Re: Ferritin. pulse, and temp

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>I have read this several times. But my pulse is low upper 50's last doc

appointment. I am low sodium always. Are you sure its not the opposite?

Normally low sodium gives fast pulse and it drops after a glass of sea

salted water.

If your pulse is that low you are probably very hypo and that's over

riding the effect of the sodium.

If you are very fit and a trained athlete then a pulse of 50 is

normal, for most of us it's not

Nick

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OKay, last yr when I was in the ER..my heart was squeezing and I had high pulse..my blood work showed low potassium, and a lowish sodium.

Could high pulse be low potassium?

Usually I have low sodium, and feel dizzy faint and no oxygen. I thought salt was supposed to help. Very confusing.

The heart squeezing feeling is usually helped also by iron. ( within 4 days I feel a difference)>>I have read this several times. But my pulse is low upper 50's last doc appointment. I am low sodium always. Are you sure its not the opposite?Normally low sodium gives fast pulse and it drops after a glass of seasalted water.If your pulse is that low you are probably very hypo and that's overriding the effect of the sodium. If you are very fit and a trained athlete then a pulse of 50 isnormal, for most of us it's notNick-- for more information on RT3 and Thyroid Resistance go to www.thyroid-rt3.com------------------------------------We are not medical professionals here, just patients sharing our experiences. Please use this information with the help of a competent doctor.

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Nick and all who made comments, thanks.

Thanks for posting the range. That is the kind of info I need for

my doctor apt. Please tell me a tentative schedule to getting to that

goal. I found out right away that 5 was not enough but did not go back

to the doctor so that I could gather information.

Ferritin, I doubt that I have had all the related test done but for

the ones I was everything was still unchanged and "in range" whatever

that means.

Betty

Nick Foot wrote:

>I meant to add: I'm on 5 mmg of Cytomel

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>T4 5.8 (4.0-12.8)

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>TSH 4.90 (0.3-4.2)

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>Total T3 69 (70-170)

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>Free T3 220.00 (202-443)

You are horribly hypo and 5mcg is not enough to do anything about it!

Is your Dr planning an increase?

Most people on T3 end up needing 75 to 125 a day to feel best.

http://thyroid-rt3.com/dosing.htm

Nick

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[Guest guest]

>OKay, last yr when I was in the ER..my heart was squeezing and I had high

pulse..my blood work showed low potassium, and a lowish sodium.

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>Could high pulse be low potassium?

High pulse is more often low sodium

Low potassium can cause palps and various other odd things

>Usually I have low sodium, and feel dizzy faint and no oxygen. I thought salt

was supposed to help.

Salt raises sodium, if you were low pulse will drop within an hour or

so, sometimes quite dramatically

Nick

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