Re: Re:help for my aunt-Elaine

[Guest guest]

(It could also be that her T4 is high but she's not converting and has very

little T3.) The Endo should be able to add cytomel which is T3.

Adding cytomel to my synthroid made all the difference in the world for me.

If I remember right, your original post about this was many weeks ago. You

aunt hasn't gotten help from this doc yet?

Jen M

Re:help for my aunt-Elaine

> Hi,

>

> My aunt did get the t3 test and it was determined that it is low,Her endo

said this means she needs more synthroid and that armour is only used when

you are hyper,she is more confused than ever now.....??

>

> Hi Jen,

> It sounds like she's hypothyroid since she has hair loss and probably

> inflammation of her thyroid stump.

> Some hypothyroid symptoms are very similar to hyper ones including

> insomnia

> and palpitations.

> It could also be that her T4 is high but she's not converting and has

very

> little T3.

> She should make sure that her doctor is testing FT4 and FT3 so that she

> can

> get on the right type of med as well as the right dose. This happened to

> me

> while I was on Synthroid. I now use Armour, which has both T4 and T3.

Hope

> this

> helps, Elaine

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Where do these ideas come from? Only use Armour in hyper?? Perhaps your aunt

could confuse this doctor more by asking for Cylert in addition to her T4.

There are several articles dating from '98 explaining how many of us need

supplemental T3. If finding a new doc is too much of a problem, perhaps you

could

find your aunt an abstract or article to take along. Last time i checked the

synthroid web site had a very good article explaining this. Increasing T4

doesn't

necessarily help with conversion. Usually people end up with symptoms of T4

toxicity and still have symptoms of T3 deficiency. Glad you're there to help

your aunt. Best, Elaine