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help with thyroid
I went to the doctor and finally got tested well it came back as all ok. I just don't know. I feel like I'm going crazy
I can't loose weight unless I eat less than a 1000 cal daily. My skin is dry hair is falling out. I just don't know what to do. Help please
I can't loose weight unless I eat less than a 1000 cal daily. My skin is dry hair is falling out. I just don't know what to do. Help please
Just from your symptoms and those test results it appears that your body is trying to maintain thyroid function by converting more T4 to T3 than normal would be occurring. Your Free T4 level is not bad, being at 43% of the range, while your Free T4 is over 90% of the range. Normally we would not expect a member to have significant symptoms with those levels.
Besides, thyroid hormone levels there are a number of other processes and cofactors that affect tissue thyroid effects, which is what determines thyroid status. Some of those affect conversion of T4 to either T3 or Reverse T3. Also Vitamin D, ferritin and cortisol can have an effect on thyroid metabolism. If you have not been tested for those I think that should be your next step. Note that the best test for cortisol is the diurnal saliva cortisol test done at four times during the day. Doctors don't usually want to do that test. Instead they run a serum cortisol test which is more difficult to interpret, due to variation in cortisol levels during a day.
Besides, thyroid hormone levels there are a number of other processes and cofactors that affect tissue thyroid effects, which is what determines thyroid status. Some of those affect conversion of T4 to either T3 or Reverse T3. Also Vitamin D, ferritin and cortisol can have an effect on thyroid metabolism. If you have not been tested for those I think that should be your next step. Note that the best test for cortisol is the diurnal saliva cortisol test done at four times during the day. Doctors don't usually want to do that test. Instead they run a serum cortisol test which is more difficult to interpret, due to variation in cortisol levels during a day.
Please double check the RR for Free T3. I cannot find a RR that is anything near that number, with measurement units of pg/dl. Did you get that right from a lab report?
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