

Background:

Have been tired and sick most of my life.

Summer 2008: for the first time began thyroid treatment - 120 mg Armour. (Found

a doc who believed in NT and not the TSH.)

Wonderful after a few weeks - the bad muscle/tendon pain I had experienced for

5+ years went away, my energy increased, and my brain fog decreased.

Then I began feeling badly again. Doctor switched me to synthetic T4 and SR T3

75 mcg and 60 mcg respectively. Felt a little better for a while.

I read more about adrenals in your book and on your website. Doctor tested my

cortisol and put me on 15 mg Cortef/HC. He does not want me to go over 15 mg per

day. Got a little better.

Now on 150 mg Erfa Thyroid per day.

But, now worse again, and sick almost all of the time. Doctor just ran a RT3 on

me.

I know my ferritin is way too low and my cortisol is low.

See doctor again in two weeks. Want to ask him about T3 only treatment. I know

from your book and website I will have to be very slow in increasing T3 because

of my low ferritin and low cortisol.

I am very tired. Can barely get out of bed in the morning. I have bad, sharp

ripping muscle/tendon pain in my hands, feet ankles, elbows and knees. A

rheumatologist ruled out both fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis years ago.

Thank you.