Hello everyone
It’s been a while since I posted and I hope you are doing as well as can be-given the circumstances.
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen high T3 and hair loss reported by other members of this forum.
I’ve been experiencing quite a lot of hair loss over the last couple of months and I assumed it would be due to low T3 so I got tested last week and these are my results:
TSH <0.01 mU/L (0.27-4.2)
T4 24 pmol/L (12-22)
T3. 9.1. pmol/L (3.2-6.8)
Ferritin 158 microgram/L (15-300)
Vit D 122 nmol/l
This is the highest T3 I have ever had. I’m usually around 4
My only other symptoms are itchy skin and dry/itchy eyes and clenched teeth at night.
So overall pretty good and so much better than I was and better then many people suffering. But the hair loss is horrible and worrying.
I stopped taking levothyroxine in October 2020 and now only take Metavive (11 metavive per day).
If anyone else has seen hair loss with high T3 please let me know as my practitioner thinks it’s low T3 that causes hair loss- but I’m now not so sure. How long does it take for hair to stop falling out ? Also any suggestions on how long it can take to reduce T3? Words I never thought I’d use as I’ve been trying to increase my T3 for the last 2.5 years !
Thanks v much
Polly