Those of you that know anything about me will know that I regularly rant about cellular T3.
Over 7 years with invaluable support from a small group of well informed and experienced members here ( thank you...you know who you are!) I have been able to research my challenging thyroid condition and discover that I have a form of thyroid hormone resistance which resulted in cellular rather than glandular hypothyroidism. Well, that's the précis!!
In traditional medical circles we struggle to have this diagnosed and treated when TSH (and perhaps FT4) is/are considered " gold standart diagnostic tests. This is not enough!
It is essential that FT3 is also included as it was ( in my area) until 2001 some time after I was diagnosed as hypothyroid. I had to ask to be tested! The inclusion of that FT3 lab in my diagnostic test - which an endo said he could not interpret! - later helped me join up the dots.
I'm no expert but I have learned enough to allow me to function again....it gets complicated. I'm not medically qualified so not in a position to give advice, I only have experience of my personal journey based on extensive reading, which I've shared in my bio.
Increasingly I read posts here which suggest this may a problem for other members...but symptoms are being dismissed on the basis of inadequate testing
This paper may help explain the difference between glandular and cellular hypothyroidism, and the importance of T3, and allow anyone struggling with debilitating symptoms to find the answers that have so far evaded them.
I'm absolutely not promoting the " sales pitch" at the end....just offering the text as information
thyroidproblemsdoctor.com/t...
A journey begins with one small step....hope this is useful to someone