Seeing Endo Monday can someone interpret these results

[Guest guest]

Current blood work is TSH 0.09 / FT3 - 4.6 and FT4 19 (Ranges at lab are TSH

..35-5.0/FT3 2.6-5.7/FT4 12-22). They no longer do Reverse T4 in Canada.

Still have hypo symptoms so wondering how my meds should be adjusted. Am I

converting T4 to T3 correctly according to my results? Or do I need to get my

endo to prescribe T3 and reduce my T4 synthroid med. I'm currently taking .1 of

synthroid but continue to lose my hair and gain weight. Was on .115 and endo

decreased and then hair started falling out again, eyebrows thinning on outer

corner on left side only.

Don't know how to interpret my results without the Reverse T4 calculation.

[Guest guest]

I think you need to find out whether you are suffering with any

of the associated conditions that go along with being hypothyroid first, to

enable you to treat whatever you might be suffering from so that the thyroid

hormone you are taking at present has a chance to get properly utilised at the

cellular level. Please see the attached document and go through each of the

conditions mentioned there and you should be able to get tested for all of

these (or any you suspect might be a problem) as a process of elimination.

Ask your GP also to test your level of specific

minerals/vitamins that if low, will also stop the thyroid hormone being fully

utilised until whatever is low has been supplemented to bring it's level back

up. These are ferritin: vitamin B12, vitamin D3, magnesium, folate, copper and

zinc. Should your doctor tell you there is no association between low levels of

these and thyroid hormone absorption, then print off the other attached

document citing the scientific research that shows such association.

With such a high Free T4 you may not be fully converting it to

the active thyroid hormone T3. T3 results should be well into the upper third

of the reference range.

You need both TOTAL Free T3 and FREE T3 to be able to interpret

any REVERSE T3.

Luv - Sheila

Current blood work is TSH 0.09 / FT3 - 4.6 and

FT4 19 (Ranges at lab are TSH .35-5.0/FT3 2.6-5.7/FT4 12-22). They no longer do

Reverse T4 in Canada.

Still have hypo symptoms so wondering how my meds should be adjusted. Am I

converting T4 to T3 correctly according to my results? Or do I need to get my

endo to prescribe T3 and reduce my T4 synthroid med. I'm currently taking .1 of

synthroid but continue to lose my hair and gain weight. Was on .115 and endo

decreased and then hair started falling out again, eyebrows thinning on outer

corner on left side only.

Don't know how to interpret my results without the Reverse T4 calculation.

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Why thyroid hormone stops working (2).doc

LOW MINERALS AND VITAMINS AND THE THYROID CONNECTION.doc