Lab Update

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Here are my lab results from my visit with Dr Owens a few weeks ago. She did not repeat everything since I'd fairly recently had a complete CBC done.

Ferritin - 25 (10-220)

Folic Acid - >24 (>5)

Vitamin B12 - 979 (250-1100)

DHEA Sulfate - 143 (35-430)

Vitamin D,1,25-Dihydroxy - 72 (15-75)

Free Cortisol - 1.1 (8-10am: 0.4-1.8)

TSH - 1.9 (0.3-5.1)

Free T3 - 2.4 (2.3-4.2)

Free T4 (Thyroxine) - .7 (.73-1.95)

She has me on 12.5 mg of DHEA, 1000 mcg (or is it mg? I forget) of B12 and she increased my Armour to 120 mg Monday - Saturday with Sunday taking only 60 mg. I've heard of people doing this and it worked for them so I'm willing to give it a try anyway. I can already tell (just started this Tuesday) that having a 2nd dose to take in the afternoon is helping tons. For the past 2 days I have not felt that afternoon crash. I'm still exhausted when I get home from work but I am getting through work so much better already. Yay!

Anyone have any thoughts on the Cortisol level? That was taken at 9 am. This is a completely different range than I've seen before and my previous tests never said " Free Cortisol " I don't think. There is a paragraph below it talking about how it uses a kit designated by the manufacture as " for research use, not for clinical use. " as well as it not being approved by the FDA. And above the ranges it says " Reference Interval: Cortisol, Serum Free. " Thoughts?

I need to call back and ask about iron supplements though. We talked about my ferritin being too low (4 months ago it was 18) and I needed to be on something but the nurse didn't mention it when she called and I forgot until I was looking at the actual report in front of me. So I gotta follow up on that. And my next appt with her I'll ask about further iron testing like I've heard mentioned here.

I *knew* my frees were going to be low. I feel so vindicated! HA! And my TSH has risen way higher than it's been all year. It's never gotten above .3 since last summer. Wow.

Jul