Guest guest Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 Hi! I have posted before for myself, but I had a question about my son's labs. He is 12 years old and was diagnosed 3 years ago with adrenal fatigue (confirmed by extremely low evening blood work). He has been taking 10 mg hydrocortisone for about 3 years. He has worsening symptoms that I relate to being undertreated with hc and possible hypothyroid. He has gained over 50 pounds in the last couple of years alone and he is sooo sensitive to hot weather. Plus tired all the time and got sick a lot this past winter, even with the hc. June 16, 8am fasting: free t3 4.2 (2.0-4.4) (I've seen elsewhere,this range may be too low for someone his age) free t4 1.35 (0.8-1.80) reverse t3 215 (90-350) ratio t3/rt3 0.0195 I have been measuring his temps and they are pretty much 98.6 F consistently. If we decide on thyroid for him, does he have too much reverse t3 to begin with armour? Should we start with t3 thyroid first to clear out some of the reverse t3? Can someone be hypo, need thyroid, and still have good temps? Any advice is much appreciated! Thanks so much, Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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