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can someone advise. my daughter has hashimoto's and is on the paleo diet and doing well. but I don't understand her blood results.

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she's taking 150mcg thyroxine. T3 is1.89, (0.2-1.79) so too high, T4 is 1.75, (0.8-2.20), TSH is 0.01,(0.47-4.68) so too low, will ashwagandha help? can she take less thyroxine?

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Her TSH isn't too low. In fact, if it makes us feel better we can have a suppressed TSH. When on thyroid gland hormones, the best way to tell whether or not you have too much, or too little, is how you feel. I have had the same TSH and the Endocrinologist was fine.

Just for information, this is a link and it is re thyroid testing. It is archived, so some links within may not work:-

web.archive.org/web/2010103...

There are other topics at the top of the page.

Some doctors start to adjust doses up/down of meds according to the TSH which can make the patient worse just because the doctors don't understand how metabolism works.

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585858 in reply toshaws

thankyou for your speedy response, it's so good to get help.

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so does it matter her T3 is a little high? 1.89,

and do you think the levothyroxine is the best option for her.

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How does she feel? Has she got any hyper symptoms (fast pulse, feeling hot, sweating) ?

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no more than usual, as she goes from hypo to hyper anyway, but in general feeling better.

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