Re: NAN thanks for your remembering me

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Nannette,

I see that Dr. Tan did not answer this, so I will give it a stab, based

on my limited knowledge. But I do know a little bit about thyroid

stuff, since I deal with it too.

First of all, your TSH shows that you are getting more than enough

thyroid hormones; i.e., your pituitary gland, which is the master gland,

does not have to tell your thyroid to produce more thyroid hormones. I

feel best when I am closer to zero, as that means I have enough thryoid

action. However, a too low TSH can indicate a hyperactive thyroid gland

as well.

Your free T4 is low. T4 is the hormone that converts to T3, and T3 is

the most powerful form of thyroid hormone..it is the one that stokes

your metabolism. So, if you have low free T4, it means that there is not

alot there for conversion purposes, and therefore, I would expect your

T3 to be low as well. However, that is not the case, it seems, as you

said your free T3 is normal. The question I have is, what is the exact

number for the T3 and what is the range? Because " normal " can be

misleading. With free T3, you want to be in the upper range of normal,

not the lower range.

Synthroid is a T4 only thyroid supplement. It would seem to be the

correct thyroid hormone for you to use, since you seem to be lower in

T4. However, Synthroid is a synthetic thyroid hormone, and sometimes

people do well on Armour, a more natural thyroid hormone than they do a

synthetic. Having said that, those with adrenal function issues do

better on synthroid if the adrenal glands are not being treated!

I still wonder.....did you have the antibody testing that I asked about

Nan? Your thyroid gland hurting sounds to me like it could be under

autoimmune attack, and the correct tests need to be performed for

that...the anti-TPO antibody test, and the anti-thyroglobulin test, or

TGAb.

Let me know if you've had those done and what the results were. You can

have antibodies to the thyroid and still have other normal thyroid test

results, such as a normal TSH. But that does not mean you should not be

treated...your thyroid is still under attack.

Patty

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> I bet someone here can help with this one. my tsh is 0.019 normal is

0.450 - 4.500, my t4 free is 0.44 normal is 0.61-1.76 and my tri free

serum is normal. I do not understand this and have no idea what this

means. they put me on synthroid at 25 and this seems to be of minimal

help at this point. i have been complaining for years about my thyroid

gland hurting, it hurts to touch it, they did an u/s and said it looks

perfect, well what the heck does that have to do with whether it is

working correctly! i am in dr hell. patti i would love to get out of

it, but it just seems to get unmanageable, bladder infections, had

walking pneumen and now I just wheeze a bit, but every time i get

through one thing another pops up. like all of you, i have done the

cleansing the diets the supplements the everything, the holistic doctors

the environmental drs, just don't seem to get anywhere. i paid a

fortune to go to a famous center, the meds they gave me landed me in the

hospital for 4 days. the thyroid thing is over my head, so of course i

will end up at a specialist. like beth said, it is sometimes just too

much to take. nannette

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