New lab results, please help! Doc wants to reduce my armour. :(

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I am up to 3.75 grains of armour. I know this seems a little high but

I do not sleep when I do not take enough. I have no hyper symptoms

except an occasional loose stool. Also, my Ferritin was too high. I

have been taking a lot of iron. I also forgot to discontinue my

thyroid meds the morning of the labs. I do not know what I was

thinking. I took my iron the day before the labs but not the day of.

Free T4 1.7 (0.8-1.8)

Free T3 662 (230-420)

Ferritin 200 :-o

transferrritin 211 (188-341)

I do not want to go down on my armour for fear I will stop sleeping.

Please help! Thanks!

My temps are steady around 97.2. Thanks everyone!!!

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Free T4 1.7 (0.8-1.8)

Free T3 662 (230-420)

Ferritin 200 :-o

transferrritin 211 (188-341)

Well I woudl stop the iron for sure. Have you tried lowering the Armoru? Your

temps are not showing hyper. I suspect you are dealing wiht thyroid resistance

and an RT3 test should be run, and new Free's withotu taking Armour the MA of,

but that wil not raise T4 that high and it is higher than I like to see it.

Usually over 1.4 is when I see high RT3. .

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A very similar result returned from my T3 test, when I was tested within

2 hours of taking a dose.

720 with normal 230-420. Once I knew it was from the dose I had taken

too close to the blood draw, I didn't worry about it.

It is a major PITA to make mistakes like that, as the tests are just

wasted effort and money.

I'd retest the ferritin after being off your iron supplements for a

while. 200 is WAY too high.

sol

Ann s wrote:

> I am up to 3.75 grains of armour. I know this seems a little high but

> I do not sleep when I do not take enough. I have no hyper symptoms

> except an occasional loose stool. Also, my Ferritin was too high. I

> have been taking a lot of iron. I also forgot to discontinue my

> thyroid meds the morning of the labs. I do not know what I was

> thinking. I took my iron the day before the labs but not the day of.

>

> Free T4 1.7 (0.8-1.8)

> Free T3 662 (230-420)

> Ferritin 200 :-o

> transferrritin 211 (188-341)

>

[Guest guest]

A very similar result returned from my T3 test, when I was tested within

2 hours of taking a dose.

720 with normal 230-420. Once I knew it was from the dose I had taken

too close to the blood draw, I didn't worry about it.

It is a major PITA to make mistakes like that, as the tests are just

wasted effort and money.

I'd retest the ferritin after being off your iron supplements for a

while. 200 is WAY too high.

sol

Ann s wrote:

> I am up to 3.75 grains of armour. I know this seems a little high but

> I do not sleep when I do not take enough. I have no hyper symptoms

> except an occasional loose stool. Also, my Ferritin was too high. I

> have been taking a lot of iron. I also forgot to discontinue my

> thyroid meds the morning of the labs. I do not know what I was

> thinking. I took my iron the day before the labs but not the day of.

>

> Free T4 1.7 (0.8-1.8)

> Free T3 662 (230-420)

> Ferritin 200 :-o

> transferrritin 211 (188-341)

>