Guest guest Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Lynne, thanks for this answer. Can you elaborate? I don't quite understand. Do you mean people have had a TSH of 80 an then added iodine to help the thyroid or TSH levels. Or that they were put on iodine for thyroid and/or TSH levels (which were lower than 80) and as they adjusted to the iodine their TSH went to 80. If that's the case, did it ever go back to a lower range? I'm curious. I'm due for a serum test this month from my women's doctor and TSH is on the list. Thanks > > > , I've seen TSH at 80 in some people as they adjust to iodine. They > feel great but their mainstream doctors flip out. The iodine- literate doctors > are experienced in seeing this and know how to handle it. > > Lynne > > In a message dated 4/3/2008 11:53:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > wild.dingo@... writes: > > As a small interjection here, My ND uses TSH as a guide to the HPA axis > (but not a thyroid indicator). He doesn't like mine so high (was 3.67 2 > years ago, now 2.49). I've heard this before. I've heard this before > from other doctors saying getting the TSH down to a lower level makes > people feel better. > > But no, not for diagnosing thyroid alone. In fact, my FIRST doctor > (sheeesh...i've had so many here)... said " congratulations! you don't > have hashimotos...but you are hypothyroid. your TSH is 3.67, above the > norm of 3.0. even tho your t3 and t4 levels are within range... you > should take Synthroid. " um, " Next! " was my answer... > > > > > > > > > **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. > (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states? ncid=aoltrv00030000000016) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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