KIKI has written a good post here!!!!

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(Below is a post sent by Kiki recently, and it's excellent and TO

THE POINT!! I am reposting it in case you didn't read it! Janie )

> 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.