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"Here is another great article about the flawed use today of thyroid laboratory tests and lab reference ranges." Paul Robinson

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Thank you for posting. Many years back I simply ignored 'ranges', relying on how well I felt.

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Really interesting. Thanks for sharing.

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I have posted this BMJ article many times:

This is a link to a very good article in the British Medical Journal discussing what the 'normal range' really is. Very readable.

The normal range: it is not normal and it is not a range

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Polly91

very interesting. Thanks for sharing. Somehow I recently started taking part of my thyroid hormone in the middle of the night 3-5ish & it seems to be working better. Think I did it because I felt I was over replaced but didn’t want to cut my last dose of the day too drastically. So decided if I wake up I will take it. A couple of months ago I started taking some adrenal support so maybe that’s why I was feeling “over replaced”? Whatever the case i have inadvertently followed Paul’s advice!

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