Hi all,
Just got my lab results back. I can definitely see that I am hypothyroid (the markers are there, like higher cholesterol, etc.) and just started some cynomel. I would be interested in seeing some of your opinions, just to help me tweak things a bit better. I'm thinking I have a T4-T3 conversion issue primarily, due to the high rT3 (horrible rT3 ratio, which indicates high cortisol, since that interferes with T4-T3 conversion; the high serotonin labs also seem to further indicate this); also my T4 is high and my T3 is on the low side, it seems. So that's what I've been seeing. But again, would love any feedback on this. Here are my labs:
Total Cholesterol: 180 mg/dL
TSH: 1.960 uIU/mL
rT3, serum: 16.9 ng/dL
Total T3: 105 ug/dL
Total T4: 6.7 ug/dL
rT3 ratio: 16.9 ng/dL
Prolactin: 9.1 ng/mL
PTH, Intact: 11 pg/mL
Carbon Dioxide, total: 27 mmol/L
Whole blood serotonin: 206 ng/mL
Vitamin D, 25 -Hydroxy: 33.7 ng/mL
Thanks!
Just got my lab results back. I can definitely see that I am hypothyroid (the markers are there, like higher cholesterol, etc.) and just started some cynomel. I would be interested in seeing some of your opinions, just to help me tweak things a bit better. I'm thinking I have a T4-T3 conversion issue primarily, due to the high rT3 (horrible rT3 ratio, which indicates high cortisol, since that interferes with T4-T3 conversion; the high serotonin labs also seem to further indicate this); also my T4 is high and my T3 is on the low side, it seems. So that's what I've been seeing. But again, would love any feedback on this. Here are my labs:
Total Cholesterol: 180 mg/dL
TSH: 1.960 uIU/mL
rT3, serum: 16.9 ng/dL
Total T3: 105 ug/dL
Total T4: 6.7 ug/dL
rT3 ratio: 16.9 ng/dL
Prolactin: 9.1 ng/mL
PTH, Intact: 11 pg/mL
Carbon Dioxide, total: 27 mmol/L
Whole blood serotonin: 206 ng/mL
Vitamin D, 25 -Hydroxy: 33.7 ng/mL
Thanks!