Comments please on my recent test results: feeling better since starting T3 * two months ago but some symptoms remain.

[m7-cola]

Vitamin levels have responded to treatment following the helpful advice from knowledgeable members on this forum. *15mcg T3 and 100mcg T4 daily

Report date: 09-Nov-2018 DOB: 09-Nov-1940

THYROID CHECK ULTRAVIT RT3

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Thyroid Function

THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE <0.005 mIU/L 0.27 - 4.20

FREE THYROXINE 25.400 pmol/L 12.00 - 22.00

FREE T3 6.39 pmol/L 3.10 - 6.80

REVERSE T3 23 ng/dL 10.00 - 24.00

REVERSE T3 RATIO 18.09 15.01 - 75.00

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY 17.200 IU/mL 0.00 - 115.00

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODIES <9.0 IU/mL 0.00 - 34.00

HAEMATOLOGY

Vitamins

ACTIVE B12 156.000 pmol/L 37.50 - 188.00

FOLATE (SERUM) 16.85 ug/L 3.89 - 26.80

25 OH VITAMIN D 128 nmol/L 50.00 - 200.00

BIOCHEMISTRY

Inflammation Marker

CRP - HIGH SENSITIVITY 0.34 mg/l 0.00 - 5.00

Iron Status

FERRITIN *162 ug/ L 13.00 - 150.00

[Celestialbeing]

IMO, your FTs are too high, indicative of the dose being too high. How do you feel?

[Hidden]

Your T4 is a little high but I am not sure why, sorry everything else looks fine. How do you feel how long have you been on your dose?

[Hidden]

your RT3 is within range, but high. I would imagine that your dose it too high. what were your results with 100 mcg t4 only to compare?

[m7-cola in reply to Hidden]

Thank you Celestialbeing, Bunnyjean and cupofcha. Your helpful comments

have encouraged me look critically at these results and what I want to say to my endo when I see him in a couple of weeks.

Since starting T3, 8 weeks ago, I feel better than for several years: My energy levels and stamina are higher, thinking is sharper, and muscle aches have largely gone. My feet are no longer so cold in bed and I have had no further dizzy/fainting events.

My vitamins levels have improved. My Ferritin is a little high, possibly due to

slightly raised antibody activity. Either that or eating too much liver!

Blood pressure readings and resting pulse are all normal. But there are now no pulse readings in the 40s.

As I’ve aged I seem to have become a poor converter of T4 and it looks as though it results in excess RT3. This latest test shows the ratio of RT3 levels has halved since the previous bloods were taken in September. This has given me the confidence to reduce T4 to 75mcg from 100mcg.

I am so impressed with the interest and care taken by members of this forum.

Thank you, again for reading this. Best wishes for your health and wellbeing.