Re: iron / thyroid levels

[Guest guest]

Actually, I believe something else is going on than that the iron

lowers your thyroid in a bad way.... Iron is what ushers the

thyroid hormone (t3) into the individual cell, and without it

thyroid hormone is not very useful for your cells as it cannot enter

across the membrane.

I wonder if taking your iron has allowed more thyroid hormone to be

USED which could seem like it is lowered and you need more. I am

theorizing that you might need more but you are also utilizing more.

Did you feel any improvements on iron??? or worsening????

I have been getting my iron up and I have not had to increase my

thyroid from that in particular, but my body has needed more and

then stabilized. I have heard that you want a 25%-35% SATURATION of

iron. After 2 months supplementing I only had about 20% sat so am

still taking it but not daily. There is a caution in that High iron

levels are dangerous as are low ones.... the test is not too

expensive but get a sat level.

You have to take thyroid hormones 1 hour before or 3 hours after

iron as it will bind the thyroid in your gut and keep it from

absorbing, just as in the body it binds thyroid to pass it into the

cells.

I used to take iron at night until I went on t4 mixed with t3....

now I take the t4 at night when my stomach is empty as I don't like

it in the morning....so I have to take iron after lunch t3....

Has anyone else had a problem with their thyroid levels

dropping when they take iron? I've heard some say that

iron should give the thyroid a boost. But I just got my

thyroid test results and my TSH is slightly high again,

after taking One-a-Day pills for about a month, and all I

can determine is that it's from the iron in the vitamin.

(By the way, I never take vitamins anywhere near my

thyroid pill. Thyroid pill in the morning, vitamins in the

evening.)

I've stopped the vitamin and if my doc adjusts my thyroid

dosage now, I'm betting I'll go hyper again and start

having periods every two weeks. Usually my thyroid levels

are fairly steady otherwise.

Thanks,