Posted by denise1966 on October 4, 2005, at 13:10:27
Hi,
As my Paxil no longer seems to be working very well I was thinking about asking the Psychiatrist in about a months time to either change it or add something.
As some people have had good experiences with T3 I was thinking of asking him or her to add that. It's going to be really difficult though as I'm in the UK.
Anyway, I thought I'd better check my last results to see what they were and they are as follows:-
Free T3 4.8 pmoL/L and Free T4 11.6 pmol/L
So I have a high T3 already and a low T4. Is this significant?
I've checked all the sites and am getting more and more confused as they all seem to use different units. Eg one site says the normal range for FT3 and FT4 is 4 to 8 pmoI/L and 10 to 25 pmoI/L respectively.
Another site says that normal T4 is 0.7 to 2.0 and T3 is 2.3 to 4.2.
And then another site says the optimal range for T4 is 7.5 to 8.1 and T3 is 120 to 124. So I'm well and truly confused.
Can somebody please advise what the optimal range is for FT3 and FT4, if there is any significance in having a high FT3 and a low FT4 and would it harm somebody with my results to take extra T3?
I'd be really grateful for some help with this as I'm getting frustrated and am having problems taking things in as it is?
Thanks......Denise
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