At 12:38 PM +1000 19/4/03, Phosphor wrote: ><Blood tests such as T4, T3, and TSH are notoriously inaccurate indicators >of hypothyroid.> > >why is this so? Apparently because it is possible to fall within the accepted "normal" range for TSH levels and yet show symptoms of hypothyroidism. Here are a few pages turned up by Google: http://www.medaus.com/newsletter.htm http://www.drlam.com/A3R_brief_in_doc_format/hypothyroidism.cfm http://www.mercola.com/article/hypothyroid/diagnosis.htm http://www.mercola.com/article/hypothyroid/diagnosis_comp.htm ...R.