Clutter u asked me too post my results

[Denne]

TSH 0.26mlU/L. 0.40-4.00lU/L. Serum free T3 5.1 pmol/L 2.8-7.00pmol/L Serum free T4 level 10.9 pmol/L 10.00-25.00pmol/L

[Clutter]

Denne, what medication are you taking?

[Denne in reply to Clutter]

75mg thyroxine 10 liothyronine

[Clutter in reply to Denne]

Denne, Taking oral T3 can mean FT4 drops low in range so I don't think that's an issue. Perhaps increase your T3 to 20mcg split into 2 doses 6/12 hours apart to see whether your symptoms improve. It will make your TSH lower so your GP or endo may fuss about you having a suppressed TSH and you may have a battle not to have your doses decreased.

[Denne in reply to Clutter]

Thank you xx

[faith63 in reply to Clutter]

Clutter..how does taking t3 lower your ft4 levels..by way of suppressing TSH? Also, why not take t3, once per day, as Dr. Lowe advised his patients? Saturating the cells with once a day dosing, is the only way he could help his patients with their fatigue and pain..plus, its much more convenient.

[Denne in reply to faith63]

I would love to take T3 all at the same time but I get horid palpations,I'm taking them separately to get my body used to them first.

[faith63 in reply to Denne]

I had that problem when taking t4 and t3..once i cut out the t4 meds, i was able to tolerate enough t3 to get rid of my swelling, Myxedema ..first time since 2010, that i don't look puffy, inflamed and pregnant and almost to my normal weight. I hope that if i hold the dose here my other symptoms will subside, as i further heal.

[Denne in reply to faith63]

What is Myxedema? Sounds like you've had a tough time,on the mend now though

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Denne]

Have a look here:

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Make sure you click on Figure 1.

[Clutter in reply to faith63]

Faith, I think it's a combination of lower/suppressed TSH and because oral T3 means less FT4 is needed for conversion. It's something I've observed when people introduce or raise T3 and I've seen it in my own results when I raised T3. I dropped T3 dose in Sept. so will be interested to see how that affects FT4 in a couple of weeks.

I followed Dr. Lowe's protocol with 40mccg T3 in one dose but endo advised 2 x split dosing. I haven't *felt* any difference with either method but there may, nonetheless, be a physiological impact in one dose that I wasn't aware of. Diogenes explained split dosing might be better and likened it to the difference between the impact of one huge wave on the shore to the lesser impact of two or more smaller waves.