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People need to be aware that when cortisol is low, T3 builds up in the blood and will give false high results
along with symptoms of hyperthyroid. Cortisol is what allows thyroid hormone to enter tissues. It can worsen if
allowed to continue. T3 recepters will also loose their affinity for T3 (Werner & Ingbar’s “The Thyroid”)
and you will use less when it builds up in the blood. Small amounts of thyroid given to a person who has been
hypo for a long time causes accellerated clearance of cortisol and an increased production of an inactive
cortisone to take it’s place. People who are hypothyroid a long time have developed mechanisms to hold on
to cortisol. It mostly occurs in the liver. Small amounts of thyroid will disrupt these mechanisms and
cause rapid loss of cortisol and that is why some people cannot tolerate even tiny amounts of thyroid. So, it
is very easy for a person to have a high T3 test on quite small amounts of thyroid when cortisol is not
sufficient. This is why the crazy up and down thing for many people.Hydrocortisone is necessary for the conversion of T4 to the active T3. If the weak adrenals are not addressed,
the patient may actually feel WORSE (achiness, fatigue) and/or develop symptoms of an overactive thyroid gland,
such as palpitations, a rapid heart beat, and increased sweating. Clues to low adrenal functioning include
a low blood pressure (less than 120/80), allergies, asthma, breathing difficulties, skin problems (such
as acne, eczema, psoriasis, lupus, dry flaky skin), joint or muscle pains, as in arthritis, and emotional problems,
such as mood swings, weeping, fears and phobias. Using low physiologic doses of hydrocortisone along with Armour
thyroid, when the patient shows evidence of both low adrenal and low thyroid functions will help to assure
the desired results.@Jean 3114 wrote:
People need to be aware that when cortisol is low, T3 builds up in the blood and will give false high results
along with symptoms of hyperthyroid. Cortisol is what allows thyroid hormone to enter tissues.Im confused…. Wouldnt low cortisol and build up of T3 in the blood give “hypo” symptoms instead of “Hyper” since no hormone is actually getting into the receptors and thus that is why blood tests would give a false reading of high or normal T3 results…..??????
Also, if a person is showing low adrenal and hypothyroid symptoms and also has high reverse t3 ratio, would the addition of thyroid hormones that contain t4/t3 (such as armour) worsen the reverse t3 ratio/condition…?
I know I am dealing with low adrenal…. and hypothryoid symptoms due to low adrenal and I tested for a high rt3 ratio…..
From my understanding, slow release T3 compound would be necessary to clear out Reverse T3..I’m not a doctor, but that is what I’ve researched on some sites…
I do have a question though..would a Rt3/Ft3 ratio of 15 be considered high and should require such treatment?
@PS3Player 3291 wrote:
From my understanding, slow release T3 compound would be necessary to clear out Reverse T3..I’m not a doctor, but that is what I’ve researched on some sites…
I do have a question though..would a Rt3/Ft3 ratio of 15 be considered high and should require such treatment?
Assuming that your calculation is correct, my understanding is that any ratio below 20 indicates a RT3 problem. Here is a good website with lots of info on this.
The adrenals sit above the kidneys and most of us have heard that these are responsible for the “fight or flight” reaction to stress. Briefly, there is a fast increase of the glucocorticoids, to enable the body to cope. It is the failure of this mechanism to work properly, in the presence of general stress, or the stress of disease, that they are concerned with in the use of replacement cortisone therapy. They call this condition Low Adrenal Reserve, or basically, Adrenal Insufficiency.
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