Guest guest Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 thanks Kathleen.. i have new blood work to be done on thursday so i figure i would post those... As far as the iron, i am trying to take 324mg of Ferrous Gluconate. I think this is causing heart palpitations and nausea...but its not constipating...What is the difference with what you suggested? I can't get better until my iron is up so i really need help on this! thanks.Also, everytime i try to increase my cortef my thigh muscles go out or i feel more lethargic--i think..there is so much going on i can't figure it outTo: RT3_T3 Sent: Sat, May 15, 2010 7:31:12 PMSubject: Re: new to this Kitty is right. And you should post ranges, but if the ranges are the normal ones, looks like your t4 isn't converting and you now have an rt3 problem which could be from the low ferritin and the adrenal problem. With a ft3 that low, no wonder you don't feel well! Where to begin! You need to get the ferritn up and you cannot take 2.5 mc HC once or twice a day and get anywhere. It you post about your adrenal situation on the adrenal forum when it opens tomorrow, they can help you but the short of it is that for MOST people, when you take a tiny bit of HC like this, because of the feedback loop, you end up even lower in cortisol than you started with! Also, you can't even test your cortisol now unless you wean off the HC. As you're on such a small dose, it is probably best to wean off it for at least 2 weeks, then get some salivary cortisol done so the adrenal people can help you out there. You need to be on t3 only to fix this problem, but you won't be able to tolerate much with a ferritin of 35 and if you have low cortisol to boot. Maybe once you get all that in order, you can go onto dessicated thyroid as you said you actually did okay on Synthroid for a while. To get ferritin up, you can take 200 mg of iron bisglycinate a day. Bluebonnet brand is good or Solgar. I am not experienced enough to know how to change you over to t3, but your labs seem to indicate you need to switch from what you're on to plain t3. Read Nick's site for info on switching. Kathleen > > Ferritin of 35 is very bad You want it to be at least 70 but 100 is best. > Do you have ranges for your other tests? > > kitty > > > > > ________________________________ > > To: RT3_T3 > Sent: Sat, May 15, 2010 4:26:40 PM > Subject: Re: new to this > >  > thanks josie > my RT3 was 33 and my free T3 was 255, Free T4 was 1.2, Ferritin 35 and Hgb 11.4....these were done 1.5 wks ago... I can't even function and I am so frustrated. I asked my endo if my ferritin could be why i have had such a hard time adjusting and she said it wasnt that bad!! So frustrated!! > > > > ________________________________ > From: Josie <josiemiller@ live.co.uk> > To: rt3_t3 (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com > Sent: Sat, May 15, 2010 4:29:10 AM > Subject: RE: new to this > >  > Hi >  > I am still learning but here's what I think might be going on. >  > We despeartely need good ferritin levels in order to properly utilize thyroid hormone into the cells. If you don't have good levels ( like when your level was 35) T3 couldn't eneter your cells and so instead is was then just pooling in your blood. and causing all those horrible symptoms especially shaking. >  > I think first things first is to get a full iron panel done (inc ferritin) and then you could post the results here and people can advise you on how much iron to take if needed. >  > Also could you give us the ranges for your RT3 result and did you have a FT3 done at the same. If so you could post that result as well with ranges and we can help you work out the ratio. >  > Good luck >  > Josie > >  > > ________________________________ > To: RT3_T3 (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com > From: jlrose448 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com > Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 23:27:25 +0000 > Subject: new to this > >  > I am a new person to this group! I hope I can get some insite. I had thyroid cancer 4 years ago, cancer free and have taken synthroid. I was fine until 11 weeks ago when I had my third baby. I lost a lot of blood and had a hemoglobin of 6 and now a Ferritin of 35. I was unable to take my synthroid afterwards and noone could figure it out. Finally I ended up with excrutiating abdominal pain, undiagnosed for 2 weeks..I was unable to even sit up. They did an unneeded surgery, etc. No answers. Finally my internist gave me a shot of steroids and I started to get better. I think my Iron was so low it wouldn't help my synthroid and then my adrenals blew because I was so sick. > Currently I am on Synthroid becasue the Armour was wigging me out with the cortef they gave me. I have become extra sensitive to all meds and vitamins. My RT3 is 33 and my Vit D, Ferritin are low. I just got normalized on Free T3 and T4, but I am still really bad. I have shaking, muscle weakness, pain, highs and lows. I take cortef 2.5 once a day and sometimes twice a day. I am pursuing diagnostic tests soon, but i don't think my doctors really know what they are doing. Any insite???? > > > > ________________________________ > Get a free e-mail account with Hotmail. Sign-up now. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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