Looks like half my message got lost somewhere again...unfortunately my
memory is not all that great and dont recall exactly what I wrote!
Hopefully my memory will come back with adequage treatment!

Anyway, just because your tests may look to many doctor to be "normal" or
almost it does not mean "healthy".  Doc Don explained to me that blood work
is not fully accurate for thyroid because they can only see the thyroid
levels in the blood, while it is each cell of our body that needs these
hormones.  We cannot see how much is getting into our cells.

Your TSH looks to be a little low, and some doctors will tell you this
automatically implies hyperthyroid....but not always!  The TSH is a signal
coming from the pituitary glan
d, and if the pituitary is not functioning
adequately, TSH will not be very high.  My TSH is always negligable, and
always has been, which made it very difficult for me to get help, despite
the free T3 and T4 levels going low.

I had one test done, which confused a number of doctors.  It showed free T4
of 13 and free T3 of 10!  TSH negligable, as always.  They could not figure
out if I was low or high thyroid....my symptoms clearly said low....but
they of course could not go by that.  Within 3 weeks, my free T4 had
dropped to below 7 and my free T3 dropped to 3.1. My TSH was still
negligable, so still could not get help.  One doctor insisted the thyroid
hormones were irrelevant, we went by TSH and I had all my symptoms
backwards, and should start a thyroid suppressant.  Most just were afraid
of treating low thyroid because it would further suppress the TSH.

I guess the point of this is, that the th
ryroid hormones can change
quickly. Hopefully that will mean you could get help....but not always, not
by doctors who rely on the TSH gospel.

Your free T4 appears to be low end normal, which may indicate a start of
low thyroid showing in your blood work.  Your free T3 to me (a layman)
appears okay, but maybe not.... This is made up of both reverse T3 and
useable T3.  If you have a higher than normal reverse T3 level, then your
body useable T3 may in fact be low.

In either case, if you are suffering classic low thyroid symptoms, you have
to search for a doctor who is willing to treat you and your symptoms, and
not that little piece of paper with funny looking numbers on it.

Best of luck!!

Andrea

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