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My TSH is 5.510

t4 is 1.09
Reverse t3 is 275
and my triiodothyronine is 3.2


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Your TSH is above range, but TSH is inadequate as the sole diagnostic for thyroid.  TSH is a pituitary hormone that is affected by so many variables that at best it is an indicator, to be considered along with more important indicators such as symptoms, and also the levels of the biologically active thyroid hormones, Free T3 and Free T4.  Of these FT3 is the most important because it largely regulates metabolism and many other body functions.  FT3 has also been shown to correlate best with hypo symptoms, while FT4 and TSH correlated very poorly.  

Reverse T3 test results are meaningful mainly when used to calculate the ratio of FT3 to RT3.  Yours would be about 1.16 (3.2 multiplied by 100, and then divided by 275), against a range of 1 - 2, with higher being better.  

So based on the TSH, FT3, and FT3/RT3 ratio, it appears that you might be suffering with some hypo symptoms.  If you look at the list of typical hypo symptoms shown in this site, which do of these you have, if any?

http://nahypothyroidism.org/why-doesn%E2%80%99t-my-doctor-know-all-of-this/
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t4 range is 0.82-1.77
Reverse t3 range 90-350
Triiodothyronine range is 2.0- 4.4
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