BUMP: Hyper or Low Ferritin? Normal Temps/LOTS of Anxiety

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Sorry, but not sure whether to lower t3 more or what to do. Today the anxiety

was getting super bad but seemed to go away after my noon dose of HC. Maybe I

have had some t3 dumps the past couple of days??

Thanks,

Kathleen

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> I didn't know to test iron for all my previous iron tests. Per Val, I took 150

mg iron for one month, then retested a full iron panel. Also did thyroid labs.

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> Ferritin 60 (10-232)

> Iron, serum 146 (40 - 175)

> Iron Binding Capactity 47% (15 - 50)

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> TSH .31 (.4 - 4.5)

> ft4 .4 (.8 - 1.8)

> ft3 313 (230 - 420)

> rt3 6 (11-32)

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> FASTED iron 5 days but didn't fast red meat

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> sodium 142 (135-146) -- supping 1/2 tsp salt

> potassium 4.0 (3.5 - 5.3) -- supping 4500 OTC sodium chloride

> RBC Magnesium 4.3 (4 - 6.4)

> RBC Potassium 108 (90 - 111)

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> Still waiting on aldo results.

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> FASTED 12 hours for these

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> Meds:

> 40 - 45 HC (seemed to need more due to anxiety, shakes, etc.) and to build

reserves as was only on 11.25 for several months and went really low cortisol

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> 43.75 t3 (cut back from 50 due to highish temps, insomnia, ANXIETY)

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> bumped iron from 150 to 200 about 2 days ago

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> Temps averaging past 5 days

> 98.6

> 98.6

> 98.6

> 98.4

> 98.7

> 98.8

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> Hmmm, past 2 days with the bad anxiety show higher temps.

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> Pulse mostly mid 70s, highest is 82.

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> BP averaging anywhere from 104/64 to 116/72, depending on time of day, raises

after standing ONLY if I'm not late on HC dose.

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> Not sure if I should cut t3 more or what? Is this low ferritin as I don't

think I'm anywhere near hyper. Temps could be falsely high due to low aldo, am

waiting on results. I feel pretty good, in fact, except for horrid anxiety that

just came on past few days. Could increasing iron by 50 mg have induced t3 dump

or the extra HC I've been taking?

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> (Val, am waiting on aldo tests to make phone appt. to discuss possible

Florinef so I can get down on HC.)

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> Thanks,

> Kathleen

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