High Cortisol

[Pen1966]

Had test done and have high cortisol gp not interested

[SlowDragon Administrator]

That’s typical of someone with poor conversion

Your results show you currently have very poor conversion

FT4: 21.5 pmol/l (Range 12 - 22) 95.00%

FT3: 3.9 pmol/l (Range 3.1 - 6.8) 21.62%

Ferritin terrible at 34

Low Ft3 results in low ferritin

But also low ferritin results in poor conversion rate of Ft4 to Ft3

Vicious circle

So working on improving low ferritin essential

But likely to need addition of T3 prescribed alongside levothyroxine

Email Thyroid U.K. for list of thyroid specialist endocrinologists and doctors who will prescribe T3

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[SlowDragon Administrator]

Reread your post from last week discussing increasing iron supplements

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

[Pen1966 in reply to SlowDragon]

Om ferrous fumerate and high strength vitamin c

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Pen1966]

are you now taking 2 ferrous fumerate per day

[Pen1966 in reply to SlowDragon]

Just one

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Pen1966]

but you know that’s not enough to increase your iron levels as been on single dose for months

GP could/should have increased dose to two or 3 per day