Hello, My wife has been taken off her T3 trial as it gave her palpitations, and anxiety attacks.
The Endo is now going to arrange a Synctathen test to stress test her adrenals to see if she is producing any steroid hormones. Cortisol was normal but on the normal but low side.
Any comments?
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How long on levothyroxine, which brand and what dose….before adding T3
Standard brand or whtever's in stock
Please add results and ranges
Not sure of ranges of latest tests but last year T3 3.6 (3.8-6) T4 about 12 and TSH suppressed to almost nothing.
How much was dose levothyroxine reduced when T3 added
25 mcg
How much T3 and was it split as 2 or 3 smaller doses
10 mcg twice bdaily
Does she have autoimmune thyroid disease also called Hashimoto’s usually diagnosed by high thyroid antibodies
Yes
When were vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 levels last tested
Vit D recently OK don't know about folate & B12 but Ferritin mid range
What vitamin supplements is she taking
Zinc, Vit D3, Selenium, Ferrous Sulfate.
We tried Zinc when T3 was 3.6 and T3 went to 5.5 and T4 to 21.5! Nothing happened to TSH except it crept up a bit.
Further test with less Levo brought T3 and T4 down to high end 3rd quartile. Cortisol low normal. Ended up speaking to a Registrar obsessed about TSH. Aaaaargh!. We spoke to Endo who decided on Synctathen test to see if Adrenals working properly. Then if OK going to push on for pituitary.
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