Re: New Member, labs.... / raising iron

[Guest guest]

Many here have had good results raising iron with Blue Bonnet iron, here's a

link:

http://www.iherb.com/Bluebonnet-Nutrition-Chelated-Iron-90-Vcaps/11571?at=0

150-200 mg a day. Starting a lot of iron suddenly may cause some digestive

upset, so tapering up to this dose can be a help.

For best absorption, take in 2 separate doses, at the same time as some vitamin

C.

It is often recommended to take on an empty stomach; that works for most people,

but I find it easier on my stomach to take my iron with food.

For good thyroid function, iron % saturation needs to be 35-45 and ferritin

70-90. People with low iron sometimes do not tolerate an adequate dose of T3

until their iron is improved. Low iron impairs the utilization of any thyroid

med.

For more info on all things RT3, see Moderator Nick's great website, here's the

link:

http://www.thyroid-rt3.com/

>

> I was referred to this group after posting about re-starting my thyroid meds

(went off for 2-3 mos.) and I'm not feeling any better---I'm currently using 2

gr. naturthroid, .75 synthroid.....this was what I was taking for long time

before I recently quit----I don't know why I quit---I got upset with not being

able to get thyroid meds when they were scarce, then I guess it just pissed me

off and I was doing well and convinced myself I didn't need them.....okay, got

that out of the way---I will never make that mistake again.....

> sooooo, I went and did labs, posted them to thyroid group and it confirmed I'm

hypo, have hashis, got my holistic MD to give me the same prescription I was on

previous to quitting when I was feeling GREAT---only it's been about 3 weeks now

and I'm not feeling better.......I remember when I first went on old armour

after being on only synthroid (and feeling poorly for years)---well, on the

armour I felt better in 3 days.....Am I being unrealistic?? OR could I

possibly have RT3 syndrome, something else, iron.....? if so, where did it come

from--maybe because I stopped the thyroid meds altogether?......

> I had 7/8 of my throid taken out about 40 yrs. ago, no one put me on pills and

I was told I would never need anything EVER.....so, 30 yrs. later I could have

just rolled up in a ball on the bed and died I was sooooo listless----went to an

endo. and he gave me synthroid and cytomel.....felt a bit better but never felt

GREAT, normal, and when I asked him is that all there is to feeling better, he

said yes---didn't want to increase anything.....for 6-8 yrs. or so I felt blah,

tired, gained weight, etc. all the classic symptoms, couldn't get anyone to pay

attention to me and eventually I crashed very badly adding non-existent adrenals

and female hormone problems to the mix.....then I moved to where this holistic

nutritionist and holistic MD are and I ended up on Armour---I felt GREAT in just

3 days......eventually we added a bit of synthroid to the armour mix and I felt

even better---apparently it was agreeing with my system then......then the

armour got hard to get, I got pissed off at having to find it, so I foolishly

stopped on my own.....

> so, here I am, not feeling better---am I impatient after 3 weeks or is there

another issue (RT3)...??? I have also been supplementing with cortisone cream

and isocort for my adrenals lately as I've felt poorly, and without them I'm

nothing.....major complaints---brain fog, tired.....I got my labs, and I don't

have extra cash to get any more labs right now---would be willing to get more

labs in 6 weeks or so to see how it's all working out.....I'm also taking 3

Floradix tablets daily, just increased to 4), take a lot of other supplements,

including b-12 shots.....

> can someone please help and put me on the right path......???

>

> T4 - .28 (.82-1.77)

> T3 - l.0 (2.0-4.4)

> TSH - 12.56 (.450-4.500)

> Iron, Serum 41 (35-155)

>

[Guest guest]

Margery, I'm trying to understand---are you saying you think it's cause I have

low iron----I'm currently using Floradix tablets, and that says it has 7 mg.

Iron (+ vitamins) in it....I now take 4 per day......are you further saying to

switch to Blue Bonnet ---I'm looking at my bottle and it says 7 mg. and I saw

that Blue Bonnet is 27 mg----that's quite a bit of difference if that is the

truth...?

Am I reading labels correctly??

Blessings, Margaret

>

> Many here have had good results raising iron with Blue Bonnet iron, here's a

link:

> http://www.iherb.com/Bluebonnet-Nutrition-Chelated-Iron-90-Vcaps/11571?at=0

>

> 150-200 mg a day. Starting a lot of iron suddenly may cause some digestive

upset, so tapering up to this dose can be a help.

>

> For best absorption, take in 2 separate doses, at the same time as some

vitamin C.

>

> It is often recommended to take on an empty stomach; that works for most

people, but I find it easier on my stomach to take my iron with food.

>

> For good thyroid function, iron % saturation needs to be 35-45 and ferritin

70-90. People with low iron sometimes do not tolerate an adequate dose of T3

until their iron is improved. Low iron impairs the utilization of any thyroid

med.

>

> For more info on all things RT3, see Moderator Nick's great

[Guest guest]

Yes, that's correct, it has 25 mg and you need to take 6 to 8 of those a day to

get 150 to 200 mg a day of iron. You can't really get iron up with the tiny

doses you're taking right now.

Kathleen

> >

> > Many here have had good results raising iron with Blue Bonnet iron, here's a

link:

> > http://www.iherb.com/Bluebonnet-Nutrition-Chelated-Iron-90-Vcaps/11571?at=0

> >

> > 150-200 mg a day. Starting a lot of iron suddenly may cause some digestive

upset, so tapering up to this dose can be a help.

> >

> > For best absorption, take in 2 separate doses, at the same time as some

vitamin C.

> >

> > It is often recommended to take on an empty stomach; that works for most

people, but I find it easier on my stomach to take my iron with food.

> >

> > For good thyroid function, iron % saturation needs to be 35-45 and ferritin

70-90. People with low iron sometimes do not tolerate an adequate dose of T3

until their iron is improved. Low iron impairs the utilization of any thyroid

med.

> >

> > For more info on all things RT3, see Moderator Nick's great

>