Re: You don't have a thyroid problem / iron

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The iron most of us have had best results with is bluebonnet iron bisglycinate,

here's a link:

http://www.iherb.com/bluebonnet-nutrition-chelated-iron-90-vcaps/11571?at=0

150-200 mg elemental iron per day is recommended to raise ferritin.

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> > > " You don't have a thyroid problem " said my high profile natural doctor

> > > in whom I had placed such high hopes, up to this point. This was his

> > > considered advice when I suggested to him that I beieve that I have a

> > > RT3 thyroid problem, This was really the last straw for me as I have

> > > been bouncing around within the allopathic medical system for the last 5

> > > years without a creditable answer or diagnosis of my problem(s).

> > > That's when I discovered this RT3_T3 board. What a welcomed gift!

> > > I have now been monitoring the posts on this obviously well informed

> > > board for some time and I have formed an opinion of what my problem is.

> > > I am going to post my details here and hopefully I will receive some

> > > advice and confirmation of my situation from the savvy posters here.

> > >

> > > Here goes:

> > >

> > > Male 59 years 182 cm or 6' tall

> > > 73 kilograms or 165 lbs

> > > Reasonably fit attending gym 5 nights weekly for running and weights

> > > Vegetarian eating seafood and eggs

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> > > Symptons

> > > Very cold hands and feet year round, general unwell feeling, muscle

> > > spasms, fine tremor throughout entire body, episodes of higher Blood

> > > pressure, Parasthesiae in hands, low free testosterone not reacting to

> > > supplementation, night sweats sometimes, unstable temps under 37 (98.6)

> > >

> > > I have 2 excel files of Dr Rinds Temperature graphs. One is my Basal

> > > waking and the other is daily averaged. How do I post these for comment?

> > >

> > > The equivalents below are my conversion calculations to make it easier,

> > > so may be subject to mistakes.

> > >

> > > Lab results

> > >

> > > Thyroid

> > >

> > > TSH 1.0 mU/L Range ( 0.40 - 4.00)

> > > free T3 5.0 pmol/L Range ( 2.8 - 6.8) equiv 325 pg/dL

> > > free T4 17 pmol/L Range ( 10 - 20) equiv 13 ng/dL

> > > RT3 462 pmol/L Range ( 170 - 450)

> > > FT3/RT3 Ratio 10.82 (my calculation)

> > >

> > > Iron binding studies

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> > > Serum iron 29 umol/L Range ( 10 - 33) equiv 162 ug/dL

> > > Transferrin IBC 66 umol/L Range (45 - 70) equiv 369 ug/dL

> > > Transferrin saturation 44% Range ( 16 - 50)

> > > Serum ferritin assay 42 ug/L Range ( 20 - 320) equiv 42 ng/mL

> > >

> > > Sex hormones

> > >

> > > DHEA 2300 ng/mL Range (300 - 2700) (taking 25mg DHEA daily)

> > > ACTH 24 ng/L Range ( 5 - 50) equiv 109 pg/mL

> > > Cortisol (9.45am) 360 nmol/L Range ( 190 - 610) equiv 12.96 ug/dL

> > > Oestradiol 131 pmol/L Range ( 40 - 250) equiv 36 pg/mL

> > > Testosterone total 22 nmol/L Range (10 - 33) equiv 633.6 ng/dL

> > > Testosterone free 29 pmol/L Range ( 40 - 100) equiv 8.36 pg/mL

> > > Prolactin 5 ug/L Range (< 15)

> > >

> > > Vit B12 354 pmol/L Range (162 - 811) equiv 479.7 pg/mL

> > > Serum Folate 35.4 nmol/L Range (8.4 - 55.0) equiv 15.62 ng/mL

> > > Red Cell Folate 556 nmol/L Range ( 545 - 3370) equiv 245.37 ng/mL

> > > Vit D3 25 Hydroxy 160 nmol/L Range (50 - 300) equiv 64.1 ng/mL

> > > Homocysteine 11 umol/L Range (0.00 - 15.00) equiv 1.49 mg/L

> > >

> > > Forgive me for the length of this post but I just need to get everything

> > > out there for completeness.

> > > The big question is what do I do now. Hopefully I will receive some

> > > valuable advice and guidance from this informed community. Who knows I

> > > might be able to go back to my " high profile natural doctor " and give

> > > him some friendly advice, courtesy of the RT3_T3 community.

> > >

> > > Kindest regards and warmest thanks

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