Very slow metabolism (clinically tested)

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  • joeymattluke
    joeymattluke Posts: 13 Member
    @psychod787 - I’ve been questioning my thyroid for years and I pushed for a dietician / endocrinologist referral. It keeps fluctuating and I have a family history of Hashimoto and sojourns and I would like to get it in control now if there is an issue. I have a lot of the other signs as well... but when my family dr says “normal” she just refuses to do more.
  • CSARdiver
    CSARdiver Posts: 6,253 Member
    joeymattluke wrote: »
    @psychod787 - I’ve been questioning my thyroid for years and I pushed for a dietician / endocrinologist referral. It keeps fluctuating and I have a family history of Hashimoto and sojourns and I would like to get it in control now if there is an issue. I have a lot of the other signs as well... but when my family dr says “normal” she just refuses to do more.

    Find a new physician. Having a solid honest conversation with a trusted medical professional is critical.

    Is this just based on TSH or was a full thyroid panel conducted?

    Testing hormones is a tricky business as these are free cycling through the body, so multiple readings are needed over time for a proper analysis. As these are free cycling you'll find that results will be outside optimal ranges due to weight fluctuations. One cannot maintain hormonal balance and be overweight - this creates a massive strain on the endocrine system as it attempts to push out hormones intended for a healthy BMI, but now has to work whatever percent harder to keep up.
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    CSARdiver wrote: »
    joeymattluke wrote: »
    @psychod787 - I’ve been questioning my thyroid for years and I pushed for a dietician / endocrinologist referral. It keeps fluctuating and I have a family history of Hashimoto and sojourns and I would like to get it in control now if there is an issue. I have a lot of the other signs as well... but when my family dr says “normal” she just refuses to do more.

    Find a new physician. Having a solid honest conversation with a trusted medical professional is critical.

    Is this just based on TSH or was a full thyroid panel conducted?

    Testing hormones is a tricky business as these are free cycling through the body, so multiple readings are needed over time for a proper analysis. As these are free cycling you'll find that results will be outside optimal ranges due to weight fluctuations. One cannot maintain hormonal balance and be overweight - this creates a massive strain on the endocrine system as it attempts to push out hormones intended for a healthy BMI, but now has to work whatever percent harder to keep up.

    Well, the reason I asked about the t3 conversation is, there are some study's that show t3 conversation drops after weight loss. Aka... controls starvation.
  • CSARdiver
    CSARdiver Posts: 6,253 Member
    psychod787 wrote: »
    CSARdiver wrote: »
    joeymattluke wrote: »
    @psychod787 - I’ve been questioning my thyroid for years and I pushed for a dietician / endocrinologist referral. It keeps fluctuating and I have a family history of Hashimoto and sojourns and I would like to get it in control now if there is an issue. I have a lot of the other signs as well... but when my family dr says “normal” she just refuses to do more.

    Find a new physician. Having a solid honest conversation with a trusted medical professional is critical.

    Is this just based on TSH or was a full thyroid panel conducted?

    Testing hormones is a tricky business as these are free cycling through the body, so multiple readings are needed over time for a proper analysis. As these are free cycling you'll find that results will be outside optimal ranges due to weight fluctuations. One cannot maintain hormonal balance and be overweight - this creates a massive strain on the endocrine system as it attempts to push out hormones intended for a healthy BMI, but now has to work whatever percent harder to keep up.

    Well, the reason I asked about the t3 conversation is, there are some study's that show t3 conversation drops after weight loss. Aka... controls starvation.

    T3 should rise and fall proportional to mass. Chronic inflammation (caused by obesity) has a dramatic impact of T4 to T3 conversion, which will rarely be detected by one test or by anyone other than an endocrine specialist.

    For a proper analysis you would have to review the full thyroid panel - TSH, T4, T3, rT3 and several data points over time.
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