RT3 High? New here - thank you. Would appreciate help.

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

TSH: 0.015 uIU/mL (range is 0.35 - 5.50)

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

Ferritin: 25 ng/mL (range is 10 - 191)

Reverse T3: 19 ng/dL (rangeis 11 32)

Cortisol Saliva: 8 am 5.0 ng/ml

12 noon 2.5 ng/ml

6 pm 2.8 ng/ml

11 pm 1.5 ng/ml

TOTAL Cortisol for Day: 11.8 ng/ml

I have read the website and book STTM about adrenals and RT3 - thank you very

much for your dedication to help others.

I am having trouble determining my ratio of FT3 to RT3 because the FT3 is in

" PG/ML " and the RT3 is in " ng/dL " . Does this mean picograms per milliliter and

nanograms per deciliter, respectively? (Wondering about the capitalization on

the PG/ML.)

Because if I have done my conversions correctly, adjusting for both the

picograms to nanograms (or reverse) and the milliliters to deciliters (or

reverse) these numbers look way off:

I am coming up with:

FT3 0.0035 ng/mL

RT3 1900 ng/mL

OR

FT3 0.035 pg/dL

RT3 19000 pg/dL

Does this even make sense - this is roughly 500,000 times as much RT3 as FT3. Is

that even possible?

Maybe the PG/ML means picograms per MEGA liter and I need to recalculate, but

don't think labs even give FT3 in picograms per megaliters.

My doctor currently has me on Erfa Thyroid 150 mg, Cortef, 15 mg, DHEA 5 mg.

From your website and book and my recent labs, I know that my ferritin is way

too low and that my cortisol is low. My doctor does not want me taking more than

15 mg of Cortef/HC per day.

I am still having hypothyroid symptoms - unbelievable fatigue, muscle/tendon

pain in my hands, feet, ankles, knees, elbows, brain fog. I get sick too often -

colds, viruses, sinus stuff, bronchitis, etc. Fibromyalgia and Rheumatoid

Arthritis were ruled out by a rheumatologist.

I first began thyroid treatment in the summer of 2008 (Armour) and it was

wonderful. The muscle/tendon pain I had had for 5 plus years went away after a

few weeks, and my energy increased and brain fog decreased. It was amazing. But

after about a year, the Armour seemed to stop working. (I have read about the

problems with Armour.) Doc switched me to synthetic T4 and SR T3 Not much

better. Then I read more and began learning about adrenal fatigue and ferritin.

Then doctor started me on Cortef (15 mg) and Erfa thyroid. Things got a little

better, but now worse again. Then I read more about RT3. Just got tested for

RT3.

Thank you for your help and time.