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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Recent labs and Reverse T3 (rT3)
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<blockquote data-quote="mabell" data-source="post: 131885" data-attributes="member: 19468"><p>Thanks for the response and the article (I read that link earlier this week). I also am looking at this: <a href="https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/t3-circadian-method-for-adrenals/" target="_blank">Circadian T3 Method</a>. I think it would probably be of benefit to take a cortisol test/iron test and see the results.</p><p></p><p><strong>From the STTM site:</strong></p><p><em>"And though rising cortisol has a good purpose, we run into trouble if it stays high too long. High cortisol promotes T4 to convert to more and more RT3 (reverse T3), the inactive hormone. Uncontrolled high cortisol can also lead to weight gain, problems falling asleep or staying asleep, depression from the rise of RT3, fatigue, blood pressure problems, cortisol resistance, and even anxiety, since adrenaline goes up with cortisol."</em></p><p></p><p><strong>From Tired Thyroid by Barbra Lougheed:</strong></p><p>"Really poor converters will show Total T4 in the upper half, but Free T3 in the lower half <em>(This seems to be what I see in the above labs).</em> These people have underlying conversion problems that should be addressed. Are ferritin and cortisol optimal?"</p><p></p><p>"Desiccated thyroid contains a much higher proportion of T3 to T4 because it is made from pig thyroids, not human thyroids. In fact, the T4:T3 ratio is 4:1 in pig thyroid, but 15:1 in the human thyroid gland.”</p><p></p><p>"Anyone taking desiccated thyroid would then be ingesting some amount of rT3, which is a normal metabolite of thyroid conversion. They should not be surprised if their rT3 levels rise as their desiccated thyroid dose rises."</p><p></p><p>"Many people who take desiccated thyroid end up with high rT3 levels and then are told they need to take T3 only to correct it. Desiccated thyroid’s high T3 levels suppress TSH, which then suppresses the D2 enzyme which degraded rT3 to T2. So it’s not that more rT3 is made, rather that less is degraded, and the lack of TSH causes this imbalance. Hyperthyroid patients have the highest levels of rT3 and they also have a TSH close to zero.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mabell, post: 131885, member: 19468"] Thanks for the response and the article (I read that link earlier this week). I also am looking at this: [URL='https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/t3-circadian-method-for-adrenals/']Circadian T3 Method[/URL]. I think it would probably be of benefit to take a cortisol test/iron test and see the results. [B]From the STTM site:[/B] [I]"And though rising cortisol has a good purpose, we run into trouble if it stays high too long. High cortisol promotes T4 to convert to more and more RT3 (reverse T3), the inactive hormone. Uncontrolled high cortisol can also lead to weight gain, problems falling asleep or staying asleep, depression from the rise of RT3, fatigue, blood pressure problems, cortisol resistance, and even anxiety, since adrenaline goes up with cortisol."[/I] [B]From Tired Thyroid by Barbra Lougheed:[/B] "Really poor converters will show Total T4 in the upper half, but Free T3 in the lower half [I](This seems to be what I see in the above labs).[/I] These people have underlying conversion problems that should be addressed. Are ferritin and cortisol optimal?" "Desiccated thyroid contains a much higher proportion of T3 to T4 because it is made from pig thyroids, not human thyroids. In fact, the T4:T3 ratio is 4:1 in pig thyroid, but 15:1 in the human thyroid gland.” "Anyone taking desiccated thyroid would then be ingesting some amount of rT3, which is a normal metabolite of thyroid conversion. They should not be surprised if their rT3 levels rise as their desiccated thyroid dose rises." "Many people who take desiccated thyroid end up with high rT3 levels and then are told they need to take T3 only to correct it. Desiccated thyroid’s high T3 levels suppress TSH, which then suppresses the D2 enzyme which degraded rT3 to T2. So it’s not that more rT3 is made, rather that less is degraded, and the lack of TSH causes this imbalance. Hyperthyroid patients have the highest levels of rT3 and they also have a TSH close to zero.” [/QUOTE]
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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Recent labs and Reverse T3 (rT3)
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