bnd777

TSH is a total rubbish test when you are already on Thyroid meds and only
idiot doctors take any notice of it
TSH is simply the Pituarity trying to flog a failing/failed thyroid into
action and if on adequate meds the feedback loop shuts down the TSH
production thats normal

but even Free T4 and Free T3 testing is flawed because it will not diagnose
genetic Thyroid Hormone resistance or inability to convert T4 to T3

ITS HOW YOU FEEL that matters
If you are hyper the very first sign will be fine tremor of the hands or
heart palpitations

Your dosage of T3 is miniscule and if you are unable to convert the T4 into
the T3 your cells desperately need you can experience all kinds of "toxic"
effects
The T3 test also records Reverse T3 which is biologically unavailable to
your cells

rodney pont

I see you know about the genetic stuff, please ignore my post on the
"TSH above 2 can't function" thread :-)

Everything I've read has said that the free T3 test doesn't measure
rT3. Have you got a link to this please?

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david mueller

My TSH has been below .2 for almost one year and I have no hyper signs.
I've been exercising (lifting weights and running) 6 days a week and even
needed to increase my dosage - still no hyper signs.

Doc thinks I might have a resistance to T3 since my T3 level was higher.
Wanted me to do some detox thing to clear out heavy metals. I'm not too
sure about that.

I'm thankful he lets me continue on my current "higher" dosage because if I
don't I feel like crap!

amethystivy@aol.com (amethyst

I agree, but every doctor I've met takes that into account. If anyone has a
link that can show the TSH should be ignored if the Free T3 & Free T4 are in
range, I'd really appreciate it. My Free levels are in range, but my TSH is
hyper, so I had to decrease the Armour. I feel great at this level, but doctor
doesn't like my TSH hyper.

nora grøndal

to


I found a note of it in a long pdf in norwegian at the website of the
hormone lab at Aker Sykehus in Oslo.
Rt3 interferes with Ft3 test very much.

I think I have sent someone the link before here.
http://www.aker.uio.no/Hormonlab/hlsoma.html
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nora

rodney pont

Thanks Nora but there isn't much in english :-(

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det notsuh

Not that I can read Norwegian, but I don't have to..... We must interpret
things differently. fT3 in serum, page 64, right? Interfering substances:
Triac, 103% (now *THAT* is a significant interferent); DIT, 0.9%; rT3, 0.4%;
T4, 0.2%; Other, <0.01%. Even tT3 on page 132 gives exactly the same level
of interferences as it should. Unless rT3 is 100 times as much T3, then it
really has a negligible effect.....just as everything that Rodney has read.
Note that "normal" serum rT3 is roughly the same concentration as T3; point
being that if rT3 is 100 times T3, that person has some other issues to
account for first. Thanks for providing another link, though, that proves
again that rT3 does NOT really affect T3 readings.
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det notsuh

Yes, T3 and fT3 tests are affected the same.....and having "0.4%" stuck
in your head is inifinitely better than having the Armour hot dog song
stuck in your head (see the "When you cut your Armour..." thread). You
should be so happy that you're on THAT side of the pond and probably
don't know the melody.... ;o)
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