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Old Fri, Mar-22-13, 14:51
Bat Spit Bat Spit is offline
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Default Cold turkey?

When you get a numbers obsessed doc, is thyroid a taper off med or a cold turkey med?

My recent endo appointment was in determinant. I liked the guy, and he very helpfully ordered a whole slew of tests even though he doesn't believe he's the right doc for me. And they have a fantastic patient portal where I could download and print all my tests.

If I'm being treated already with T3 (50mcg/day), I think these numbers look great, opinions?

TSH normal range .98 ref value .27-4.2
free T3 normal 3.52 ref value 2.0-4.4
free T4 low .43 ref value .93-1.7
reverse T3 low 7.9 ref value 9.2-24.1
since reverse T3 is biologically inactive, I can't see that low levels are an issue, since we already know I have low T4, therefore nothing is being improperly converted....

In any case, I have an appointment with someone I think may really be the right new doc, but I can't see her until a week after I run out of meds. If it's a taper off med, it will be easy to get the wrong guy to give me just a month or 2 to 'taper off' until I can see the new person.
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