ESR Sunny

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Hi Sunny,

Yeah you are right. I have enought thyroid hormone. I am on the low

end of normal. So for years I was told that I was normal. It is

actually something that I researched myself. I found a treatment and

a dr that would write an rx for me. I was pretty desperate at the

time. If you are interested take a look at wilsonsyndrome.com. It

is not exactly what I have, but it got me started in the right

direction. I take Liothyronine(T-3). T-3 is the active form of the

thyroid hormone. What is actually being used in the cells. In Nov.

of 2003 I went to an endocrinologist down at UCSF. He thought he

was going to prove me wrong. He ran a whole battery of tests and

found out that what I was doing was working. I was taking 60 mcg

twice a day of compounded T-3 (which is a very high dosage) and my

TSH was normal. It should have been dramatically suppressed. That

is when he told me. " I don't know why, but you are thyroid hormone

resistent. " Somehow I am not using my thyroid hormone effectively.

The medicine has helped a lot. I even had 3 years that were

basically symptom free. I hope that explains it.

Joanne