Re: New to Group/Lab Results

[Guest guest]

Have you had adrenals tested? That would be my next suggestoion as I do not

think this is an iron issue.

>

> Hello All,

> I'm new to this group and need some advice as how to proceed.

> I've been hypothyroid for a long time but never able to tolerate thyroid meds

without going hyper and getting up high enough to relieve hypo symptoms. I've

been supporting my adrenals for 2.5 years with HC and feel like they are more

stable now than ever.

>

> Current symptoms: depression, constipation, hair loss, brain fog ect

>

> I'm on 50mcg of Slow Time Released T3 and can't raise any higher without high

heart rate/axniety.

>

> Iron Bind Cap (TIBC) 257 250-450

> UIBC 146 150-375

> Iron, Serum 111 35-155

> Iron Saturation 43 15-55

> TSH .069 .450-4.5

> DHEA 7.4 60.9-337.0

> Ferritin, Serum 88 13-150

> Free T3 3.5 2.0-4.4

>

> Where do I go from here? Is this an Iron problem?

>

> Thank you for any help.

> Sage

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Yes I've had adrenals tested 2 years ago and been HC for 2 years and felt like

they were pretty stabilized. I've started logging my temps just to see if I'm

on enough HC and possibly this was it. Before starting T3 I felt like my

adrenals were much better because I don't have nearly the adreanl symptoms I

used too. I'm on 22.5mg maybe JUST maybe this is not enough to take the T3 high

enough.

Last year labs were the following:

RT3 143 90-350

FT3 2.9 2.3-4.2

Is this ratio 20 or.02? I get .02 not sure what is correct.

Thank you for all your help. I don't know where to turn to get myself feeling

better.

Sage

> >

> > Hello All,

> > I'm new to this group and need some advice as how to proceed.

> > I've been hypothyroid for a long time but never able to tolerate thyroid

meds without going hyper and getting up high enough to relieve hypo symptoms.

I've been supporting my adrenals for 2.5 years with HC and feel like they are

more stable now than ever.

> >

> > Current symptoms: depression, constipation, hair loss, brain fog ect

> >

> > I'm on 50mcg of Slow Time Released T3 and can't raise any higher without

high heart rate/axniety.

> >

> > Iron Bind Cap (TIBC) 257 250-450

> > UIBC 146 150-375

> > Iron, Serum 111 35-155

> > Iron Saturation 43 15-55

> > TSH .069 .450-4.5

> > DHEA 7.4 60.9-337.0

> > Ferritin, Serum 88 13-150

> > Free T3 3.5 2.0-4.4

> >

> > Where do I go from here? Is this an Iron problem?

> >

> > Thank you for any help.

> > Sage

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thank you for the consultations. I realized I was having low cortisol symptoms

started to increase HC - as soon as I stress dosed for 2 days symptoms subsided.

Now hyper symptoms are back. I tried to increase from 40mcg of Time Released T3

to 50mcg. OR maybe I still have too much HC in my system from stress dosing. ?

? ? ? ? ? ?

I'm continuing to log my temps.

Question: do these labs indicate Rt3 problem

RT3 143 pg/ml 90-350

FT3 3.0 pg/ml 2.3-4.2

these were taken in 2008 before starting HC and 2 months after stopping all

thyroid meds.

I'm having RT3 and FT3 done tomorrow.

When I'm low on cortisol I have bad dreams but since stress dosing all my

symptoms relieved except the bad dreams can too much cortisol or thyroid meds

cause bad dreams?

Thank you

Sage

> > >

> > > Hello All,

> > > I'm new to this group and need some advice as how to proceed.

> > > I've been hypothyroid for a long time but never able to tolerate thyroid

meds without going hyper and getting up high enough to relieve hypo symptoms.

I've been supporting my adrenals for 2.5 years with HC and feel like they are

more stable now than ever.

> > >

> > > Current symptoms: depression, constipation, hair loss, brain fog ect

> > >

> > > I'm on 50mcg of Slow Time Released T3 and can't raise any higher without

high heart rate/axniety.

> > >

> > > Iron Bind Cap (TIBC) 257 250-450

> > > UIBC 146 150-375

> > > Iron, Serum 111 35-155

> > > Iron Saturation 43 15-55

> > > TSH .069 .450-4.5

> > > DHEA 7.4

60.9-337.0

> > > Ferritin, Serum 88 13-150

> > > Free T3 3.5

2.0-4.4

> > >

> > > Where do I go from here? Is this an Iron problem?

> > >

> > > Thank you for any help.

> > > Sage

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

You r ratio at that time was 10.98 so borderline. It does not take much by way

of misdosing wiht HC or going too low in cortils to push that down further so

you were building an RT3 issue even then. I would go bakc to old T3 dosing and

hold for a week while graphing temps. It is good to always wait a week between

cortiosl changes adn raising T3,

> > > >

> > > > Hello All,

> > > > I'm new to this group and need some advice as how to proceed.

> > > > I've been hypothyroid for a long time but never able to tolerate thyroid

meds without going hyper and getting up high enough to relieve hypo symptoms.

I've been supporting my adrenals for 2.5 years with HC and feel like they are

more stable now than ever.

> > > >

> > > > Current symptoms: depression, constipation, hair loss, brain fog ect

> > > >

> > > > I'm on 50mcg of Slow Time Released T3 and can't raise any higher without

high heart rate/axniety.

> > > >

> > > > Iron Bind Cap (TIBC) 257 250-450

> > > > UIBC 146

150-375

> > > > Iron, Serum 111 35-155

> > > > Iron Saturation 43 15-55

> > > > TSH .069

..450-4.5

> > > > DHEA 7.4

60.9-337.0

> > > > Ferritin, Serum 88 13-150

> > > > Free T3 3.5

2.0-4.4

> > > >

> > > > Where do I go from here? Is this an Iron problem?

> > > >

> > > > Thank you for any help.

> > > > Sage

> > > >

> > >

> >

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