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Labs at Six Weeks: Little Total T Improvement
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<blockquote data-quote="Vettester Chris" data-source="post: 70002" data-attributes="member: 696"><p>Free T3 is on your last page, "Triiodothyronine Free Serum", at 2.9pg/ml.</p><p></p><p>Going on that subject ... FT3 is at 37.5% of Ref Range, FT4 is at 48% of Ref Range. In a perfect world, you'd probably like to see both of these somewhere between 50% -to-80% of Ref. Range, with both labs relatively close to each others percentage (%) of the reference range, e.g., FT4 at 62%, FT3 at 59%, etc.</p><p></p><p>TSH is at 3.21, so there appears to be a demand for the thyroid to produce more hormone, so that and the noted free serum levels do IMO exhibit some form of primary hypothyroidism. </p><p></p><p>Couple things to look at first ... One factor is comparing FT3 and Reverse T3, and finding the ratio. Yours is 18.2. A ratio of 20 or higher is usually the goal, but you're just right on the edge. Most of the time when the ratio is real low (your isn't), it's more times than not a notable problem with Iron and/or Ferritin, and/or Cortisol. I didn't see any iron, TIBC, etc. IMO, that's the quickest and closest place to look ... Getting iron in the 130 range or a bit higher is good, plus ferritin needs to up over the 100 mark. </p><p></p><p>Checking cortisol will cut into the pocket a little bit, but if you haven't had it done it would be good to run and review. The Gold standard is a 4x Saliva kit w/DHEA Correlation. Again, I doubt there's major issues with any of these, but if you can detect any imbalances and tweak it so that Free T3 can do its thing at the cellular level, then your wellness program will be that much better, and you will have greater knowledge of where to look for answers within your own body!</p><p></p><p>Antibodies are fine. I don't know if you take selenium and/or supplement any iodine/kelp? I would look into both of these, regardless if you ever end up taking thyroid meds or not. With the symptoms you have described, and based on your results, I thinks it's worth talking with your physician about treatment. </p><p></p><p>If it you and your physician feel good going forward with treatment, get his/her feedback on what their protocol suggestion is, post it up in this thread, we'll weigh it out and I'll give you my .02 (as will others). The thyroid gland can be a fickle creature, so it's key to have a good protocol that you can grow into, and an understanding of other critical areas that will make or break a protocol (cortisol, iron, etc...).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vettester Chris, post: 70002, member: 696"] Free T3 is on your last page, "Triiodothyronine Free Serum", at 2.9pg/ml. Going on that subject ... FT3 is at 37.5% of Ref Range, FT4 is at 48% of Ref Range. In a perfect world, you'd probably like to see both of these somewhere between 50% -to-80% of Ref. Range, with both labs relatively close to each others percentage (%) of the reference range, e.g., FT4 at 62%, FT3 at 59%, etc. TSH is at 3.21, so there appears to be a demand for the thyroid to produce more hormone, so that and the noted free serum levels do IMO exhibit some form of primary hypothyroidism. Couple things to look at first ... One factor is comparing FT3 and Reverse T3, and finding the ratio. Yours is 18.2. A ratio of 20 or higher is usually the goal, but you're just right on the edge. Most of the time when the ratio is real low (your isn't), it's more times than not a notable problem with Iron and/or Ferritin, and/or Cortisol. I didn't see any iron, TIBC, etc. IMO, that's the quickest and closest place to look ... Getting iron in the 130 range or a bit higher is good, plus ferritin needs to up over the 100 mark. Checking cortisol will cut into the pocket a little bit, but if you haven't had it done it would be good to run and review. The Gold standard is a 4x Saliva kit w/DHEA Correlation. Again, I doubt there's major issues with any of these, but if you can detect any imbalances and tweak it so that Free T3 can do its thing at the cellular level, then your wellness program will be that much better, and you will have greater knowledge of where to look for answers within your own body! Antibodies are fine. I don't know if you take selenium and/or supplement any iodine/kelp? I would look into both of these, regardless if you ever end up taking thyroid meds or not. With the symptoms you have described, and based on your results, I thinks it's worth talking with your physician about treatment. If it you and your physician feel good going forward with treatment, get his/her feedback on what their protocol suggestion is, post it up in this thread, we'll weigh it out and I'll give you my .02 (as will others). The thyroid gland can be a fickle creature, so it's key to have a good protocol that you can grow into, and an understanding of other critical areas that will make or break a protocol (cortisol, iron, etc...). [/QUOTE]
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