Re: thyroid results- Jackie again

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>> -------------Are you taking any other adrenal support, like ACE,

lots of Vit C, B5---pantothenic acid? I think the ACE really helps,

besides the HC.

.....yes, to all of the above. Doc says I'm getting the optimal

support - she is at a loss too. Joy

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> Was your DHEA low too? Are you supplementing that?---------Jackie

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> .....apparently not. Tested 34 (15-170) Joy

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> I also had

> complete hormone profile & subsequently started on Prog/Est.

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> ---------How were your testosterone levels?---------Jackie

.....tested total 8 (2-45)

free 0.8 (0.1-6.4)

Doc thought DHEA & testosterone were fine.

Jackie I really appreciate your input. I may try additional

supplementation but feel doubtful that supplements can do more than

the thyroid hormones. Probably still need to focus on healing the

adrenals, but geez they sure aren't wanting to recover!

Joy

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> I think

> the hormones have been very beneficial in other ways. Still have

> considerable fatigue, weakness, low temps, cold etc which causes

me

> to believe that something is missing. Armour or ST3 hasn't

helped -

> has me pretty perplexed. Maybe I need a much higher dosage or

> 's protocol can kick-start functioning?

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> ----------Possibly. I am also in the process of re-evaluating

hormones, because something isn't right with me yet either. Waiting

for lab results. I was just reading at the Dr. Rind website, and he

says that if adrenals are low and weak, that the pituitary senses

that, and will keep thyroid low to help protect the adrenals. This

makes sense to me, and I think I might be in that boat too. So maybe

our adrenals haven't healed enough yet, for the thyroid to be able to

work better.

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> But to be honest, I'm not on thyroid hormone, so definitely not

an expert. Have you asked on other hormone forums? And I guess if

my temps were still low and you still have symptoms, then I would

either try higher doses of Armour or possibly the 's protocol.

Have you read his stuff about Reverse T3? I think Dean's website has

a pretty good recap of all of this thyroid stuff.-----Jackie

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> I take 25mcg selenium -

> is that the same as selenomethionine? Joy

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> ----------There are different forms of selenium, and

selenomethionine is one of them, and is the form recommended by

Andy. It should say on the bottle. And I know everyone is different

in what/how much they tolerate, but that does sound like a rather

small dose of selenium. Have you ever tried more? I take 200-300mcg

a day. It is supposed to help with the conversion of T4 to T3, so is

important for thyroid hormone function.

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> And do you take iodine, or have you ever tried it? And tyrosine

is supposed to be good for the thyroid too.-----------Jackie

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> > so I began to think that I was barking up

> > > the wrong tree with thyroid issues. My doctor felt that if I

> > > didn't feel any different " off " thyroid meds, then my thyroid

> > > isn't the problem. Its so hard to figure out what's what with

so

> > > many overlapping problems!

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> > -----------Yes, it can be difficult, when we can have so many

> things out of whack. Another thought, have you ever had your

> ferritin levels checked? That can affect thyroid also.-----------

> Jackie

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> >....... Yes, my ferritin results 88 (10-232) Joy

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> ---------Better than mine -------------Jackie

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