help with cortisol and thyroid numbers?

[BubblingBrooks]

I had a basic cortisol and thyroid test done awhile back.
Got the results today.

cortisol (midday, fasting) 8.4
Thyroid, TSH 1.85, T4 1.25, T3 3.2

They are telling those numbers are good.
I say no way. I cannot sustain a pregnancy!

Thoughts?

[SandyMom]

Can you post the ranges w/ those labs?

[mbravebird]

Dr Rind is an expert in alternative metabolic therapies, and he has very narrow "optimal" ranges that he uses to interpret thyroid results, rather than using the lab's ranges. Your numbers are almost exactly in his optimal ranges, so that's good. The one number that is very slightly above is your TSH. His upper range is 1.8, and you are 1.85.

Here are his ranges:

Test	Lab Low	Optimal Range	Lab High
TSH	0.5	1.3-1.8	5.0
Free T4	0.8	1.2-1.3	1.8
Free T3	230	320-330	420
Free T3*	2.3	3.2-3.3	4.2
*Some labs divide FT3 results by 100 thus 230 is the same as 2.3, etc.

His whole site is amazing.

What are your other symptoms that make you think thyroid?

ETA: a single blood cortisol level doesn't tell much, unfortunately. You need to know numbers throughout the day in order to get a picture of how your adrenals are functioning. That's normally done with a saliva test done throughout the day.

[BubblingBrooks]

Interesting! See, I know I have healed a great deal over the last 2 years. Extreme cold fatigue is all gone, and I have much higher levels of energy then I have had in years.
I do take a very low dose raw adrenal and raw thyroid.
I will look over his site more.