YES dr prescribed T3 after a big debate!!

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Well my gp eventually gave in and presribed me T3 after asking for 4 weeks!!

He went on about the cost of it then saying that he didnt agree with me having

stopped the thyroxine and wouldnt prescribe anymore t3 til i have bloods done to

see if its working!! I said just look at me i have a clear head have more energy

surely that speaks for itself.

Lets just hope my blood tests come back positive what am i asking for? also i

need to know the other things i need testing for?

Surely no blood test can come back as bad as my last one tsh 42.

Thanks for all the ongoing support x

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Dee, remember not to take any thyroid hormone replacement for at

least 24 hours before you have your blood drawn, otherwise, your free T3 will

show very high in the reference range - your doctor will start quaking in his

shoes, thinking that you are going hyPERthyroid and will try to cut down your

dose. T3 has a very short half life of about 2 days in humans, but it peaks in

the blood 2 to 4 hours after taking it. Doctors know that people suffering with

hyPERthyroidism have high T4 and T3 and very suppressed TSH and they therefore

get scared when they see their patients with such results. Your TSH will be

suppressed because your pituitary recognises that there is sufficient thyroid

hormone in the blood so therefore your pituitary gland has no need to secrete TSH

to tell the thyroid gland to secrete more thyroid hormone. You might need to

explain this to your GP if he starts to go on abouot your low TSH.

You need to test the following to see if the levels are low in

the range: ferritin, vitamin B12, vitamin D3, magnesium, folate, copper and

zinc. Once you get these results, post them here on the forum together with the

reference range for each test.

Luv - Sheila

Well my gp eventually gave in and presribed me

T3 after asking for 4 weeks!!

He went on about the cost of it then saying that he didnt agree with me having

stopped the thyroxine and wouldnt prescribe anymore t3 til i have bloods done

to see if its working!! I said just look at me i have a clear head have more

energy surely that speaks for itself.

Lets just hope my blood tests come back positive what am i asking for? also i

need to know the other things i need testing for?

Surely no blood test can come back as bad as my last one tsh 42.

Thanks for all the ongoing support x

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