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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Feel horrible on all thyroid meds
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<blockquote data-quote="Vettester Chris" data-source="post: 120746" data-attributes="member: 696"><p>Here's how it works ... FT3 does its magic when it gets to the cells. If something is amiss, say iron or cortisol, FT3 won't adequately get to the cells, it will hit a roadblock, or better known as "Pooling", it just builds up. The body picks up on this real quick, thus the shift to Reverse T3. It's redirecting T4 to take another pathway. It's actually one of the most amazing aspects of how our body will protect and conserve in a regulatory manner.</p><p></p><p>So, if you administer T3-Only when the body has one of these imbalances, you will indeed lower TSH to the bottom range, which in turn will drop the demand for T4 production, which means there won't be any real RT3 conversion to speak of (Sounds awesome right?) ... So on paper you can manipulate the natural order of things and reduce RT3, which is a feel-good with thinking it went away. However, the 'problem' with whatever imbalance was causing this still exists, and if you were Pooling before this change up, you will still be pooling after the T3-only protocol. It's just now you don't have a safety net to shift the T3-FT3 conversion (T4 to RT3), and it will be like feeding the fire.</p><p></p><p>Not saying T3 only can't or shouldn't be an option for hypothyroidism. On the contrary, I do it (and have administered NDT as well). Just saying, if you see your RT3 at the level you posted above, that's a marker that needs to be listened to. It's happening because something is off in the body, and there's a very good chance it's elevated because one or more of the variables needed to get T3 to the cells are not where they need to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vettester Chris, post: 120746, member: 696"] Here's how it works ... FT3 does its magic when it gets to the cells. If something is amiss, say iron or cortisol, FT3 won't adequately get to the cells, it will hit a roadblock, or better known as "Pooling", it just builds up. The body picks up on this real quick, thus the shift to Reverse T3. It's redirecting T4 to take another pathway. It's actually one of the most amazing aspects of how our body will protect and conserve in a regulatory manner. So, if you administer T3-Only when the body has one of these imbalances, you will indeed lower TSH to the bottom range, which in turn will drop the demand for T4 production, which means there won't be any real RT3 conversion to speak of (Sounds awesome right?) ... So on paper you can manipulate the natural order of things and reduce RT3, which is a feel-good with thinking it went away. However, the 'problem' with whatever imbalance was causing this still exists, and if you were Pooling before this change up, you will still be pooling after the T3-only protocol. It's just now you don't have a safety net to shift the T3-FT3 conversion (T4 to RT3), and it will be like feeding the fire. Not saying T3 only can't or shouldn't be an option for hypothyroidism. On the contrary, I do it (and have administered NDT as well). Just saying, if you see your RT3 at the level you posted above, that's a marker that needs to be listened to. It's happening because something is off in the body, and there's a very good chance it's elevated because one or more of the variables needed to get T3 to the cells are not where they need to be. [/QUOTE]
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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Feel horrible on all thyroid meds
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