Re: Had something major hapen last night - please read / ferritin?

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You've said your ferritin is " good " , but the panic part sounds an awful lot like

a low-ferritin reaction. It may be worthwhile to have your ferritin tested

again (as well as an iron panel, if possible). As you probably know, ferritin

can be falsely elevated by inflammation, giving you test results that look like

your ferritin is fine when it is actually too low. A level of 70-90 is

necessary to utilize thyroid properly.

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> Hey Group,

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> Last night, I had a serious bout of panic attack and my heart was racing and

> it felt like it was going to explode out of my chest. This morning, I took

> half the dose of T3 that I usually take and about an hour to an hour and a

> half later I'm feeling very jittery, shortness of breath and I'm very

> irritable. I've tried to figure this out before but to no avail. At this

> point I don't know what to do. I thought that reducing would help, but I

> still am feeeling thesame symptoms. My labs indicate that I have a reverse

> T3 problem but it seems that when I take the T3 medication, it makes me feel

> hyper. Does anyone have any knowledge on this? At this point, I'm thinkking

> about giving up on all of this and just accepting the way I am. I'm sorry

> that I keep belaboring this, but I'm really not feeling good at this point.

> Any info is greatly appreciated.

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> Mike

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