T3 too High? Follow up.

[Diana49]

Not sure if this is the correct place on the forum to put this...

Thank-you so very much to everyone for your responses and apologies for the gap but I've been struggling with insomnia for many months and sleep deprivation means it's hard to know which way is up! No trouble falling asleep but I wake up in the early hours and, more often than not, cannot get back to sleep. Trudging through the days following these vigils in the small hours is horrible because my body seems unable to bounce back. My mind is sludge so, as there is a bit to explain, I thought I should wait until my focus was better.

Over the past 14 days I've been experimenting with a low dose melatonin which deepens the scant sleep I get on bad days and helps me go back under after waking in the night, but even melatonin (which I've avoided all these years) cannot help if my body decides it's time to wake up. I'm aware it may be an adrenaline rush. Years ago I had a saliva cortisol test done which was read by a Functional Medicine Doc and - as he put it - your cortisol "is in the toilet". I've just ordered a Medichecks saliva test for cortisol, so we'll see what it says... I've also ordered the 'Advanced Thyroid Function' with all the bells and whistles as I have the same problem as many on this forum in that the local GP (or lab) won't do RT3 (which I would be interested to see). Stop Press! I have just read that the test I ordered no longer covers RT3 because they have to be sent to the states and transit times are taking too long. Zoot alors! Oh well the inflammation vits etc will be illuminating.

In answer to your question SSSusie, my last dose of NDT was 24hrs before blood draw. I occasionally pop in a B comp and have phases of Biotin but don't think I was on either before that blood test.

Results from beginning Dec/20:

TSH - 0.01 FT4 - 16 FT3 - 8.4 Thyroid Peroxidase 712!!! (Down from 720 12 mths ago).

Yes, I know I have autoimmune thyroiditis and I sure would like to know WHY.

Have been on this perilous and lonely road a long, long time. I was so lucky to consult with Dr Peatfield in 2007 and 2008 otherwise the way may have been darker still...