Need help, please. On T3 only and everything's wrong

June 4, 2010

I need some help- sorry this is long, I've tried to put everything into one

message. I don't know what to do, but I feel terrible. Gaining weight like

crazy, so tired...all the hypo feelings again, hungry all the time, depressed,

don't want to do anything, and I *have* to work fulltime. Now, I've gotten a

terrible cold from my granddaughter. The only good thing is that my temp is over

98.6 for the first time in years..

I stopped 120mg of Armour on 4/22 so I'm 6 wks into trying to clear RT3. Stayed

on 75mg Cytomel and 40 mg HC, plus testosterone, progesterone, D3, C, Mag, Dhea,

B-12, B-5, ClA, etc. Also sea salt 2t a day. The only thing I've changed is to

stop the Armour and increase T3 dose.

On 5/14/10, labs were

Free T4 0.56

T3, Free 5.2

RT3 10

and in March had been

Free T41.17

T3 7.9

RT3 24

RT3 has come down, but T3 is down also. I'm up to 125mg Cytomel a day and have

no energy. Please help me with the math...for T3, do I use the 5.2 or 52? I saw

something about different labs and converting the number? what is my ratio and

what should I do?

My ferritin was 107 and Aldosterone 17 in Nov. We use cast iron cookware almost

daily. I'm 56, 5'2 " , 135lbs- should be 115 and was about 118 this time last

year, so that's a lot of stress on my body, being so short. I felt really good

last year, and things started going south in the fall. has helped so

much... and now, I'm stuck.

My temps have been fairly stable, averaging 98.1. Apparently I'm very sensitive

as anything affects them... raking, lack of sleep, travelling, med changes.

They're usually within .02 4-5 out of 7 days a week. My pulse is running a

little high... 88-110.

I see the doc June 25, and I've asked to have labs the week before. One thing

I've been researching is Leptin Resistance...

I know this is long..just trying to get it all in.

thanks,

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