*Val* Re: Latest Labs - Thoroughly Confused (Long)

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I totally understand and agree with you! I just couldn't tolerate

increases & knew I needed to investigate & treat adrenals first. I

only added Synthroid as a temporary measure. On Armour only, I have

midrange T3 with T4 at around 2% and this gives me *horrible*

symptoms. As soon as I get my Armour up higher, and help the T3 get

used up by supporting adrenals, I plan to drop the Synthroid

completely. My understanding is that when I'm less hypo, the

overconversion will stop happening and my T4 will come up on it's

own, correct?

I'm having a stim test done hopefully soon, so I know I should wait

until that's done before adding HC. Question is, after that should I

start with 5mg of HC for a couple of weeks before increasing Armour

or go ahead and increase Armour now? And how do you tell the

difference between hyper from an Armour increase and possibly having

too much Cortisol?

Thanks!

Joy

>

> But your T3 NEEDS to be about 75% to 125% of the lab's ranges and

it is

> the IMPORTANT hormone. Most of us hypos can't convert as well as we

> should, which is why it is so important to get the T3 levels UP

there. I

> think if it were me, and seeing as the HC helped you the last time,

I

> would e more inclined to listen to symptoms than labs. Cortisol

levels

> can change SO fast in the body maybe you had a stressful day that

> brought those levels way up and then they fall right after. This is

why

> I don;t have alot of faith in labs for this. Symptoms are more

important

> and responding favorably to HC tells a much more important story

than

> the labs do.

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