Re: mitoldiesThyroid

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I am on my 3rd Endo because the first two were so arrogant. Drive me crazy.

This last one is still arrogant, but he does listen a lot better than the other

2. I think medical schools have several courses these doctors are required to

take, (i.e. arrogance 101, God complex 102, etc)

( " The endocrinologists around here

are a tough lot. The last one I saw was so arrogant that he said he

had the article I had with me, written by Cohen on Mito In Adults, but

that he had not read it and would not read it. " )

Pure T-3 can make your heart go crazy...it does mine. I take Armour Thyroid

which has T-3 and T-4 as well as T-0, T-1, and T-2. You don't hear much about

those last three. Armour is a natural product made from the thyroid of pigs.

I don't do well on T-4 only products like Synthroid because, like many people, I

don't convert T-4 easily to T-3 which is the active hormone in the body.

Instead I make a lot of what is called 'reverse T-3' which is used by the body

to slow down metabolism. I have a theory that this is somehow related to my

Mito. You can't diagnose the reverse T-3 with the " standard " tests that the

doctors do. They usually do a TSH or Thyroid Stimulating Hormone and not much

else. My TSH was always in the normal range even when I was Hypothyroid.

Lea