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Sorry if I'm asking a stupid question but if I increased my T3 would it reduce my TSH. Currently my T3 is 4.21 (3.1-6.8) and my TSH is 0.86 (0.27-4.20).

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Yes taking more t3 will reduce tsh.

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One doctor (and holistic ones) believes the TSH isn't a reliable way of treating and I'll give a link. Neither did Dr Skinner and Dr Peatfield all trained in the same era.:-

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

independent.ie/lifestyle/he...

thyroid-info.com/articles/s...

Dr Lowe also wrote a book called 'The Tyranny of the TSH' in which he said that t is the TSH which is 'treated' rather than the clinical symptoms thus many don't recover as they should.

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greygoose

That's about people taking T4. The OP is taking T3. And I would not trust a study that makes no mention of the FT3.

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greygoose

Exactly! I often feel they don't know enough about hypo to do these studies.

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