3rd BUMP TO VAL - Val, I think we keep missing each other!! new labs!

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Hi there.

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 get quite a bit better (ratio

up to 25 from 11). I went up to 1 grain on NT, now my Rt3 is getting worse and

the ratio is now 18.5, if the nice person on this list figured it correctly,

which I'm sure she did!

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!!! (Though, I'm very open to trying it again.)

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.

I'm also on .1mg fludro, 17mcg cytomel (I KNOW it's a low dose, 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.)

What do you think is going on?!? (Thanks much!!)

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)

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)

(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. )

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)

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)