Anyone able to interpret these iron overload studies please. I don’t understand the relationship between them

[Noelnoel]

I have Hashimoto’s and take:

Iron B complex

Selenium D3 with K2 Zinc (soon to stop)

Magnesium (broad spectrum)

Beef liver (soon to stop)

Metavive and Adrenavive (phasing both out in favour of ones without nucleotides or possibly NDT )

Nov 20

IRON OVERLOAD

C reactive protein (0 - 6) <4

Ferritin (10 - 291) 93.1

Transferrin (2.5 - 3.8) 2.95

% iron saturation (16 -50) 23%

THYROID FUNCTION

TSH (0.35 - 5.5) <0.03

FT4 (10.5 - 21) 21.1

FT3 (3.5 - 6.5) 6.4

NUTRIENTS

B12 (211 - 911) 715

Folate (>5.38) 21.52

Thyroid tests high in range because I was taking a fairly high dose of metavive but reduced it because I was getting irregular heartbeat, high bp, sweating and headaches. Endo prescribed levo but I chose to reduce my metavive instead. Second test shows I reduced it too much so have raised it since and it feels about right but the weight is still climbing and that’s a post for another day because today my priority is trying to understand my iron situation

April 21

IRON OVERLOAD

C reactive protein <4 (0-6)

Ferritin 76.9 (10-291)

Transferrin 3.38 (2.5-3.8)

% iron saturation 27% (16-50)

THYROID FUNCTION

TSH 0.75 (0.35-5.5)

FT4 9.1 (10.5-21)

FT3 4.7 (3.5-6.5)

NUTRIENTS

B12 561 (211-911)

Folate 15. (>5.38)

Stopped testing D3 as last couple of times it was very high

Any insights would be gratefully received

Thanks

[radd]

Noelnoel,

Sorry you haven't received a timely response.

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[Noelnoel in reply to radd]

Radd thank you. The question is now obsolete because today I got some new results and I’m now waiting for the rest of them (folate etc) to become available before posting again next week

Hopefully I’ll get a response. Not sure why I didn’t this time but it maybe because of the chaotic way I wrote it or that people just don’t have the answer. I know it’s a complex subject and I think humanbean once answered a similar query for me but I found it difficult to comprehend. I read some of the links someone sent at the time and got a very tenuous grasp which has now been lost and because my mental capacity at the moment is even worse, I feel a bit hopeless. Not in the sense that I feel there’s no hope in my life, just that I don’t have a hope in hell right now in getting to grips with it all

[radd in reply to Noelnoel]

Noelnoel,

Sorry you are feeling so bad.

I myself am not understanding why you referred to ‘iron overload’ when your levels are appearing extremely low.

You haven’t included serum iron but T/S is only 27%, a high transferrin (carrier) is usually indicative of iron deficiency and ferritin (storage) backs this up at less than a quarter of way through range.

Iron deficiency risks thyroid meds unable to work effectively no matter what you medicate.

[Noelnoel in reply to radd]

Hi radd, oops, I didn’t mean to give the impression that I’m feeling low, only that I’m so foggy-brained at the moment that I couldn’t possibly hope to understand the complexities of iron, ferritin, transferrin, etc

In answer to your question about why I called it iron overload; I didn’t. If you look at the photo and the first row of details, you’ll see that that’s the name of the test: Iron overload studies

Thanks for your reply though, it’s appreciated

[Carrot_Top]

I'm curious why you stopped the beef liver. I was just diagnosed with Hashimoto's and my practitioner is recommending beef liver capsules. As a plant based eater due to having CLL (a form of leukemia), I'm reluctant to add this.

[Noelnoel in reply to Carrot_Top]

Oh goodness, I can’t even remember now. So sorry

Can I pm you on another matter?