Strange Thyroid Labs?

[johnsmith]

Can anyone explain why my TSH went up and my T3 and T4 went down after supplementing thyroid? I have been told it must have been because my body was running on adrenalin. Before thyroid supplementation I had severe stress and hypothyroid symptoms. Im 30 years old and stopped using finasteride 7 years ago. Thanks.

April 2015 (before thyroid supplementation)
TSH - 0.04 (reference range 0.3 - 5.6)
Free T3 - 6.9 (ref. range 2.9 - 6)
Free T4 - 18.7 (ref. range 7.2 - 21)

May. 2015 (before thyroid supplementation)
TSH - 0.01 (ref. range 0.3 - 5.6)
Free T3 - 10.1 (ref. range 2.9 - 6)
Free T4 - 18.1 (ref. range 7.2 - 21)
Anti-thyroid peroxidase - <10.0 (ref. range 0.0-34.9)
Anti-thyroglobulin - <20.0 (ref. range 0.0-40.0
A.M. Cortisol - 140 (ref. range A.M. 138-160 nmol/L)

Nov. 2015 (while supplementing thyroid - (1 grain of Nutria-Med NDT and 6.24mcg of Cytomel.))
TSH - 2.32 (ref. range 0.30-5.6)
Free T3 - 5.5 (ref. range 2.9 - 6)
Free T4 - 8.1 (ref. range 7.2 - 21)
anti TPO - 10 (ref. range <35)
Anti-thyroglobulin - 17 (ref. range <40)

 

[MyUsernameHere]

http://www.thyroidscience.com/hypotheses/warmingham.2010/warmingham.7.18.10.pdf

You are the "Over-Compensation". You end up with even worse thyroid status from supplementing than without. I don't even know why you're taking it with those labs. If you have hypothyroid symptoms with that amount of hormones in the blood, you need to work on utilization and reducing thyroid hormone resistance, and not supplementing additional thyroid.

 

[johnsmith]

http://www.thyroidscience.com/hypotheses/warmingham.2010/warmingham.7.18.10.pdf

You are the "Over-Compensation". You end up with even worse thyroid status from supplementing than without. I don't even know why you're taking it with those labs. If you have hypothyroid symptoms with that amount of hormones in the blood, you need to work on utilization and reducing thyroid hormone resistance, and not supplementing additional thyroid.

I started thyroid supplementation because I suspected I had a lot of RT3 causing my symptoms.

Thank you. I just looked into "thyroid hormone resistance". It looks like RT3 is involved and supplementing T3 (and not so much T4, if any) can treat it. However, I don't think I read anything in your link that explained why my TSH went up.