Supplements selenium

[Adam1805]

Hi

If i take supplement its lower my tsh and elavate my ft4?

Or just let me feel better

I am not trreat in levo ( wait to my tsh elavate .3.5 last time i check)

I dont want to take supplement and my tsh bacame normal and delay my levo treatment.

Another question is if someone here take or took l glutamine supplement and if is a connection to hashimoto?

[Angel_of_the_North]

Supplements can't replace the thyroid hormone that your thyroid can no longer produce. if you don't want to take prescribed medication you could try Thyrogold or Metavive, but they are more expensive than NDT from Thailand. It's your free T3 that you really want to raise as T3 is the active hormone (T4 is just a storage hormone and needs to be converted to T3). Getting B12, folate, ferritin and vitamin D into optimum ranges will help conversion. If you have high antibodies, selenium can help. Don't think glutamine affects it,; many people take it for IBS.

If you can post your latest blood test results WITH RANGES, someone can advise.

[Adam1805 in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

Thank u for your answer

My ft3 is pretty high around 5.5

And i have antibodies above 1000

I hope that selenium not decrease my tsh and increase my ft4

[Angel_of_the_North in reply to Adam1805]

If your free T3 is high in range, and TSH is high it means your thyroid is struggling. You have Hashimotos if you antibodies are high. Gluten free and selenium might help stop antibody attacks. Your TSH drops as a result of your free t4 and free T3 going up, but when you start to go hypo, your free T3 stays quite high as your body tries to make enough active hormone to keep you going. Eventually it won't be able to do that any more. With Hashi's, you thyroid is gradually destroyed, so you will need to take medication eventually if you want to avoid heart disease and dementia. Some people believe that a ketogenic diet and probiotics for gut health will help.

You need RANGES (the numbers in brackets) for your results. 5,5 for free T3 is good in a range 3.1-6.8, but not a good in a range 4-7.3. TSH 3.5 is pretty high in a range 0.2-4.2, but not quite as bad in a range 0.4-5.5. Labs use different ranges depending on country and test machine used.

[Adam1805 in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

Scale in ft4 is 7-16 ( i 12.5)

Ft3 4-7.2 (5.5)

Tsh 0.2-4(i 3.6)

I not take medicine beacuse my endo say that i subclinic and she give me levo when tsh raise to 7

I felel not well with a lot of symptoms

My folic acid 6 i take complex b 50 and the folic raise to 10

Vitamin d 29

B12 370

Ferittin 75

[Angel_of_the_North]

Folate should be half way through range and B12 over 500 to avoid permanent neurological damage. Ferritin is OK (over 70) Vitamin D needs to be at least in the high 90s. As you have high antibodies, you may be able to get a doctor to prescribe when your TSH goes over range or your free T4 under range instead of waiting until it TSH is so high.

[Adam1805 in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

If i start to ta take medicine this blood test improve?

Or i need supplement extra to medicine

And i not take vitamin d supplement beacuse my blood calcium is 10.8 ( tamge 8.8-10.5) tested twice

Its not parathyroid (pth32 range 10-60)

I affraid that if i take vitamin d my blood calcium rise even more

[Angel_of_the_North in reply to Adam1805]

You should improve with thyroxine, but many people need NDT, or T3 added to their thyroxine. You'll also need to supplement the low in range vitamins and selenium for the antibodies. I know nothing about calcium levels.

[Adam1805]

Thank u for all your help