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can someone help me with this im on 90 of Armour
my T3 uptake is low at 21 bit free T3 good at 3.2.
RT3 is 12.1. free direct T4 low at .78. TSH @ 1.4.
thyroxine T4 good at 5.8. very confusing, please help
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I am just going to make one quick comment. Ollygizzy does not say how long she was on the 90 Armour before these labs were taken. In previous posts, Olly indicates that she was taking 180 mcg synthroid, then switched to 90 Armour (57 mcg T4 plus 13.5 mcg T3),  and was contemplating lab tests shortly after. Using a half life of 7 days for T4, you can calculate that it takes 12 days for a level of 180 T4 in your body to decline to a level of 57. Therefore if these labs were taken less than 12 days after doing the switch to Armour, then the lab results will be influenced by the higher level of synthroid that she was taking previously.
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been on armour approx 80 days  doc only did ths so i got test done
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Symptoms?    What were the actual DHEA and cortisol results, and ranges?  Were those age adjusted ranges?  
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First thing we need to know is whether you took your Armour dose before the blood draw for those tests.  If so, how long between taking the med and the blood draw?  Second thing is that test results need to be compared to reference ranges from the lab report.  So please post those.  How you are feeling  is more important than test results,  so please tell us about any symptoms you have.  
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did not take meds before test. .82-1.77 for free T4/ 24-39 for T3 uptake. DHEA normal, Cortisol normal free T3 normal 3.2 in 2.0-4.4 range
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