Endocrine experts! look at my results

[Bubblingbrooks]

Got the call about my tests.
Thyroid is as follows...
TSH 1.84
T4 1.25
T3 3.2

Cortisol (midday, fasting)
8.4

So they say I am in great shape, and these numbers a really good.

Uhhh, last I checked, this screams very low.

 

[pinkfox]

mine read very very close to yours and they kept telling me "everythings within normal range"
i still belive my weight issues were/are in a lerage part thyroid related, but everythings "within normal range" so noone will do anything about it...

but yes, they are LOW results...its just they have such a large "normal range" that youll have to realy fight to get any help medically for it.

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

mine read very very close to yours and they kept telling me "everythings within normal range"
i still belive my weight issues were/are in a lerage part thyroid related, but everythings "within normal range" so noone will do anything about it...

but yes, they are LOW results...its just they have such a large "normal range" that youll have to realy fight to get any help medically for it.

This is the biggest reason I do not see Drs. I had these numbers run when we had our adoption approval physicals done.

I am thinking I will up the raw adrenals that I have been taking to the full dose. Not as worried about the thyroid, as I think its just being suppressed by my adrenal fatigue. When I take the thyroid support, I stop ovulating, so best guess is, that I am not absorbing what is being made.

 

[Wifezilla]

I found this...
NORMAL RANGE
Serum thyroxine (T4) 4.6-12 ug/dl
Free thyroxine fraction (FT4F) 0.03-0.005%
Free Thyroxine (FT4) 0.7-1.9 ng/dl
Thyroid hormone binding ratio (THBR) 0.9-1.1
Free Thyroxine index (FT4I) 4-11
Serum Triiodothyronine (T3) 80-180 ng/dl
Free Triiodothyronine l (FT3) 230-619 pg/d
Free T3 Index (FT3I) 80-180
Radioactive iodine uptake (RAIU) 10-30%
Serum thyrotropin (TSH) 0.5-6 uU/ml
Thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG) 12-20 ug/dl T4 +1.8 ugm
TRH stimulation test Peak (TSH) 9-30 uIU/ml at 20-30 min
Serum thyroglobulin l Tg 0-30 ng/m
Thyroid microsomal antibody titer TMAb Varies with method
Thyroglobulin antibody titer TgAb Varies with method
http://www.endocrineweb.com/conditions/thyroid/thyroid-function-tests

Ummmm....either they are using a different measurement scale or you are wicked low on T3 & T4 and your TSH is low end of normal.

I would demand a retest and make sure they test free t3, free t4 and give the antibody test....not just tsh, t3 and t4

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

I am pretty sure these are similar to the numbers I had 3 years ago at the midwifes. Said I was normal then, and that my endocrine issues and inability to sustain pg was in my head.

They promised me with these tests that if they were off, that they would run more extensive tests.
Pretty sure this was just the basic panel, though I did ask for a full panel.
I want to ask for a retest, but until DH gets a better job, its not happening.

 

[Wifezilla]

"I found this last week while searching for thyroid answers for my sister. It kind of helped me understand the different tests Pam, Mims, Ilparata and others say to get tested for.

Thyroid
There are 2 types of thyroid hormones easily measurable in the blood, thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). For technical reasons, it is easier and less expensive to measure the T4 level, so T3 is usually not measured on screening tests. Additionally, most diseases impact both T4 and T3 similarly, so T4 is typically measured first.

Please be clear on which test you are looking at. We continue to see a tremendous amount of confusion among doctors, nurses, lab techs, and patients on which test is which. In particular, the "Total T3", "Free T3" and "T3 Uptake tests" are very confusing, and are not the same test.

Thyroxine (Total T4, or TT4) . This shows the total amount of the T4. The total T4 consists of two portions; T4 which is bound to carrier proteins and is inactive, and 'free' or unbound T4 that is available to cells and therefore active. High levels may be due to hyperthyroidism, however technical artifact occurs when the bound/inactive T4 is increased. This can occur when estrogen levels are higher from pregnancy, birth control pills or estrogen replacement therapy. A Free T4 (see below) can avoid this interference.

Free T4 : (FT4) This test directly measures the free T4 in the blood rather than estimating it like the FTI. Because it is a more reliable test that the Total T4, many labs such as ours do the Free T4 routinely rather than the Total T4. High levels suggest hyperthyroidism, and low levels are found in hypothyroidism and chronic illness.



Total T3: (TT3) This is usually not ordered as a screening test, but rather when thyroid disease is being evaluated. T3 is the more potent and shorter lived version of thyroid hormone. Some people with high thyroid levels secrete more T3 than T4. In these (overactive) hyperthyroid cases the T4 can be normal, the T3 high, and the TSH low. The Total T3 reports the total amount of T3 in the bloodstream, including T3 bound to carrier proteins plus freely circulating T3.

Free T3: (FT3) This test measures only the portion of thyroid hormone T3 that is "free", that is, not bound to carrier proteins.

T3 Resin Uptake or Thyroid Uptake. (T3RU) This is a test that confuses doctors, nurses, and patients. First, this is not a thyroid test, but a test on the proteins that carry thyroid around in your blood stream. Not only that, a high test number may indicate a low level of the protein! The method of reporting varies from lab to lab. The proper use of the test is to compute the free thyroxine index.

Free Thyroxine Index (FTI or T7) : A mathematical computation allows the lab to estimate the free thyroxine index from the T4 and T3 Uptake tests. The results tell us how much thyroid hormone is free in the blood stream to work on the body. In contrast to the Total T4 alone, it is less affected by estrogen levels. While this test is less commonly ordered, it is still of use in special situations such as pregnancy.

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) : This protein hormone is secreted by the pituitary gland and regulates the thyroid gland. A high level suggests your thyroid is underactive, and a low level suggests your thyroid is overactive. This test can vary by time of day, so a single abnormal measurement does not always mean there is a problem. Also, levels tend to be higher in older people, so it is not uncommon to see mild elevations in people in their 70's or 80's that do not necessarily indicate a medical problem.

Thyroid Antibodies
Antimicrosomal Antibody is also known as Anti-Tissue Peroxidase (or Anti-TPO). It becomes elevated in autoimmune thyroid disease such as Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, or Graves' Disease.
Anti-Thyroglobulin Antibody also becomes elevated in some cases of autoimmune thyroiditis. It tends to be positive more frequently in Graves' Disease than Hashimotos. This test is also commonly used when following patients with thyroid cancer. In thyroid cancer patients, the Thyroglobulin test is used a marker for residual thyroid tissue. However if antibodies such as Antithyroglobulin Antibody are present, this makes the Thyroglobulin test uninterpretable."
http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/thyroid/668360-thyroid-tests.html

 

[Wifezilla]

"A normal TSH does not rule out thyroid dysfunction and a low TSH is shown to be an indication of excessive tissue thyroid levels only 20% of the time (80% of the time that is not the case). The TSH becomes an extremely poor marker for tissue thyroid levels if there is any inflammation, depression, chronic illness, chronic dieting, obesity, stress, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, diabetes, insulin resistance, leptin resistance present."
-- Kent Holtorf, MD

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

"A normal TSH does not rule out thyroid dysfunction and a low TSH is shown to be an indication of excessive tissue thyroid levels only 20% of the time (80% of the time that is not the case). The TSH becomes an extremely poor marker for tissue thyroid levels if there is any inflammation, depression, chronic illness, chronic dieting, obesity, stress, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, diabetes, insulin resistance, leptin resistance present."
-- Kent Holtorf, MD

yep!

now if I can get my numbers normal.

*takes another stab in the dark*