mercury rt3 antibodies and resistance

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I'm late in responding to the posts on metals and other things that

cause thyroid resistance but I thought

I would give my experience anyway.

First of all mercury is a major factor in reverse T3 and all thyroid

problems, and testing for mercury is a crap shoot.

The thyroid is a target organ for mercury.

I've had several mercury tests and some showed high some showed none.If

you are doing a hair test and mercury

does not show up,look at the calcium and lithium levels.If they are

elevated in the absence of mercury,this is

an indicator of mercury ala Cutler.My hair tests always show the above

with no mercury.However urine and blood

has showed mercury.The thing about mercury is that it is very

illusive.Have you ever tried to grab a glob of mercury

from a broken thermometer...........this is what you are dealing with.

I had been on 2 gr Armour for years and did really well till I had

several large amalgams taken out without proper

protocol.I got weaker and weaker ,depressed,fibro etc about 3 months

after the removal...... according to Cutler,

the body will start dumping mercury about 3 months after amalgams are

removed.

I got up to 8 gr Armour and was better but still had problems.I finally

contacted Ray Peat who initially diagnosed my

original thyroid problem 30 yrs ago and he told me to try straight T3

and it worked really well.

My second point is once I found that I had elevated mercury I tried to

detox and my thyroid antibodies went off the

charts into the thousands and I never had elevated antibodies before.It

also caused elevated liver enzymes which took over

9 yrs to get back down.This was caused by lots of mercury entering my

system via the chelator.I no longer have antibodies nor do I have RT3

My biggest problem has been that whenever I try to detox mercuy,my

resistance gets worse,so I assume

that by mobilizing mercury it either further damages receptors,blocks

them ............or who knows but I have backed

off any type of detox out of fear that my thyroid resistance will get so

bad I won't be able to medicate it.I am on 125 mcg

now and I am a petite person.

My next point is in reference to Mark Starr's book Hypothyroidism Type 2

he basically says if you have amalgam

fillings.............you have mercury and it is effecting your thyroid.

He also covers several pages of chemicals that interfere with thyroid

function

As my dr would say.......... " anything can cause anything "

A very common chemical that interferes with thyroid is fire

retardant.Animals are especially prone because they

spend a lot of time in close proximity to rugs,and upholstered

furniture.Fire retardant is in everything in our homes.

I've never had any reverse T3 but have a lot of resistance and for me I

believe it is caused by mercury because right after removal was when

things got really bad for me.

People think that mercury is not an issue but it is implicated in so

many modern diseases that the facts are getting harder to ignore.Anyone

living in a home heated by coal is exposed to mercury,living near coal

fired power plants,vaccines,

amalgam fillings and those crazy energy efficient bulbs along with all

other fluorescent bulbs.

Although I think toxins of any kind are important to our thyroid issues

I realize the moderators may not want to continue with this topic so if

anyone wants additional info you can email me privately.

Chantal