Re: Oops - something happened to my earlier post

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Hi Deb,

Oh, how I hate spending time with a really well thought out reply and then hit the wrong key and lose it....

I'm seeing low hormone levels, but I'm confused by a low TSH level too... Hmmmm Oh my... I'm still tired, still humming! hehehehehe

Your adrenal numbers seem to be a bit low for morning. How is your sleep and wake cycles?

I'm not really up on the pituitary influences... Anybody know what tests are available to check for pituitary and hypothalamus function?

Oh how I wish that we were all the same and could just follow a recipe for what we have to do to feel human!!!!!

What have you considered for possible adrenal support? Boosting that might help with the hypo issues for the time being, as you keep working on figuring out the why....

Topper () *whos yawning so big my jaw is cracking! *

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 23:50:18 -0000 "dbora67" writes:

Drat, and in it I gave a nice set of numbers for Topper and others to chew on! Sorry about that, starting over:Yes, I was tested for antibodies in May 02 - negative:Anti-thyroperoxidase <10 IU/mlAt diagnosis, May 02:TSH 0.93 (0.4-4.0)Free T4 8 (10-22)Latest, July 04 - on 0.1mg Synthroid:TSH 0.85 (0.4-4.0) - as low as 0.21 (May 04)Free T4 16 (10-22) - highest ever, previously at 10 even with supplementation (Synthroid 0.05-0.075 mg until Oct03)FT3 4.8 (4.0-6.8)AM cortisol 375 (175-685) - they did not make me sit quietly for 20 minutes before this one, as they did in Vancouver last week, so wonder if it might have been lower if they had?FSH 5 (mid-cycle 6-21)LH 6 (mid-cycle 17-77)Electrolytes:Na 137 (136-145); K 4.0 (3.5-5.1); Cl 100 (98-107); CO2 27 (21-32)Bloodcount:RBC 4.9 (3.5-5.0); hemoglobin 145 (114-143); hematocrit 0.43 (0.33-0.44)Fasting glucose 6.1 (3.9-6.1) - Oct 03Thanks for the link, I've been part of Chris' hypopit list since it started.They have retested FSH (will be follicular this time) and AM cortisol, added estradiol and an ACTH stim test. They did not redo the thyroid tests or do a TRH response, which I would have expected. These results are not back yet, will post them when they are.Thanks,Deb