[boatman]

Since gaining I have also noted my cholesterol has gone up a good deal. It is now 250 total, with 85 hdl, and 155 ldl, and 10 vldl. I am guessing this is a function of my low thyroid? Triglycerides are 60.

@boatman 3450 wrote:

I am a 5 9 male in my late twenties. I was underweight for a while (about 1-1.5 years) at only 120 pounds (too much running). Since july I have gained up to 145-150 pounds (usually weighed about 135 but needed to gain past this to try and get my health back).

Before starting the weight gain my thyroid levels were
TSH 6
ft4 0.9 0.7-1.4
ft3 2.1 2.0-4.4
rt3 490 200-400

My thyroid levels now are
tsh 3.2
ft4 1.1 0.7-1.4
ft3 2.2 2.0-4.4
rt3 210 90-350

Every time we have tested the antibodies they have come back negative.

Its good that my rt3 and tsh have gone down but my free t3 still hasn’t gone up much. Do you think that it will just take a while to come back up especially since the rt3 is normalizing? Is this something that could take years to get back to normal, or could medication help the process? Should I seek medication like cytomel, or is that something that once you go on it you will most likely need it for life? Right now I am just sticking to nutritional support with certain things as well as trying to controll stress as much as possible.

The only real symptoms are some sluggishness/fatigue. No insiduous weight gain or anything like that despite eating a good amount of food. Had the antibiodies tested a few times and always come back negative.

I know that my adrenals could have something to do with suppressing the thyroid, as I had a adrenal stress profil this summer and it was elevated at the higher end of the range (not over, but near the top) at all six times including midnight and 2 AM in the morning. So if anything the elevated cortisol could be suppressing it. I have been using high dose phosphatidylsering recently at night hoping it will help. Havent retested my cortisol in a while though, but I am thinking it is improving seeing as my reverse t3 is coming down and high cortisol can increase rt3.

[Author]

Posts