Re: Re: Help... Need to make sense of my numbers to find out what my problem is?

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By these labs you ARE hypothyroid. Your T4 is NOT supressed as it shoudl

be on T3 onyl, and your FT3 is dismally low this simply means oyu need

mroe T3. When on T3 onyl we need OVER range FT3 because there is no

conversion form T4 availanbel. These labs look to me likesomeone on

Armour. On too low a dose of Armour even.

http://www.nthadrenalsweb.org/

http://www.health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

http://www.faqhelp.webs.com/

http://www.health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

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

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>> Quest Labs

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>> Tsh- 2.51 (0.40-4.50)mIU/L

>> T4, free- 1.1 (0.8-1.8)ng/dl

>> T3, free- 365 (230-420)pg/dl

>> Rev T3- 23 (11-32)ng/dl

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>> ferritin- 112 (20-345)ng/ml

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>> ** I have been on 15-20mg hc and 50-75mcg t3 for about 4 months prior to this

test.... Comparing this current blood test to my previous blood tests of years

past when I started experiencing possible hypo/adrenal problems show roughly the

same values... the only thing that has significantly changed is that my tsh is

the highest it has ever been for me... I have always been around 2.2-2.3 and now

I am up to 2.5 and still experiencing severe hypo symptoms (fatigue, depression

and severe diffuse " hypo pattern " hairloss (I went from a full head of hair just

5 months ago to extremely thin, shedding, wispy hair... I had to shave it this

past week with a 1 guard clipper cuz it was so bad...)

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>> I really think I am hypothyroid... what should I do at this point..

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> What im really trying to figure out is how/why my Tsh went up from 2.3 to 2.51

while taking t3.... unless my t3 was fake or severely underdosed... I do have 3

bottles of cynomel (mexico) arriving in a few days.. should I try the cynomel

when it arrives or should I drop t3 and try to go on Armour or equivalent

natural t4/t3...?

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> My previous blood work (lab corp) from 3/9/10...

> TSH- 1.160

> T3- 151 (71-180)ng/dl

> T4- 8.4 (4.5-12.0)ug/dl

> RT3- 281 (90-350)pg/ml

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> My current blood work (quest)8/21/10....

> TSH- 2.51

> T4, free- 1.1 (0.8-1.8)ng/dl

> T3, free- 365 (230-420)pg/dl

> RT3- 23 (11-32)ng/dl

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[Guest guest]

I woudl start the T3 no higher than 50mcg dividedinto four doses. This

WIL be a shock to your system! I went horribly hypo on Tiromel too. It

is just not a good product but better than nothign! LOL You can try it

wihtout the HC and see how it goes.

http://www.nthadrenalsweb.org/

http://www.health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

http://www.faqhelp.webs.com/

http://www.health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

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

> I was taking Tiromel from Turkey... Val had warned me about it possibly being

too low dosed but it was all I had and had to make the best of it....

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> As I said earlier, I do have 3 bottles of cynomel (mexico) arriving in few

days thanks to the help of Val.

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> Now, should I restart over my rt3 treatment when I recieve the cynomel? and

should I also continue on the HC... as of now I have been off of HC for the

past 8 days and I have been taking 300mg of micronized pregnenelone in place of

it (150mg am/ 150mg pm)... Could I possibly take t3 without the need to take

HC...

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> In the past I really thought I was having adrenal probs that were causing my

hypo symptoms but now I think it was the RT3 and hypothyroid state I am

currently in that is causing all of my problems...

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> any thoughts...?

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>>>>> Quest Labs

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>>>>> Tsh- 2.51 (0.40-4.50)mIU/L

>>>>> T4, free- 1.1 (0.8-1.8)ng/dl

>>>>> T3, free- 365 (230-420)pg/dl

>>>>> Rev T3- 23 (11-32)ng/dl

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>>>>> ferritin- 112 (20-345)ng/ml

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>>>>> ** I have been on 15-20mg hc and 50-75mcg t3 for about 4 months prior to

this test.... Comparing this current blood test to my previous blood tests of

years past when I started experiencing possible hypo/adrenal problems show

roughly the same values... the only thing that has significantly changed is that

my tsh is the highest it has ever been for me... I have always been around

2.2-2.3 and now I am up to 2.5 and still experiencing severe hypo symptoms

(fatigue, depression and severe diffuse " hypo pattern " hairloss (I went from a

full head of hair just 5 months ago to extremely thin, shedding, wispy hair...

I had to shave it this past week with a 1 guard clipper cuz it was so bad...)

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>>>>> I really think I am hypothyroid... what should I do at this point..

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