Latest thyroid numbers

Has the FT3 changed from last time? it's at the top end now

Have you been taking anything to treat the thyroid that would explain the change?

How are you feeling - regarding thyroid symptoms?

Is your Dr knowledgeable about thyroid treatment?

Thyroid numbers are so individual that there simply is no way to guide someone except to say experiment a bit. That is harder than it sounds as it takes weeks or longer for dose changes to be felt, (well, T3 is faster than T4) and even longer than that for the body to settle. Patience is needed whether we want to go along with it or not.

There are people who take 2, 3, 4 grains of dessiccated thyroid and feel great. Me? I was climbing the walls when my FT3 was over mid range!! Exhausted, terrible brain fog. (Oh, I had dizziness too but found out that was due to low B12. Supplementing resolved it.)

I feel very good and have for years when my FT4 is above mid range, and FT3 is in the lower third of the range. I managed to accomplish this with a combination of desiccated thyroid (formulated like Naturethroid) and by adding T4 to get the T4 up.

I don't want to go on too long, but the reason many people do this is because porcine thyroid has a higher T4 to T3 ratio than human thyroid. By adding T4, this ratio is corrected.

Head humming you say? Literally? When my T3 was too high, my ears were buzzing. Like a high pitched humming. That really didn't feel right. In fact, it's one of the ways I know to back off on T3.

Good luck! You'll get there. Just not being on T4 alone is a huge step in the right direction.

Your numbers are very reflective to someone on either Armour or Nature Throid brands. NP brand will have a little higher T4, since that brands fillers help T4 absorb better than the other two. Not much, but a little.

And this might be why your T3 went up - the selenium your taking:

[url]http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/why-thyroid-health-is-completely-dependent-on-selenium//url]

......."Additionally, selenium is also essential for the conversion of T4 to T3, as deiodinase enzymes (those enzymes that remove iodine atoms from T4 during conversion) are selenium-dependent."


Your nature Throid already has more T3 than humans naturally do, not good to take with something else that will additionally increase T3. Its also said that if ones adrenals are fatigued, then thyroid med doesnt work as well, despite what a lab test says.

All I can say is selenium can increase T3....and your T3 is at the limit according to your test.

If a Dr advise you to take selenium, were your selenium levels tested first to see what they are? And is this Dr aware that it can increase your T3 more than your T4?

Selenium is best for people natural low in T3 who are NOT taking supplement T3 hormone..

Probably taking selenium for sugar metabolism? I agree, I'd try to get the T3 down, see how it feels. If it doesn't feel better going off selenium, go back on it.

-p