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Originally Posted by wannabesomebody
Sorry sskar but this is completely and utterly FALSE. TSH has very little relavance to your actual thyroid health and any thyroid center will say that. You're pituitary gland does not SHOW exactly what your THYROID gland is doing. Especially with someone with hashis these numbers are to be completely TRASHED as hashis makes it bounce around. That's why people say go by how you feel not the stupid tsh number. It does NOT say how much t3 you have which is the hormone you actually USE. It does not say how if the message is even GETTING to your thyroid by not saying how much T4 it has.
FT4 and FT3 are the most important numbers. What if a person has reverse t3 conversion problems? What if they have tons of T4 and it's not converting to t3? Also if you take your med before a test it will skew the results.
The tsh is an absolute BS number and any doctor that goes by it when a person has symptoms should be fired and have his liscence pulled.
I had hyperthyroidism and radioactive iodine here. At first, the doctor checked my TSH (as per a routine physical). It was very, very low, indicating a hyperthyroid state. Then he tested my T3 and T4. They may have tested TSH, T3, and T4--and sometimes only TSH, and this was through 2 different endocrinologists at the top medical universities in two different parts of the country. None of their licenses were revoked. I got radioactive iodine, and now, only my TSH is monitored. TSH is not simply a BS number.
From thyroid.org--yes, it says INITIAL way to test thyroid function. But still, TSH is not B.S.!
TSH Tests
The best way to initially test thyroid function is to measure the TSH level in a blood sample. A high TSH level indicates that the thyroid gland is failing because of a problem that is directly affecting the thyroid (primary hypothyroidism). The opposite situation, in which the TSH level is low, usually indicates that the person has an overactive thyroid that is producing too much thyroid hormone (hyperthyroidism). Occasionally, a low TSH may result from an abnormality in the pituitary gland, which prevents it from making enough TSH to stimulate the thyroid (secondary hypothyroidism). In most healthy individuals, a normal TSH value means that the thyroid is functioning normally.