I have issues with my thyroid due to a benign tumour on my pituitary, there is also a tendency to hypothyroid in my family. My TSH falls within the 'borderline' range but I was symptomatic for hypothyroid and my endocrinologist was not happy with my T4 levels so has put me on thyroxine until she felt my T4 cells were at more reasonable levels.
The only thing is that I still feel very tired and my metabolism is shot to bits, I've had to cut my calorie intake by a quarter and I still think I'm putting on weight despite the drastic cut. I sent off to check my T3 cells via a private testing company just out of interest to see if there was an issue with the conversion of T4 to T3 but they've come back at the low end of 'normal' - normal is 3.1 to 6.8 and I am at 3.5. Does anyone else have any insight as I just have no idea what to do now?
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Thyroid issues T3
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BigSexyCrimeUnit · 05/08/2019 21:54
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