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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Need the low down on my thyroid numbers
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<blockquote data-quote="dickielongate" data-source="post: 153231" data-attributes="member: 38930"><p>In <a href="https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/thinking-of-trying-metformin-with-trt.19050/" target="_blank">another thread </a>about metformin I started, I had some helpful suggestions to look into thyroid.</p><p></p><p>At the time, I'd had two prior tests during the last 6 months, and was advised here on Excelmale things were worse than I thought. Looking into things away from the standard clinical approach, I came to agree.</p><p></p><p>I had:</p><p></p><p>Jan '19</p><p>TSH H 6.21 0.27 - 4.20 mIU/L </p><p>Free T4 17.80 12.0 - 22.0 pmol/L </p><p></p><p>March '19</p><p>TSH H 5.27 0.27 - 4.20 mIU/L </p><p>Free T4 13.80 12.0 - 22.0 pmol/L </p><p></p><p>There were cries of 'Hashimotos!'. I duly went off and did a more in depth test. Unfortunately I chose one without the RT3 test, because it was about 4x cheaper. I was mostly interested in antibodies in the short term.</p><p></p><p>TSH 3.46 mIU/L (Range: 0.27 - 4.2)</p><p>Free T3 3.96 pmol/L (Range: 3.1 - 6.8) </p><p>Free Thyroxine 17.100 pmol/L (Range: 12 - 22) </p><p>Thyroglobulin Antibodies X 491.000 kU/L (Range: < 115) </p><p>Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies <9.0 kIU/L (Range: < 34) </p><p></p><p>As you can see, if you believe the standard stuff, everything is 'normal' now, thyroid hormones wise. But as many here will agree, 3.46 TSH is still not normal, and I at the lower end of FT3, and that's without even checking for RT3. Besides I started metformin (off label) two weeks ago, and I understand that its reductive effect on TSH can be visible fairly early on. I also understand, and if I'm honest I think most people don't, there is no evidence metformin's impact on TSH translates to a lowering of T4 and T3. </p><p></p><p>To my surprise, looking around a the standard diagnosis checklist for hashimotos, I cannot decide if that's a diagnosis which applies to me. You can guess probably that I think it does. What do you think? High TG and low TPO?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dickielongate, post: 153231, member: 38930"] In [URL='https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/thinking-of-trying-metformin-with-trt.19050/']another thread [/URL]about metformin I started, I had some helpful suggestions to look into thyroid. At the time, I'd had two prior tests during the last 6 months, and was advised here on Excelmale things were worse than I thought. Looking into things away from the standard clinical approach, I came to agree. I had: Jan '19 TSH H 6.21 0.27 - 4.20 mIU/L Free T4 17.80 12.0 - 22.0 pmol/L March '19 TSH H 5.27 0.27 - 4.20 mIU/L Free T4 13.80 12.0 - 22.0 pmol/L There were cries of 'Hashimotos!'. I duly went off and did a more in depth test. Unfortunately I chose one without the RT3 test, because it was about 4x cheaper. I was mostly interested in antibodies in the short term. TSH 3.46 mIU/L (Range: 0.27 - 4.2) Free T3 3.96 pmol/L (Range: 3.1 - 6.8) Free Thyroxine 17.100 pmol/L (Range: 12 - 22) Thyroglobulin Antibodies X 491.000 kU/L (Range: < 115) Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies <9.0 kIU/L (Range: < 34) As you can see, if you believe the standard stuff, everything is 'normal' now, thyroid hormones wise. But as many here will agree, 3.46 TSH is still not normal, and I at the lower end of FT3, and that's without even checking for RT3. Besides I started metformin (off label) two weeks ago, and I understand that its reductive effect on TSH can be visible fairly early on. I also understand, and if I'm honest I think most people don't, there is no evidence metformin's impact on TSH translates to a lowering of T4 and T3. To my surprise, looking around a the standard diagnosis checklist for hashimotos, I cannot decide if that's a diagnosis which applies to me. You can guess probably that I think it does. What do you think? High TG and low TPO? [/QUOTE]
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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Need the low down on my thyroid numbers
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