Re:UPDATE High TSH no lab error Re:Pituitary you think?? WAS Re:swelli

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The evidence that some patients [ maybe mostly those taking T3?] do best

with a TSH reading extremely low is for the most part anecdotal and not

supported by credible research. Therefore doctors, who place great

store in credible research [and very little in anecdotal evidence], pay

little heed to it. The fact that most of us here believe the need for a

very low TSH reading in those patients may be valid carries little

weight and needs to be supported by evidence that doctors value.

Meanwhile it seems the best we can do is to try to find a doc who will

listen to our concerns and work with us.

Luck,

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> Posted by: " flatwoodfarms " marlum@...

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> flatwoodfarms <flatwoodfarms>

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> Wed Jan 7, 2009 4:01 pm (PST)

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> How is a TSH of .27 indicative of HYPERthyroid if your T4 is below

> range? Most hypoT folks feel best with these types of low TSH

> readings.

> Some days I think these doctors need to test their own hormone

> levels, as many of them seem to be operating in a brain fog with the

> accompanying memory loss.

>

> Marla

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> My TSH that day fasting and without taking my Armour was 0.27

> (ref range 0.32 - 5.00), fT4 0.6 (ref range 0.7 - 1.9) and TT3 was

> 102 (ref range 59 - 174). He said I was hyperthyroid.

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> > Clearly in hypothyroid hell.

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> > le