I can highly recommend Thethyroidclinic.co.uk - that is who I tested through and they've already told me my rT3 is way too high and they will prescribe T3 (so I won't be paying out and not getting it, don't worry), but I need to wait about a month to get an appointment
They offer online appointments and post out meds like many HRT clinics do, which is ace.
Meanwhile my own GP has said he can't prescribe it and Newson can't/won't either. So I just have to wait.
I do have relatively low T3 as well - it's only just in the normal range and The Thyroid Clinic have said they like to see it higher as well. Of course my GP says it's fine because it's in the normal range...
T3 and rT3 are too different things, Kathleen. You should def be getting a full thyroid panel run including T3 and rT3 if you have thyroid issues, those are the numbers that need to be monitored most. T4 is used to make T3, it is converted. But sometimes the conversion doesn't work. To monitor the most active thyroid hormone, you need to monitor T3. And rT3 inactivates T3, so if you have decent T3 but high rT3 you are deactivating all that T3.... which is why rT3 needs to be tested too.
Anyway, I will report back (if I remember!) once I get on T3. I should imagine I will feel better very quickly if it's the cause of some of this.