Re: BUMP to Val - new labs!

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HI Carol,

I'm not Val, but until she gets to this, have you considered you might need a

tad more HC when increasing, at least just for a few days? I have been told that

some people need to stress dose for a few days with each increase. Not having

enough HC to tolerate the increased t3 could account for the dropping temps when

you increase.

Just a thought,

Kathleen

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> Hi there.

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> I haven't posted in a while. I'm the person who was not getting better on T3

only (though very much believe in it). I could not tolerate being off NT for

some odd reason, but boy did I try. So, I went back on 1/2 grain while being on

25mcg Cytomel. My Rt3 dominance was still able to clear. (Though don't know what

the ratio is now. My brain fog won't let me figure it out!)

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> I posted some other labs because this is what helps tell my story: my FT3 is

low now and it was HIGHER when I was on NO cytomel at all, and only NT, though

my horrific brain fog was much worse on 2 grains of NT, which makes sense as my

ratio went from 17 on 1 grain of NT to 11 on 2 grains. It's like my body needs

the increased dose, but can't tolerate it. And, I also can't tolerate the

increase in cytomel!!!

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> My ferritin is good (i've done iron IVs several times. I'm on 20mg Cortef to

help with adrenals. (have been up to 27mg cortef, though it made me foggier.)

Morning temp is fairly stable across days, though had a dip last week.

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> I'm also on .1mg fludro, 17mcg cytomel (I KNOW it's low, but I wasn't

tolerating going any higher - temps would drop and I'd get freezing - so I

stayed put for 6 weeks to see. I added back in 1 grain NT as an experiment. It

didn't budge my Ft4 after 6 weeks, and my TSH DROPPED.) Again, not sure what my

ft3/rt3 ratio is.

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> Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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> 5/14/10- serum - on 1 grain NT & 17mcg Cytomel

> FT3: 228 (range: 230-420) this is pg/DL

> FT4: 0.5 (range: 0.8 1.8)

> RT3: 124 (range: 90-350) this is pg/ML

> FT3/RT3 ratio: ??

> TSH: 2.16 (range: .40 4.50)

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> 3/01/10 serum on ½ grain NT & 25mcg Cytomel

> FT3: 327 (range: 230 420)

> FT4: 0.5 (range: 0.8-1.8)

> RT3: 13 (range: 11-32)

> FT3/RT3 ratio: 25 (optimal: at least 20)

> TSH: 0.19 (range: .40-4.50)

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> (In October or November, titrated from 2 grains down to 1. started cytomel in

on 2 December 2009 and began decreasing from 1 grain to ½ grain NT. )

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> 10/09 serum on 2 grains NT

> FT3: 331 (range: 230-420)

> FT4: 1.1 (range: 0.8-1.8)

> RT3: 28 (range: 11-32)

> FT3/RT3 ratio: 11 (optimal: at least 20)

> TSH: .06 (range: .40 4.50)

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> 6/09 serum on 1 grain NT

> FT3: 279 (range: 230-420)

> FT4: 0.8 (range: 0.8-1.8)

> RT3: 16 (range: 11-32)

> FT3/RT3 ratio: 17 (optimal: at least 20)

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