Re: Ready to cry, just don't understand why I can't raise my T3 med...Val?

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Several things come to mind. Low sodium causes high (fast ) pulse, and

magnesium can be very helpful for pounding heart.. that annoying thing

that seem sot always happen when trying to go to sleep. The magnesium

deosn;t work with calcium to releive this but nees to be magnesium

ALONE. usually start with 200 mg and increase to 400mg ina few days.

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I have read here that ideal ferritin for women is 70-90, therefore yours

is way too high at 184. At least one doc who has written about ferritin

thinks ideal ferritin is about 50. High ferritin can cause just as much

trouble as ferritin that is too low.

If you still have cycles and periods, yours may come down into normal

range by itself. But if you are postmenopausal, you need to donate blood

to bring the ferritin down.

my opinion,

sol

brianangela2001 wrote:

> Here's the scenario:

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> Finished up the IV iron 3 weeks ago, ferritin is now at 184. That's

> good news.

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I am nowhere near menopause, and my doc thinks this will come down

very quickly due to my heavy, prolonged menstrual bleeding. She even

said I may have to have another series within six months - year if it

drops at the rate it did before the infusions. She has offered me

the option of an ablation, and another doc suggested a hysterectomy,

but I'm not ready to go there yet.

Thanks,

> > Here's the scenario:

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> > Finished up the IV iron 3 weeks ago, ferritin is now at 184.

That's

> > good news.

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If you can get the hypo corrected the Ferrin should stay up better as

well as help your horrid periods straighten out.

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> If you can get the hypo corrected the Ferrin should stay up better as

> well as help your horrid periods straighten out.

Hi, Val,

Thanks for the response. That's what I'm trying to do, but can't seem

to get there. I am seeing the doc tomorrow morning to go over the

options. I don't think I'm doing well with the Cytomel, and I couldn't

get a good temp raise with the Armour, so I'm thinking we may have to

try the time-release T3.

I know there is variability with pharmacies - is there a compounding

pharmacy that you know of that has a good reputation with the SR T3?

Thanks so much.

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I don't kn9ow of any pharmacies with good SRT3, because I had no luck

with it at all. But it is worth a try.

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Yes, that makes sense. If you have really heavy bleeding, it will come

down. I am sure I used to be anemic/very low ferritin when I was still

having periods. I did agree to a hysterectomy because I just couldn't

stand it anymore, I'd been bad for about 10 years, but when it finally

escalated to be having heavy bleeding and actual hemorrhaging 2 weeks

out of every 3 weeks, that was too much, and it had gotten so I couldn't

leave the house during my periods. I still stood that for year. In

those days nobody ever checked my ferritin, and I was continually told

my thyroid was " normal " .

But now, 20 years later, I have very high ferritin and no way to bring

it down as my doctor won't write me a note for the blood bank.

sol

brianangela2001 wrote:

> I am nowhere near menopause, and my doc thinks this will come down

> very quickly due to my heavy, prolonged menstrual bleeding. She even

> said I may have to have another series within six months - year if it

> drops at the rate it did before the infusions. She has offered me

> the option of an ablation, and another doc suggested a hysterectomy,

> but I'm not ready to go there yet.

>

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Yep, that's where I am. Techically hemorraghing at least 1 week of

the month, total bleeding time is 2-3 weeks (when on higher amounts

of cortisol). When I keep my cortisol high enough, I have fewer of

the hemorraghing days and fewer bleeding days overall. Every time I

try to lower it, the bleeding worsens and prolongs. In that case, I

get about 4 days of non-bleeding per month.

I may get to the point I'm ready for surgery, but past surgeries

totally wiped me out for six months. Can't do it right now.

> > I am nowhere near menopause, and my doc thinks this will come

down

> > very quickly due to my heavy, prolonged menstrual bleeding. She

even

> > said I may have to have another series within six months - year

if it

> > drops at the rate it did before the infusions. She has offered

me

> > the option of an ablation, and another doc suggested a

hysterectomy,

> > but I'm not ready to go there yet.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

>Hey ; butting in here to tell you that my dr. uses Medaus

Pharmacy for SRT3. They have a good reputation, supposedly. conny

> I know there is variability with pharmacies - is there a compounding

> pharmacy that you know of that has a good reputation with the SR T3?

>

> Thanks so much.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you!

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> >Hey ; butting in here to tell you that my dr. uses Medaus

> Pharmacy for SRT3. They have a good reputation, supposedly. conny

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> > I know there is variability with pharmacies - is there a

compounding

> > pharmacy that you know of that has a good reputation with the SR T3?

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> > Thanks so much.

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