For those on high doses of T3 - and those that say they shouldn't be!

[greygoose]

t3doc.com/the-miracle-of-t3/

Enjoy!

Hugs, Grey

[Framboise]

Thanks greygoose, what a refreshing article from a doctor, just a shame he's in California. I think it looks as if there are other interesting articles there from him too so I've bookmarked it.

[greygoose in reply to Framboise]

In California or not, I don't think he practices anymore. If I read right, he said there wasn't enough interest in his work!!!

[PR4NOW]

Nice find, you just never know when or where they will pop up. PR

[greygoose in reply to PR4NOW]

[Marz]

What a little gem of an article - Thank you for sharing....

[greygoose in reply to Marz]

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Good one Grey.

I note this comment:

I don’t put any confidence in most lab tests. The test I’m interested in is does the patient feel better? I rather strongly disagree with the experts, esp as regards rt3.

I feel very much the same when confronted by some of the mathematical games played with T3/rT3 levels. I am not convinced that reality abides by the same rules as the nice little arithmetic models proposed.

[greygoose in reply to helvella]

Agreed!

[Clutter]

Good find, Greygoose. I like his lack of faith in lab tests and concentration on how the patient feels. Good comment to Annie Conway that 60mcg is not necessarily a therapeutic dose.

[greygoose in reply to Clutter]

[MaxiFrustrated]

Brill. Perfect reinforcement of my decision to act on months of bolstering vitamin and micronutrient levels with a trial of T3 only. Can't wait til it gets here! Thanks for posting this.

[greygoose in reply to MaxiFrustrated]

[penny]

WE know but does your GP? A very pleasant endo. who did know all about T3 would only prescribe 60mcg, even when the patient was still unwell on this dose.

I am now on 175mcg of T3 and, according to my GP, who stopped my prescription, I should be dead on this dose as I am not hypothyroid!

One of my GPs said that there was a lot of rubbish published on the internet and that I should not take any notice of it as he could publish anything and it would not have to be true. (In his case I would say that it would most certainly would not be true as he only prescribes T4 and my tsh test was the only judge of hypothyroidism.)

[greygoose in reply to penny]

Of course he doesn't know!!! lol That's why I self-treat. None of them do know.

And they are terrified of the internet because if their patients educate themselves they will know just how useless they are as doctors. The usual phrase would be 'Oooo, you can't believe everything you read on internet!' Well, no, you can't. That would be physically impossible unless you have multiple personalities. But you can learn by experience what applies to you, and discard the rest.

The trouble is they have been taught that all patients are stupid and incapable of understanding the slightest little thing about the 'magic' of medecine. They believe that only they are able to understand anything because they have spent 7 years in med school. Well, yes. And no. Even if they do spend 7 years in med school, they cannot possibly know everything. And, after all, they do only spend one afternoon on the thyroid during those 7 years, so there's no way they could know very much about it unless they have a special interest in it. Also, what they learn is, to a great extent, is controlled by Big Pharma who have a vested interest in keeping us sick.

However, their big mistake is underestimating the intelligence of their patient - who are often far more intelligent than they are! Plus the fact that we do have a special interest in our particular disease. Some Wise physicians have said that the patient is the specialist in his own disease (maybe Dr Peatfield said that? He did say a lot of intelligent things). And, by the time the thyroid patient realises that her doctor is useless, and she knows more than he does, she knows enough to treat herself! Well, she couldn't make a worse job of it than her doctor does!

Some doctors will allow themselves to be educated, but it's rare that they really ever completely 'get it' because they don't have it! So, unless you have a doctor that let's you do what you like and just shuts up and signs the prescriptions, you're probably better off self-treating.

Just my theory, anyway.

Hugs, Grey