Carnitine, Thyroid, T3 sensitvity, and Triglycerides

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I have very high triglycerides, and am trying to find ways of lowering these.

I stumbled upon L-carnitine, and I gather that it can lower triglycerides.

However, I also found that L carnitine can be given to hyperthyroid patients,

and may work by blocking the action of thyroid hormone at a cellular level. I

believe thyroid can also lower triglycerides, so I found this strange how it

(Carnitine) can lower triglycerides while at the same time possibly blocking

thyroid.

Now, to make matters more confusing, apparently carnitine can be low in Hypo-

and Hyper- thyroid patients. and corection of both conditions restores

carnitine levels to their correct levels.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15803480

Some people who are hypothyroid cannot tolerate T3. So what I'm wondering is -

if carnitine somehow affects the sensitivity of the cell to T3 (which it might

do if it treats hyperthyroidism), then might low carnitine in hypoth6yroidism

cause hypersensitivity to T3, and be part of the reason some people cannot

tolerate T3?

i have been trying carnitine to try and lower my triglycerides and have felt a

bit more hypothyroid after doing so, though intriguingly, i initially felt quite

a bit better....perhaps i initially had a bit of thyroid pooling in my body,

then carnitine allowed this to be taken up, leaving me low on Thyroid?

just my thoughts. anyone got any thoughts or suggestions or corrections? i may

have misunderstood what i've read in journal extracts and studies, but don't

think i have, but please correct me if i'm wrong.....

chris