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Jeanie a TSH of 0.01 would mean my thyroid is hyperactive. It is reverse with the TSH. Now it could also mean that my pituitary has finally stopped working. Might be more logical to me. The TSH is actually a pituitary hormone.
I had my other doctor (not the PCP) send me a new blood work paper with FT3, FT4, TSH and all of the thyroid antibodies to get a clearer picture.
I'm pretty frustrated at the moment. The stupid PCP wanted me to irradiate my thyroid to see whats wrong... Meanwhile my T4 was NORMAL. If I were truly hyperthyroid then my T4 should have been through the roof. Thank goodness my other natural doctor agreed that it may simply be a lab error. 2 months ago I had my TSH checked and it was 1.077 I'm going to go to a completely different hospital to get this done. Just to rule out any problems. Better to be safe.
If it still comes back crazy hyper, then I'll be getting a ultrasound to see what is going on. My God I hope it isn't a tumor or something. I refuse to get the radioactive iodine uptake test. The funny thing is, is that I don't have any hyper symptoms. From what I have read, if you have a hyper thyroid you feel very jittery, nervous and hot. My basal temps have been falling ever since discontinuing the iodine last month! Daytime temperatures aren't even hitting 98 degrees now.
I have not taken any autoimmune stuff. You know speaking of autoimmune problems, my hair is really doing well. The one spot is almost completely filled in with hair! There is still a lot more to go on the large spot on my left side. However it's looking so much better now. I need to take a new picture of it. I'm well aware of that Birdlady. I guess I left out a lot of detail. I was hyper before mine crashed. Actually my results never made sense cause, till the last few years, I was showing both. My TSH was suppressed at first. Then my T4 finally started showing up low AND TSH was low - about the same as yours - so they still treated me. Since I had had autoimmune markers they decided it was Hashimotos and that my hot nodules were causing the hyper part. One guy wanted to irradiate me. For a few years I kept putting the Docs off telling them I'd handle it naturally. I found a glandular and took Kelp and it did work! Got the results into normal ranges till a pregnancy put me over the edge. Or the thyroid was off already which CAUSED the miscarriage. I wasn't tested regularly at that point till I asked them to test it when I felt so crappy and had been gaining weight for no apparent reason. That can also cause hair loss, BTW. Luckily I have lots to spare. (Have very thick hair). Can't keep nails, though, and use lots of lotion cause I feel dry if I don't. Its pretty under control most of the time with the Armour. Originally they did an ultrasound and other tests I can't remember, but I'd have to go off thyroid meds to test again and don't care to do that. I've had tests done on my pituitary tested and it came back ok. I have a good endocrinologist, too. I was taking glandulars for that for a while, but wasn't sure if I should continue after a while, so I had people at The Herb Shop muscle test me and I didn't (apparently) need it at that point, at least. I screwed myself up when I used adrenal glandulars on my own when I read that you need those along with thyroid treatment. I probably took them too long. Hard to know what you're doing when you're shooting in the dark. We didn't have an endocrinologist in AK and it took a while to find a good one here. Haven't been able to afford anyone insurance didn't cover so had to go with the ignorant Doctors. I honestly felt like I was teaching them stuff half the time. And not all believed me about mercury. Or thought they would find it with blood tests. They don't like people who are informed, either. Not claiming to always know what I'm doing, though. I used to be an avid reader and health nut but didn't use to work. Sometimes, too, a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing : ) I'm happy for you your hair is coming back. You must be doing something right! Its a slow process.
Last edited by Jeanie; 12/14/08 07:56 PM.
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