Newbie taken off T3

[Lunetta]

Hi. New member. Where can I get T3 from please thankyou

[Clutter]

Welcome to the forum, Lunetta.

Who took you off T3 and what reason did they give for doing so.

[Lunetta in reply to Clutter]

Endo did due to TSH <0.02 (0.2 - 4.2) free T4 20.6 (12 - 22) free T3 5.6 (3.1 - 6.8) thankyou

[Clutter in reply to Lunetta]

Lunetta,

Fool doesn't understand that suppressed TSH doesn't mean overmedication. You are not overmedicated because FT4 and FT3 are within range. Read Treatment Options in thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_... Email [e-mail] if you would like a copy of the Pulse article to show your GP.

[silverfox7]

Why were you given T3 in the first place? Have you any results you can post before you started with T3?

[Lunetta in reply to silverfox7]

TSH 1.60 (0.2 - 4.2)

Free T4 20.3 (12 - 22)

Free T3 3.6 (3.1 - 6.8)

Taking 200mcg levothyroxine

[silverfox7]

So you clearly weren't converting so you should have have Vit D, B12, folate and ferritin checked. These need to be optimal, not just in range to to help conversion and most probably some, if not all, were too low for that to happen. So like many of us you would have to supplement but I have treated my bad conversion doing this but it takestime. Took me around 5 months but it depends how low you were. It was well worth the effort though and been pretty stable since.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Presumably you have Hashimoto's (high antibodies)

If so are you on gluten free diet?

To be able to do well on T3 with Hashimoto's we need low vitamins sorting FIRST and address food intolerances for T3 to work properly

Your vitamins on other post are fire. They will need improving first. Once they are better adding T3 back in is likely necessary

Poor gut function can lead leaky gut (literally holes in gut wall) this can cause food intolerances. Most common by far is gluten

According to Izabella Wentz the Thyroid Pharmacist approx 5% with Hashimoto's are coeliac, but over 80% find gluten free diet helps significantly. Either due to direct gluten intolerance (no test available) or due to leaky gut and gluten causing molecular mimicry (see Amy Myers link)

But don't be surprised that GP or endo never mention gut, gluten or low vitamins. Hashimoto's is very poorly understood

Changing to a strictly gluten free diet may help reduce symptoms, help gut heal and slowly lower TPO antibodies

thyroidpharmacist.com/artic...

thyroidpharmacist.com/artic...

amymyersmd.com/2017/02/3-im...

chriskresser.com/the-gluten...

scdlifestyle.com/2014/08/th...

drknews.com/changing-your-d...

Email Louise at a Thyroid UK for list of recommended thyroid specialists [e-mail]

Worth reading from Patients Association re T3

patients-association.org.uk...