Are your Free Ts where you want them to be? I still have a bit of a low FT3 which will cause me to cramp up like this. I go through a bit of a cold spell as well.

I'm still working on bringing up the FT3.

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P.S. Congrats on your one year anniversary.

These are my May labs, new ones were only done on Friday. Ft3 is a bit low. Its crazy tho I will change into my jammies and crawl into bed and thats when I start freezing. I have to put twoblankets on me until I warm up, then I am fine and kick them off and sleep with the window open. I am affraid to go swim in the pool or the lake cuz I might not make it out!!! hahaha
TSH ...............0.2 range ..........0.2-4.0

FT3.................3.1 range...........3.5-6.5

FT4..............22.0 range............7.5-22.0

..................and thank you

Congrats on feeling well after TT very good news very happy to here :)
Its def strange to actually feel tempetures again. I get cold in the winter and even in the summer feel a chill. I did notice what ur talking about when my levels were too lo for me the freezing up and cramping i would even get it in my feet and toes
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Hi malbers:

Your Free T3 is below range. This likely will explain the symptoms you describe. I know it does for me with my lower than normal Free T3.

Check your Free T4 it is higher than normal almost out of the high range.

Work on adjusting your replacement med to get the Free Ts at miod range. If it is possible with where you live to switch to Armour instead? Armour will work on both Free T3 and Free T4. The replacement med you are on will work on Free T4 only.

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MM, could I take a beta blocker to help convert the FT4 to FT3? The oncologist wants the FT4 a bit higher as it will help keep the thyrogloubin low??? I will quiz him more on the 5th after I know my labwork from Friday. I am not sure if I want to try Armour because I really am feeling good!!

Maybe its just all the extra stress right now and when things calm down then my new symptom will go away ; )

Hi:

Taking a beta blocker will lower down the Free T3 even further. This is not what I am sure you want since your FT3 is below normal.

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Thanks my mis- understanding.........I thought the beta blocker coverted FT4 to bring the FT3 upnot down :)

No problem...!

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Do people without a thyroid convert the Ft4 to Ft3? If not then one needs either Armour thyroid, Naturethroid which contains T4 and T3. Or cytomel, which is T3 added to the levothyroxine.

There is a great yahoo group called thyroidless@yahoogroups.com
Great advice there, as well as here.

Hey Malbers...its so good to hear from you. I hope your not in the flood area? Ive been following it on the news...its just horrible for the farmers and such.

Its Selenium that helps convert T4 to T3...you may want to think about that but Im thinking a bit lower amount of T4 replacement and adding a T3 replacement may be what you need. When I did my research into this I decided on Cytomel if I needed it. The reason was because you have greater control over the amount taken and it would be easier to find the right amount for my needs. Im now on 62.5 mcg of Synthroid and Im feeling pretty good but it took a while to find that right amount...so....Im thinking it wouldnt matter what replacement I choose...it still takes time to find the right amount...there isnt any quick fixes. Hang in there Malbers...its really good to hear from you...Big Hugs...Kathy

Hi Kathy, no we are fortunate that we are in central AB, its wet but not like that!! Our area is pretty good everything is growing good here. Many places couldnt seed because it is too wet and others had all the seed rot. Northern AB is drought stricken. It is nice to see rain as our ponds, sloughs and lakes were really low!! Just not nice that mother nature choses to give too much in some places and not enough in others!!

I gave up taking the selenium after my TT cuz I didnt think I needed it anymore. I am not having any hyper symptoms so I dont think the FT4 is too high. My weight is stable, well if I didnt quit smoking twice in the last year I would have stayed the same. Four months some free again!! Maybe this time I can make it past 7 months, I havent yet but this time is the last time I ever quit!!

Could I just add the cytomel instead of lowering the levo and adding cytomel. Keeping the FT4 high is part of my cancer treatment. Sorry, I dont have alot to add in the conversations anymore, I still read faithfully!!! Hugs back at you !!! Marci

*******four months *SMOKE* free............... not some

Oh...I didnt know you were having cancer treatment. I do know that for me having a low FT3 can cause a lot of hypo symptoms. I would talk with your doc about adding a T3 replacement. It would make sense to me since your low that he/she wouldnt be against it. Its a powerful hormone though so you would want to take very small amounts and then add small amounts until you find the right place for you. My FT3 is boarderline mid range and if it comes down even the slightest...I will ask my doc for replacement as well...because I need mine to be a bit higher than mid range for me to feel well. Right now mine sits at about 5 and I need it to be no lower than 5.5 but its not low enough to warrant replacement yet. I had a really hard time getting my doc to agree to my taking T4 replacement so Im thinking it will be even harder to get her to agree to T3 replacement.

Hang in there Malbers...perhaps think about taking 200mcg of Selenium and see if that makes a difference. You would have to give it about 6 weeks to show a difference on your labs though. Big Hugs...Kathy