Hormone replacement vitamin d
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Well, I would like to know more about the relationship between t3, t4, and vitamin d, but here is what happened to me. My t3 and t4 is low and my vitamin d wasso low that I am on 50,000 iu one day a week. I started this on oct.17th and this has made a big improvement. I am not so fatigue, depressed, weak, and I am sleeping like a baby!!!!!!!!!!!!! A major difference in 4 weeks. My endo said today that vit d will make a major difference! Yes t3, t4 problems please get it checked!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I realize your question was about replacement hormone therapy. I promise I wasn't digressing or trying to change the subject... These things all go hand in hand since being low in some vitamins/minerals can cause thyroid hormone levels to be on the low side, since they are necessary for proper production or absorption of thyroid hormones.
In addition, deficiency of some vitamins/minerals, such as vitamin D, can cause hypo-like symptoms.
Are you referring to thyroid hormone replacement or female hormone replacement?
You can't live very long without thyroid hormones, because they control some very important body processes, such as metabolism, heart rate and body temperature to name a few. Without adequate thyroid hormones, one will go into myxedema coma, which is a life-threatening condition and will, eventually, die.
Many of us go through menopause without female hormone replacement OR anti-depressants.
ve had the battery of tests done for thyroid, anemia, RA. They all came back negative with the exception of a Vitamin D deficiency. My vitamin D level is 14. Could it cause all these problems? I was told to buy some Caltrate and start taking that. But from what I've seen I don't know if this is the right route to take. Maybe I should see an endocrinologist?
I also have to go for an MRI of the head sometime soon.
It may take 6 months or more of adequate thyroid hormone replacement to begin to feel better. Replacing vitamin D (sometimes with prescription strength) is very important in this setting.
Sweating and twitching may be from too much T3 - would ask your doctor about that.
Sleep apnea is common - so don't be too quick to dismiss that possibility....
most are fat soluble and steroid hormone disruptors (vitamin D is actually a steroid hormone)
* Hereditary disorders
- Renal 1 alpha-hydroxylase deficiency (also called type I hereditary vitamin D-dependent rickets)
- Type II Hereditary Vitamin D-Dependent Rickets
- Type III hereditary vitamin D-dependent rickets
or certain disease states such as celiac disease, Crohn’s disease and Whipple’s disease. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin which means the vitamin goes into our fat cells and the body does not excrete it. You should not go over in supplementation. 2000 IU is the tolerable upper intake level for adults; supplementation over that may cause a risk for toxicity (increased calcium, weak muscles, weak bones, excessive bleeding, severe headaches, and kidney stones).
t know that someone could actually have an allergic reaction to Vitamin D. You get Vitamin D from the sun. BUT, I do know you can have a reaction to the capsule Vitamin D comes in. The capsule is made from Bovine and I am allergic to Bovine. Stomach pain and severe diarrhea. So since I also can't take the tablet form, I cut the tip of the capsule and sqeeze the vitamin D liguid onto a spoon. I have no problems then. Good luck.
most are fat soluble and steroid hormone disruptors (vitamin D is a steroid hormone)
* Hereditary disorders
- Renal 1 alpha-hydroxylase deficiency (also called type I hereditary vitamin D-dependent rickets)
- Type II Hereditary Vitamin D-Dependent Rickets
- Type III hereditary vitamin D-dependent rickets
The top three low/deficient states found with hypothyroidism are iron, vitamin D and vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause either exaggerated or decreased reflexes. I'd recommend sublingual (under the tongue) B12.
Excerpts from Dr Mercola's article - Optimum Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothyroidism With Free T3 and Free T4 Levels...
"Once on hormone replacement, the TSH remains useful until it goes BELOW 0.4.
ve been dealing with extreme hypothyroidism (a severe Vitamin D deficiencey). I am on meds that seemed to help for a while. Vit D and Levoxyl. However the last month or so my friends and family have told me that I've been acting strange. They say I slurr my words- like I'm drunk-and I DO Not drink. I have excessive thirst all the time (since I was a kid- my nickname was camel and I've been tested for diabetes.
Also, hypothyroid patients like you have become since the total thyroidectomy are frequently deficient in Vitamin D, B12 and ferritin. So you also need to get those tested and then supplement as needed to optimize. D should be at least 50 ng/mL, B12 in the upper end of its reference range, and ferritin should be at least 100.
Do you think you can get all this done for yourself?
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