Re: GP Will Monitor Tapazole - Elaine

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Elaine wrote:

****TSI is the same as the stimulating TSH receptor antibody test

(stimulating TRAb). If you had a total TRAb, which includes blocking,

stimulating and binding antibodies and it was negative, this would

indicate that you're negative for TSI.****

I don't think I had the total Trab. I will list what I had done:

THY PEROXIDASE AB which was less than 2.

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY which was less than 2.

I will have the TSI done, as I have said, December 1. I am waiting

until then because it will be almost three months of taking the

tincture and my naturopath said that we had to give it at least three

months to see if it is going to work. It will be interesting to see

if I do have the thyroid stimulating antibodies.

I have read that you can have Grave's Disease without having

antibodies, but then what criteria is used for remission if one can't

see the antibodies drop down to 2%?

For further clarification on the death of the thyroid due to old age

and being speeded along by getting Grave's, does Grave's Disease,

treated or untreated, lead to the death of the thyroid for some

people?

I went to see my GP, prepared to get what I needed (lower doses of

the medication) to taper off and quit my antidepressant, Norpramin,

but he said that it was not necessary to do so as Norpramin and

Tapazole do not show up as having negative interactions in his

database. I am kind of glad. I was not looking forward to

continuing the fight against Grave's in a depressed state of mind.

For me, the antidepressant has made it possible to live a reasonably

peaceful and happy life. Without it, everything is grey and sad for

me.

I don't agree with everything my naturopath says nor do I agree with

everything my GP says, but I am going to use them for what I want. I

still want to take the tincture if I start taking the Tapazole to

help reduce my symptoms since I believe that the tincture will enable

me to take a lesser dose of the Tapazole. My naturopath can't

prescribe the Tapazole, so I need my GP for that. I will get the

information I need from people like Elaine, who are so very

knowledgeable, and kind to pass the information along to us who are

struggling to understand.

Thank you, Elaine

> Hi Vic,

> TSI is the same as the stimulating TSH receptor antibody test

(stimulating

> TRAb). If you had a total TRAb, which includes blocking,

stimulating and

> binding antibodies and it was negative, this would indicate that

you're

> negative for TSI. But it's always good to look at the results.

People with no

> antibodies have levels of <2. If the reference range is <130, and

your level

> is 95, you likely do have antibodies.

>

> People in their 50's who still have their thyroid glands show no

loss of

> thyroid function. Thyroid function slows down a bit in old age

(70's and

> 80's) but it's certainly nothing close to thyroid failure. Where

you might

> run an FT4 of 1.5 for many years, it could fall to 1.1 in old age.

Activity,

> or loss of activity, is what causes the thyroid to slow down in old

age.

>

> Total T3 includes both free T3 and reverse T3. Only free T3 reacts

with the

> body's cells. In certain instances, like in low carb diets or

prolonged

> bedrest, the body produces more reverse T3 than total T3. Normally,

your body

> makes mostly free T3. So the total level isn't accurate. Free T3

measures the

> hormone that is able to cause the effects associated with thyroid

hormone.

> People with GD often produce more T3 proportional to T4 so it's

important to

> know what your FT3 level. If you've had tests that don't show

evidence of

> this (T3 thyrotoxicosis), then you could just have the FT4 and TSH

level most

> of the time with an occasional FT3. Take care, Elaine

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