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Hi,

I am new to this forum. I'm 55, a mother, ex-runner (since my muscles were so weak I had to stop last Fall), gained 50 pounds in 3 years (exercise and food staying fairly consistent) and finally fell apart 3 months ago, dropping out of grad school because I couldn't think! Ugh!

I went to the VA for blood work and was diagnosed with hypothyroidism (again). Here are my numbers:

TSH is 12.3. (0.34-5.60)

T3 is 4.1 (2.4-3.9)

T4 is 0.73 (0.58-1.64)

Mild malformation of thyroid

TPO 2.3 (0-9)

Thyroglobulin 2.6 (0-4)

My primary put me on 50mcg Levothyroxin. It was upped to 112mcg after 4 weeks and I had an extreme reaction to it. They were baffled so I went with my naturopath's treatment wanting nothing more to do with the other clowns. She says the numbers are indicative of a pituitary problem. I have plenty of T3 and T4.

She has me on ThyroCode, Thyro Life Force and Aconitum. I just started so we'll see how it goes. Anything's better than Levothyroxin!!

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Usually, with a pituitary problem you have LOW TSH, unless you have a tumour tha troduces thyroid hormone (usually T4), but you don't have high T4. You need to make sure that your ferritin, B12 and folate, and D3 are optimal or you won't be able to tolerate thyroid meds well. It's unusual to have T3 over range with high TSH and low T4 - were those frees or totals? Totals are pretty useless - need free T4 and free T3. Looks a s thugh yiou have high anti-bodies so going gluten-free would probably help.

As you used to exercise a lot, you might have damaged your adrenals. Problem with the adrenals can make it hard to tolerate thyroid hormone. But usually dose is increased by 25mcg every 6-8 weeks, so you probably had too large a dose increase too soon.

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Jampuppy in reply to Angel_of_the_North

Thanks for your input.

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Angel_of_the_North in reply to Jampuppy

Sorry, misread your TPO as 23. It's not high at 2.3.

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Jampuppy in reply to Angel_of_the_North

I am entrusting my care to my naturopath. This treatment is purported to balance the whole system. It's a very different approach to our medical system here in the western world. It does overlap though. She has me on a product that has desiccated cow thyroid and supportive nutrients. All my values are normal other than the TSH, including the vitamins you mentioned. Exercise only damages adrenals if there's something wrong with them. Running saved my heart and might have saved my life after the doc overdosed me.

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Marz in reply to Jampuppy

Normal is an opinion not a result 😊

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Jampuppy in reply to Marz

YAY! Could you please teach this to the medical community?

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Marz in reply to Jampuppy

I look after my own health and educate the medics when appropriate. I have also listened to the wise ones here on this forum over the six years I have been a member. So do obtain copies of your results so you can post with more information and not have to say all is normal which prevents the wise ones here from offering sound advice ☺

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Jampuppy in reply to Marz

This particular post was not a request for advice. It was simply to share my experience for those who might want to look into his treatment.

What other results were you looking for?

Of course by now these are outdated. When I'm feeling better I might post my updates but they aren't static so it would continually have to be updated.

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Marz in reply to Jampuppy

It was your other post/thread where I posted that low B12 - Folate - Ferritin - VitD could cause some of your symptoms 😊

"Anythings better than Levothyroxine ' ?????

Really?

Isn't it a life saver?

Saved mine.

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Jampuppy in reply to Mary-intussuception

Glad you found what works!

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