Posted by BarbaraCat on June 30, 2002, at 13:49:51
In reply to Thyroid functioning tests, posted by HMK on June 28, 2002, at 8:07:08
Are you feeling hypothyroid? Those values are very high. Not too long ago 4-5.0 were considered 'borderline' levels but still within normal ranges. This thinking has changed, especially in the more savvy health community. Levels are now thought to be optimal in the .5-2.0 range.
Many health professionals are just not up to date, pure and simple - your nurse, for example. Also, so many other factors are involved with the thryoid, such as if you need only T4 (as you're probably getting), or a combination of T4/T3, as so many of us with depression seem to need. The article IsoM suggested is a good one. The bottom line is, we all need to do the research and detective work ourselves for our conditions. Our managed health care doctors simply don't have the bandwidth. The real test, however, is in how you're feeling.
> Just spoke to my doctor and I'm really confused about his interpretation of my lab results. My Depakote value is only 35.3 and I was told the normal range is 50-100 but the nurse said he didn't think we needed to increase it.
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> Plus, my TSH value (I'm hypothyroid) was a whopping 4.67! She said as long as it's under 6.0 then I'm fine. However, I've heard people say that it should be closer to 1.5 or 2. What should I do?
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> Best wishes,
> Heather
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