Guest guest Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 Thanks Val. That's a lot to take in. Makes sense though. I'll talk to my doc about t3 only at my next visit. He's pretty open minded so I might get somewhere. Are there any study's I can refer him to? If he's not familiar with this approach I'm going to need some ammunition. 8) FYI, my FT3 is 3.2, lab range 2.5-3.9, doc's range 3.5-3.9 RT3 is 34, lab range 11-32 FT4 is .9, lab range .6-1.1, doc's range .9-1.1 TSH -.01 lab range .34-5.6, doc's range .34-1.5 > > The range for Rt3 is pretty useless except if you are over ti you KNOW > you have a real problem with it. Usually we liek to see tha RT3 with a > Free T3 to get a ratio of the two. but as you have said your FT3 is > always a ltitle low, that pretty well confirm you have ben battling this > issue for a while now! NO I do nto think the herbs and supplements wil > help. usually ince i si bad, the one thing that corr3eetcs it is to go > on T3 only for a minimum of 12 weeks . thsi lowers your T4 to WAY below > range and thus starves out RT3 as that si the prohormone for it. Wth no > T4 your body cannto make RT3. I generally start folks on the same > amountof T3 they have been taking in their natural thyroid.. i.e. 9mcg > per grain so at 4 grains plus 5mcg you would start with 40-50mcg of T3 > and raise it slowly from there as the T4 leaves your sdystem over the > next 4 weeks or so you raise up to 75-80mcg T3 thne after the 6 week > mark you cna then adjust by temps and puls to optimal. Often around 12 > weeks a breakthrough is felt and the T3 mneeds go WAY down if oyu have > ogne too high on it that signifies th Rt3 leaveing the receptors an dthe > T3 can finally have a free easy trip to the cells to work. It is a good > feeling. > > -- > Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV > > http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 http://www.hormoneandlongevitycenter.com/thyroidtreatments1/ Thsi si the best site I have found an Dr Lowe's website for T3 information. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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