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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Dissected Thyroid for High Thyroid Antibodies levels.
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<blockquote data-quote="VacationMan" data-source="post: 225910" data-attributes="member: 12425"><p>Tell you what, I was diagnosed with Hashimotos several years ago. It's an autoimmune condition where your body makes too many antibodies and is attacking the thyroid. In my case, my TSH was elevated well above 20+ and my thyroid antibodies were off the charts, even though free T3 and free T4 were in the low range of normal. Doc started me on dessicated thyroid (Nature Throid) and it helped, but we never could get the dose just right. With dessicated thyroid, you get what you get of each (T4 and T3) and that's what you get. There is no way to adjust one or the other with dessicated thyroid meds.</p><p></p><p>After a couple of years of failure in trying to adjust thyroid med dosage, we ditched dessicated thyroid and started over with the synthetic drugs. First T4 (Synthroid). We'd get free T4 in the top part of the range, but couldn't get TSH down below 4.0. Ended up having to add a T3 drug (Cytomel) to the mix to finally get things to "normal".</p><p></p><p>In your case, your TSH is below 4.0 and that's "acceptable". Target getting TSH to 2.5 or lower though. Notice your reverse T3 though? It's in the upper part of the range. This nasty little thing prevents your body from converting T4 to T3 (the active thyroid hormone). Between elevated antibodies and RT3, I'll almost bet that you're on your way to a case of Hashimotos. Elevated antibodies typically preclude FT4/FT3/TSH going out of range.</p><p></p><p>I think you'd do best starting with a T3 med - Cytomel - but don't take my word for it. Go find yourself a doc that knows what the heck they're doing here. Typical primary care physicians don't want to mess with hormones. My "previous" PCP once told me, "Your free T4 and free T3 are in range. Your TSH is at 9.0. You're fine". Umm, no...I'm -not- fine (I feel like sxit). Visited an endo and he upped my dose of T4 med just a bit. Voila! FT3 and FT4 in the upper range and TSH settled down to a comfortable 1.0. Antibodies are still elevated though - not much they can do about those but treat with thyroid drugs.</p><p></p><p>A good endo may be your best best.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and you really should get to the bottom of the elevated prolactin. If your doc didn't see this as an issue, I'd find a new doc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VacationMan, post: 225910, member: 12425"] Tell you what, I was diagnosed with Hashimotos several years ago. It's an autoimmune condition where your body makes too many antibodies and is attacking the thyroid. In my case, my TSH was elevated well above 20+ and my thyroid antibodies were off the charts, even though free T3 and free T4 were in the low range of normal. Doc started me on dessicated thyroid (Nature Throid) and it helped, but we never could get the dose just right. With dessicated thyroid, you get what you get of each (T4 and T3) and that's what you get. There is no way to adjust one or the other with dessicated thyroid meds. After a couple of years of failure in trying to adjust thyroid med dosage, we ditched dessicated thyroid and started over with the synthetic drugs. First T4 (Synthroid). We'd get free T4 in the top part of the range, but couldn't get TSH down below 4.0. Ended up having to add a T3 drug (Cytomel) to the mix to finally get things to "normal". In your case, your TSH is below 4.0 and that's "acceptable". Target getting TSH to 2.5 or lower though. Notice your reverse T3 though? It's in the upper part of the range. This nasty little thing prevents your body from converting T4 to T3 (the active thyroid hormone). Between elevated antibodies and RT3, I'll almost bet that you're on your way to a case of Hashimotos. Elevated antibodies typically preclude FT4/FT3/TSH going out of range. I think you'd do best starting with a T3 med - Cytomel - but don't take my word for it. Go find yourself a doc that knows what the heck they're doing here. Typical primary care physicians don't want to mess with hormones. My "previous" PCP once told me, "Your free T4 and free T3 are in range. Your TSH is at 9.0. You're fine". Umm, no...I'm -not- fine (I feel like sxit). Visited an endo and he upped my dose of T4 med just a bit. Voila! FT3 and FT4 in the upper range and TSH settled down to a comfortable 1.0. Antibodies are still elevated though - not much they can do about those but treat with thyroid drugs. A good endo may be your best best. Oh, and you really should get to the bottom of the elevated prolactin. If your doc didn't see this as an issue, I'd find a new doc. [/QUOTE]
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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Dissected Thyroid for High Thyroid Antibodies levels.
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