Re: one step forward, one step back to Kiki

[Guest guest]

Hi Margreet - Most recent lab work (on 2.5 gr) indicates hyper. I

claim I'm anything but, so here goes:

TSH <.0001

FT4 1.38 (.8 - 1.8)

FT3 443 (240 - 420)

About 6 months ago I wrote a form letter and sent it out to all of my

former physicians requesting my records. I used the information to do

some data analysis (I have 6 years worth of lab tests). I found out

several interesting things from my records:

- TSH is in no way correlated with the free hormone levels

- TSH is in no way correlated with how well I feel (Duh)

- My blood pressure has been steadily climbing with my weight gain,

so I'm assuming there's a connection (Again, duh)

Also, my endocrinologist had been lying to me regarding free hormone

levels to justify reducing my meds. I've come to expect negligent

health care from physicians, but for some reason blatantly lying to a

patient seems to have crossed a line.

Of course, these are all conclusions regarding my own personal

thyroid history. So I can't generalize them to the entire population

of Hashimoto's sufferers (much like current medicine uses their

limited knowledge to treat us and keep us miserable) or physicians

(though I haven't personally met one who didn't fit the negligent

model yet).

I have been going slow with the increases and using the

Overstimulation Questionnaire at www.drlowe.com to make sure I'm not

overdoing it. So far, so good. Also, my BBT remains low (96.8 to 97.2

most days).

I'm convinced I'm one of those lucky people who may respond to

supraphysiologic doses of thyroid hormones, and nothing less. It will

be interesting to find out, as long as I go about it carefully and

continue monitoring my clinical presentation.

> to add extra T3. (I would feel extremely hyper with that!). Do you

> have any recent labwork?

>

> Margreet.

[Guest guest]

By your free tests it almost looks as if you could add some T4 only to your

Armour. Some folks Do need to do this. But OTOH, if you are having NO hyper

symptoms, your Armour could come up more to raise the T4 even higher. I am a

firm believer in raising your dosage till all hypo symptoms are GONE. If hyper

symptoms appear before then, you will probably need to tweak the adjustment with

additional T4 meds.

*Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/

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[Guest guest]

Hi Kiki,

Your bloodwork is a mystery to me, compared to how you feel! May I

ask how long you were on that those of 2.5 grains?

Also, was your blood drawn before taking your meds?

There's still some space for upping regarding your Ft4. Lets see how

you feel three weeks from now, since then you'll be on your new dose

of 3 grains for 6 weeks.

I fully agree with and Janie who encourage you to dose by

symptoms as well.

May I ask how you find out that your endocrinologist had been lying

to you? That's a serious issue though! For me, I always ask for

copies of my labwork, since sometimes they give me accidently the

wrong numbers over the phone. (Usually the assistant who doesn't

know how to read the labs). So, that might work for you?

I also keep a record every day for how I feel and write down every

dosage change.

Let us know how you are doing!

Margreet.

>

> Hi Margreet - Most recent lab work (on 2.5 gr) indicates hyper. I

> claim I'm anything but, so here goes:

>

> TSH <.0001

> FT4 1.38 (.8 - 1.8)

> FT3 443 (240 - 420)

>

> About 6 months ago I wrote a form letter and sent it out to all of

my

> former physicians requesting my records. I used the information to

do

> some data analysis (I have 6 years worth of lab tests). I found

out

> several interesting things from my records:

>

> - TSH is in no way correlated with the free hormone levels

> - TSH is in no way correlated with how well I feel (Duh)

> - My blood pressure has been steadily climbing with my weight

gain,

> so I'm assuming there's a connection (Again, duh)

>

> Also, my endocrinologist had been lying to me regarding free

hormone

> levels to justify reducing my meds. I've come to expect negligent

> health care from physicians, but for some reason blatantly lying

to a

> patient seems to have crossed a line.

>

> Of course, these are all conclusions regarding my own personal

> thyroid history. So I can't generalize them to the entire

population

> of Hashimoto's sufferers (much like current medicine uses their

> limited knowledge to treat us and keep us miserable) or physicians

> (though I haven't personally met one who didn't fit the negligent

> model yet).

>

> I have been going slow with the increases and using the

> Overstimulation Questionnaire at www.drlowe.com to make sure I'm

not

> overdoing it. So far, so good. Also, my BBT remains low (96.8 to

97.2

> most days).

>

> I'm convinced I'm one of those lucky people who may respond to

> supraphysiologic doses of thyroid hormones, and nothing less. It

will

> be interesting to find out, as long as I go about it carefully and

> continue monitoring my clinical presentation.

>

>

>

> > to add extra T3. (I would feel extremely hyper with that!). Do

you

> > have any recent labwork?

> >

> > Margreet.