Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Hello, I just got my lab results. FT4- 1.05 (.061-1.76 FT3 - 2.4 (2.3-4.2) TPO- 16 ( 0-34) Ferritan 68 (10-291) I have had a horrible week with shaky, sweating, not sleeping, hungry, depression, anxiety. Not sure what to do here. I'm not on any thyroid yet but am considering starting Delta. I have a adrenal saliva test on it's way. Any thoughts about the results? Thanks! Elisabeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 I'm not 100% sure, but is the Delta you are talking about a cortisone? If so, from looking at your labs, it might really help. If you use cortisone when the hypothyroidism is caused by adrenal problems, it will increase production from the thyroid and conversion of thyroid T4 to T3 and this would bring up your low T3 levels. You show signs of a definite conversion problem. If you use cortisone when you have primary hypothyroidism or failure of the gland, it will increase the need for thyroid and the gland will not be able to increase production. The result will be depletion of thyroid hormone from the blood. Usually this will make you feel worse. It takes a week or two. You do not show signs of primary hypothyroidism, but that doesn't mean it's not there. If your diet is lacking in sufficient Iodine, selinium, chromium, protein, and calories, this will also slow conversion of T4 to T3. There are other problems on the cellular leval that can give results like yours, like sickness of some kind, other deficiencies, auto- immune conditions. > > FT4- 1.05 (.061-1.76 _______________________ Just a bit above the midline of the range. Hard to say if this is too low for you or not. _______________________ > FT3 - 2.4 (2.3-4.2) _______________________ The midline of this range is 3.25. You are well below that and at the bottom of the range here. In my book, that's hypothyroidism. Since the ranges are skewed slightly downward toward hypothyroidism, being at the lower end is usually hypothryoid. Looks like you are not converting your T4 to T3 well. What's your diet like? Do you get adequate nutrition? Or you could have bad adrenal problems slowing conversion of T4 to T3. Since T4 is relatively inactive, you must be able to convert it to T3 to get energy. People who have thyroid failure tend to have low T4 and T3 near the middle of the range. Your's is the opposit. So, this makes me think it is something else that is causing your hypothyroidism by impairing your ability to convert T4 to T3. It's possible that you could have adrenal problems slowing down your thyroid function and not a thyroid problem. ________________________ > > I have had a horrible week with shaky, sweating, not sleeping, hungry, > depression, anxiety. _____________________ These are symptoms of low adrenal function. Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 I'm not 100% sure, but is the Delta you are talking about a cortisone? If so, from looking at your labs, it might really help. If you use cortisone when the hypothyroidism is caused by adrenal problems, it will increase production from the thyroid and conversion of thyroid T4 to T3 and this would bring up your low T3 levels. You show signs of a definite conversion problem. If you use cortisone when you have primary hypothyroidism or failure of the gland, it will increase the need for thyroid and the gland will not be able to increase production. The result will be depletion of thyroid hormone from the blood. Usually this will make you feel worse. It takes a week or two. You do not show signs of primary hypothyroidism, but that doesn't mean it's not there. If your diet is lacking in sufficient Iodine, selinium, chromium, protein, and calories, this will also slow conversion of T4 to T3. There are other problems on the cellular leval that can give results like yours, like sickness of some kind, other deficiencies, auto- immune conditions. > > FT4- 1.05 (.061-1.76 _______________________ Just a bit above the midline of the range. Hard to say if this is too low for you or not. _______________________ > FT3 - 2.4 (2.3-4.2) _______________________ The midline of this range is 3.25. You are well below that and at the bottom of the range here. In my book, that's hypothyroidism. Since the ranges are skewed slightly downward toward hypothyroidism, being at the lower end is usually hypothryoid. Looks like you are not converting your T4 to T3 well. What's your diet like? Do you get adequate nutrition? Or you could have bad adrenal problems slowing conversion of T4 to T3. Since T4 is relatively inactive, you must be able to convert it to T3 to get energy. People who have thyroid failure tend to have low T4 and T3 near the middle of the range. Your's is the opposit. So, this makes me think it is something else that is causing your hypothyroidism by impairing your ability to convert T4 to T3. It's possible that you could have adrenal problems slowing down your thyroid function and not a thyroid problem. ________________________ > > I have had a horrible week with shaky, sweating, not sleeping, hungry, > depression, anxiety. _____________________ These are symptoms of low adrenal function. Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 I'm not 100% sure, but is the Delta you are talking about a cortisone? If so, from looking at your labs, it might really help. If you use cortisone when the hypothyroidism is caused by adrenal problems, it will increase production from the thyroid and conversion of thyroid T4 to T3 and this would bring up your low T3 levels. You show signs of a definite conversion problem. If you use cortisone when you have primary hypothyroidism or failure of the gland, it will increase the need for thyroid and the gland will not be able to increase production. The result will be depletion of thyroid hormone from the blood. Usually this will make you feel worse. It takes a week or two. You do not show signs of primary hypothyroidism, but that doesn't mean it's not there. If your diet is lacking in sufficient Iodine, selinium, chromium, protein, and calories, this will also slow conversion of T4 to T3. There are other problems on the cellular leval that can give results like yours, like sickness of some kind, other deficiencies, auto- immune conditions. > > FT4- 1.05 (.061-1.76 _______________________ Just a bit above the midline of the range. Hard to say if this is too low for you or not. _______________________ > FT3 - 2.4 (2.3-4.2) _______________________ The midline of this range is 3.25. You are well below that and at the bottom of the range here. In my book, that's hypothyroidism. Since the ranges are skewed slightly downward toward hypothyroidism, being at the lower end is usually hypothryoid. Looks like you are not converting your T4 to T3 well. What's your diet like? Do you get adequate nutrition? Or you could have bad adrenal problems slowing conversion of T4 to T3. Since T4 is relatively inactive, you must be able to convert it to T3 to get energy. People who have thyroid failure tend to have low T4 and T3 near the middle of the range. Your's is the opposit. So, this makes me think it is something else that is causing your hypothyroidism by impairing your ability to convert T4 to T3. It's possible that you could have adrenal problems slowing down your thyroid function and not a thyroid problem. ________________________ > > I have had a horrible week with shaky, sweating, not sleeping, hungry, > depression, anxiety. _____________________ These are symptoms of low adrenal function. Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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