Guest guest Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 Jess, since you are on the case. I will poor my heart out to you..lol I think my sleep problems maybe due to hypothyroidism. I have all the classic symptoms except weight gain; I am under weight. but I have nearly every other sign. I also have tried T4 during the night once when I awoke (as usual) and my tinnitus went and I slept like a baby. The problem was I took too much 50-mcg and crashed about 2 in the afternoon. That was about 2 months ago when I was crashing all the time anyway. I haven't crashed since doing the high doses of b12. (over 3 weeks now) and feel almost well some days, yet still others I do not get stage 4 sleep and feel flagging all day. Sleep is one of my biggest issues at the moment. I have just started taking kelp to see if it is an iodine problem. I recall a few years ago doing the skin test for iodine and it was always gone so quick I thought the test was iffy. bleu > > > Thanks, Agent Bleu! > > > I also wanted to point out that some of us have low TSH levels, (low > enough to indicate hyperthytroidism), yet nonetheless need thyroid > replacemet. Strange, but true! > > In this example, the pituitary is to blame rather than the thyroid > itself. > > See http://www.endocrinesurgeon.co.uk/pituitary/pituitary3-10.html > > " The key to the diagnosis is that in hypothyroidism of primary > thyroidal origin, the low plasma T4/T3 levels are associated with > high levels of TSH. In thyrotrophin deficiency, the low T3/T4 levels > are associated with low levels of TSH. " > > > " Thyrotrophin is very rarely deficient by itself and is usually > associated with a deficiency in other adenohypophysial hormones. " > > > > Jess > > > > > > > http://thyroidtoday.com/TTLibrary/current/AACE%20Newsletter.pdf > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 These are my test results. FT3 - 6.75 (4.26-8.10) (I read that over 6 is a problem) TSH - 3.58 (.5 - 4.68) (I read that over 2 is a problem) T4 14.60 pmol/l (10-28) FT4 - 13.02 pg/ml (8-14) Aldesterone 84 pmol/l (83-985) 30 pg/ml (30-355) ACTH - 87 (9-52) Serum B12 - 566 (200-800) cholesterol 6.48mmol/l (4-6) cortisol 209.3 (60-285) all are welcome to add input.. bleu > Jess, since you are on the case. I will poor my heart out to you..lol > > I think my sleep problems maybe due to hypothyroidism. I have all the > classic symptoms except weight gain; I am under weight. but I have > nearly every other sign. I also have tried T4 during the night once > when I awoke (as usual) and my tinnitus went and I slept like a baby. > The problem was I took too much 50-mcg and crashed about 2 in the > afternoon. That was about 2 months ago when I was crashing all the > time anyway. I haven't crashed since doing the high doses of b12. > (over 3 weeks now) and feel almost well some days, yet still others I > do not get stage 4 sleep and feel flagging all day. > > Sleep is one of my biggest issues at the moment. I have just started > taking kelp to see if it is an iodine problem. I recall a few years > ago doing the skin test for iodine and it was always gone so quick I > thought the test was iffy. > > bleu > > > > > > >> >> >> Thanks, Agent Bleu! >> >> >> I also wanted to point out that some of us have low TSH levels, (low >> enough to indicate hyperthytroidism), yet nonetheless need thyroid >> replacemet. Strange, but true! >> >> In this example, the pituitary is to blame rather than the thyroid >> itself. >> >> See http://www.endocrinesurgeon.co.uk/pituitary/pituitary3-10.html >> >> " The key to the diagnosis is that in hypothyroidism of primary >> thyroidal origin, the low plasma T4/T3 levels are associated with >> high levels of TSH. In thyrotrophin deficiency, the low T3/T4 levels >> are associated with low levels of TSH. " >> >> >> " Thyrotrophin is very rarely deficient by itself and is usually >> associated with a deficiency in other adenohypophysial hormones. " >> >> >> >> Jess >> >> >> >> >> >> > http://thyroidtoday.com/TTLibrary/current/AACE%20Newsletter.pdf >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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