I was taking T3, and all my levels were normal, except that the T3 was high. My T4 was still low. At the low edge of borderline. I switched to T4, then had it raised twice more to get it above the high end of borderline.
Pay for a doctor and the test yourself if you have to. It's very important.
Tina
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> >Be sure you get tested for Free T4, the thyroid test they usually neglect to
> >take. I had one doctor refuse to authorize it because the other 3 tests
> >were normal.
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> Guess what? I actually convinced the PA who ordered "thyroid testing" to check
> that box off, too. However, Kaiser's lab SOP evidently sez "only do it if the
> other(s) are outside normal range"... so it wasn't done. However, my other
> tests are not even borderline-- the results were smack dab in the middle of
> "normal". However, I have trouble with cold, have thinning hair (not pattern
> baldness type, but all over), very scanty body hair (that part is fine...), and
> "pudge" that I can't lose even with exercise and diet. General fatigue, too.
> All "classic" hypothyroid symptoms. In addition, aunts on both sides of my
> family are taking thyroid medications, and my father (with similar symptoms to
> mine-- so it can't be just "menopause") is now on a trial script. But... there
> is no reason to suspect I have hypothyroid syndrome, because my lab tests are
> "normal" (per the gyn-MD who looked up the lab results when I went in for
> something else...).
> Kaytee
> "Simplexities" on
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