Most women told they had a full thyroid panel actually only got TSH and free T4. Free T3, the biologically active form that binds to cells like a key in a lock, is usually missing from standard tests.
I know Ashley sees a lot of women come into our practice and they have been told they had their thyroid fully checked. Oh, we got the full panel. And we laugh just like you do in a sad way. Like, yep, it was a TSH and a free T4. You know, have you ever been diagnosed with autoimmune or checked for that? I don't know. What does that look like? So we just need to break it down for women.
Exactly. So we mentioned earlier T3. So I want you to have the free T3 tested. That is the unbound active thyroid hormone ready to attach to your cells. So if you think about a lock and key, every single cell in your body has this, this perfect little lock, and T3 is the key.
