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Originally Posted by Megazoid Phil, i found an old post of mariancos and he mentioned how thyroid hormones fight for the same receptor sites as E2, T and DHT.
What harm would it do to take iodine supplimentation? I was considering eating more natural food's with iodine content (yogart, strawberrys, etc). These kelp tablets looked promising.
So HCG would definitelly have a positive effect on thryoid? |
Yes HCG will help some but the best bet is to get the right tests done. You need Free T3 and Free T4 with TSH and a morning cortisol
test. At the link I gave you there are tests for you in the UK Saliva
test that are the best for this that you can order your self. Here is a cut & paste.
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4) United Kingdom Labwork from NP Tech, where they will send out the kit for an ASI (adrenal stress
test), plus sex hormones and a full thyroid panel etc. (thanks to “Mo” for this info)
http://www.nptech.co.uk
5) United Kingdom Labwork from Red Apple Clinic. Thyroid, Adrenals, and others. (thanks to Crunchie for this info).
www.redappleclinic.co.uk
6) Australian Labwork from Analytical Reference Laboratories (ARL) or PathLab You can’t order the kits yourself, unfortunately, but can convince your doctor. Just ring either of these labs and ask what doctor in your area uses their kits. ARL: 568 St Kilda Road Melbourne,Victoria, Australia, 3004; (61-3) 9529-2922; fax (61-3) 9529-7277
info@arlaus.com.au. or PathLab: 68 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, (61-3) 8831-3000; Fax (61-3) 9808 2247; (Nutritional Laboratory Services), Ed Sorich Integrative Medicine Dept;
www.pathlab.com.au
TSH: This is the abbreviation for Thyroid Stimulating Hormone, and is also known as thyrotropin. It’s produced and stored in the Pituitary gland, and is released to stimulate your thyroid to release more hormones. When your TSH rises high, it means your thyroid isn’t doing it’s job, and the TSH is saying “Produce! Produce!” On the other side of the coin, when the TSH goes low, it can mean your thyroid is overproducing, called hyperthyroid. But patients have consistently found the TSH lab to be a lousy measure with a dubious “normal” range, causing a patient to go for years without diagnosis. It often lags behind what is really going on, or it can be affected by factors including hypopituitary, acute stress, extreme illness, or the first trimester of pregnancy, etc. And bottom line, our experience has shown that the stated “normal” ranges are flawed.
Additionally, you can have a very low TSH during a one time lab
test, yet have an untested high TSH a few days later. That fluctuation is indicative of Hashimoto’s or an attack of the thyroid, causing swings between hypo and hyper.
And once you start on treatment, patients have noted that when they are kept within the range–even at the lower end–they continue to have symptoms!
Free T4: T4 is the storage form of thyroid hormone, called levothyroxine or l-thyroxine, and it’s “main” purpose is to convert to the active hormone T3. Note the word “free” before T4. Free measures what is available and unbound. Without the free, you are measuring the “total” T4, which gives incomplete information. Make it clear to your doctor that you want the FREE.
Free T3: T3 is the active thyroid hormone, also called triiodothyronine, and can be the most important lab you will do. You can have a so-called normal TSH, but if your free T3 is low in the range, that is a strong sign of your hypothyroid status. As with the T4, it’s important to get your FREE T3 lab, not simply T3.
Though most of the T3 in your body is produced by the conversion of T4 to T3, there is also a direct release of T3 from the thyroid. T3 is the active hormone which is responsible for your overall good health, metabolism, immune strength, etc. A good level of T3 is what prevents chronic low grade depression, high cholesterol, dry skin and hair….the list is endless.
When patients get on Armour, their optimal dose is most often the amount that gets their free T3 at the top of the range, if not slightly over in some patients, with no hyper. The free T4 is often mid-range, and the TSH is most often suppressed. The latter does NOT equate to having osteopororis or heart problems.
ANTIBODIES: Antibodies are proteins produced by your immune system in response to a problem. If your labs come back above-range for thyroid antibodies, you can have an autoimmune thyroid disease, also called thyroiditis or Hashimoto’s, which means your thyroid is being attacked.
There are two forms–one set targeting your thyroid peroxidase (an enzyme that is important in the production of your thyroid hormones) and the other targeting your thyroglobulin (a protein carrier for your thyroid hormones). It is not uncommon for one to be in range, and the other to far out of range. The latter fact is why you need BOTH tested.
Make sure you are taking Selenium, since studies show it can help reduce the TPO antibodies. I have not yet found research as to if it can lower the thyroglobin antibodies.
Even with the presence of antibodies, you can initially have a so-called “normal” TSH and the lack of symptoms. But down the line, you WILL get symptoms of the attack, which can include vascillating between hypo and hyper, and eventually becoming a raging hypo. So, it’s important to “tackle the attack”, and patients have found great success when they are willing to dose high enough with Armour. Armour, when raised high enough, appears to remove the signal that creates the attack.
IMPORTANT: if your labs show that you have antibodies, all labwork has to be thrown out the window when it comes to using them for diagnosis. Why? Because antibodies mean an attack is going on, and an attack means you will swing between hypo and hyper. One lab will look hyper, and the unknowing doc will tell you to decrease your Armour…when in reality, you need to INCREASE your Armour to eventually STOP the attack. With antibodies present, you have to dose by the elimination of symptoms, NOT labs.
A large goiter or thyroid gland can accompany some cases of Hashimotos. Or, you can feel a discomfort when you swallow, and a tightness around the neck area. Elevated thyroid antibodies have been linked to a wide array of non-thyroid diseases including chronic inflammatory bowel disease and diabetes.
CORTISOL and FERRITIN
ADDITIONAL LABS TO CONSIDER: Many thyroid patients have benefited from getting other labwork, including DHEA, testosterone, progesterone, estrogen. The creator of this site found her testosterone to be quite low, even though she had no symptoms of it. Her doctor helped her start supplementation and she found the surprise result of the complete removal of low back pain upon waking. Other female patients with low sex drives found that the testosterone supplementation renewed their drives.
Solving the puzzle (Thyroid, HCG and Testosterone) 
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