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A little background, my wife has progressively suffered from ongoing symptoms of hypothyroidism. We struggle to find a doctor that could truly help the issues. In her early 20's(be 38 this February) she was in a car accident and suffered a considerable case of whiplash. Doc claimed that it disrupted the thyroid gland and prescribed hormone replacement accordingly. That lasted about 6 months or so,her and doc suggested not to continue taking since she got pregnant.
She continously has sore/tender/aching breasts, heavy/constant/irregular menstrual (partial hysterectomy 3yrs ago) cold butt cheeks, insomnia, anxiety, gradual weight gain regardless of diet/exercise, sluggishness, continual tiredness, less than desirable hair/skin/nail quality and foggy minded/forgetfulness.
Breast cancer or issues are highly unlikely for the tenderness, she has had a mamogram and other tests to confirm.
Her Gynecologist has suspected thyroid issue on a hunch but after repeated testing on her request, nothing. Results show she is in the "normal" spectrum. my concern is that for the test to trigger an "abnormal" result, I've read that the results must show she's in the top 2.5% range for the doctors to proceed with replacement hormones.
Other than the relentless low thyroid symptons, she has a generally clean medical slate. So seeing that after years of having the doctors test and get the same outcome, we have ordered some T3 from a research lab. Studies that i have read, show that a healthy functioning thyroid produces about 25mcg of T3 per day.
For someone to replace t3 from a supplement, how much would a 38yr old female need to supplement with to mimic a healthy and active thyroid.
I just want to help my wife feel herself and feel good. If anyone could shine some light on this for me would be greatly appreciated.
She continously has sore/tender/aching breasts, heavy/constant/irregular menstrual (partial hysterectomy 3yrs ago) cold butt cheeks, insomnia, anxiety, gradual weight gain regardless of diet/exercise, sluggishness, continual tiredness, less than desirable hair/skin/nail quality and foggy minded/forgetfulness.
Breast cancer or issues are highly unlikely for the tenderness, she has had a mamogram and other tests to confirm.
Her Gynecologist has suspected thyroid issue on a hunch but after repeated testing on her request, nothing. Results show she is in the "normal" spectrum. my concern is that for the test to trigger an "abnormal" result, I've read that the results must show she's in the top 2.5% range for the doctors to proceed with replacement hormones.
Other than the relentless low thyroid symptons, she has a generally clean medical slate. So seeing that after years of having the doctors test and get the same outcome, we have ordered some T3 from a research lab. Studies that i have read, show that a healthy functioning thyroid produces about 25mcg of T3 per day.
For someone to replace t3 from a supplement, how much would a 38yr old female need to supplement with to mimic a healthy and active thyroid.
I just want to help my wife feel herself and feel good. If anyone could shine some light on this for me would be greatly appreciated.