Sheila... Completely baffled... any ideas ? thks

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Thank you so much to everyone who replied.

Hi Shiela I am the girl (from West Midlands) you met at your house when I saw Dr

about 3 mths ago. Hope you are well.

Dr said I am thyrotoxic and need to come off the Erfa. I started T3 only

(Cynomel) under a week ago.... but struggling with it. I realise I need to be

patient but having symptoms so early on is disconcerting.

I will be contacting Dr tomorrow on his phone in day to discuss.

My serum ferritin was 44ng, serun folate 14.6 (3-30) and VIT b12 400 checked 2

mths ago. Magnesium blood 0.73 (0.7-1). Serum progesterone 27.7 nmol/L (whats

this mean?). I am now taking iron supplements plus VIT C, Co q 10, VIT B and

Nutri Adrenals supplements.

Dr says I potentially have an RT3 problem, maybe enzyme failure as I a have too

much t4 and not enough t3 in my cells.

My last bloods were checked 2 mths ago whilst on Erfa (was on Erfa for about 4

mths) and FT4 12.3 (12-22) and FT3 6.5 (3.95-6.8) tsh 0.01. Prior to Erfa i was

taking levothyroxine (for 2 yrs) FT4 36 and FT3 6.9 (hence the potential RT3

problem)

I have had the check for systematic candida and came back normal.

I dont understand why I get the spasms in my neck is this the thyroid medication

or adrenals or nutrition deficiency...?? I have asked the RT3 forum and answer

was looks like the T3 is pooling and I need to find out why.

Yes starting with small doses 3mcg every 4 hours but again last night and this

morning mild spasms in my neck arrived again...i dont think my symptoms will let

me increase anymore... the tightness in my neck is very uncomfortable.

I feel like I am falling at every hurdle at the moment I am such a positive

person but this has been going on too long now... being a single mom I am

struggling.

Thanks very much for your help Sheila x

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> I think it might be best to ask your GP to test your ferritin, vitamin B12,

> vitamin D3, magnesium, folate, copper and zinc to see if any of these are

> low in the reference range. Any one of these being low would mean whatever

> amount or type of thyroid hormone you are taking, it will not be properly

> utilised in the cells until they are supplemented. When you get the results,

> post them here together with the ref. range for each test done, as many

> doctors will tell you they are 'normal' wherever they appear in the range.

>

> Also, is there any possibility you could be suffering with systemic

> candidiasis. The candida gets right into the gut and again, thyroid hormone

> cannot be absorbed. This is also a problem if you have mercury poisoning

> caused through amalgam fillings.

>

> I think it is always a good idea to start with small doses and build up

> gradually.

>