Testing
- I will do all the tests recommended. Does it make sense to wait with starting the minerals before all the tests are done? Or is it ok if it overlaps a little bit?
- Would you advise that I re-test for TSH, Total T3 & T4 sometime in August to see progress? That would be two months since I started the protocol.
- I cannot find a lab to test for Total T3/T4 in British Columbia. I am told only Free levels are tested for. Any other suggestions?
- Do I need to get all these tests done?
- I've not ever done methylmalonic acid test. Is that essential? And should I do it?
- Does my thyroid medication interfere?
- New York, New Jersey & Rhode Island ban self- ordered testing without a doctor's script. Do you have any options to circumvent residency requirements?
- How often should I test ferritin levels? Can I only do that through an MD?
- Where can blood tests be ordered online if for some reason my doctor says no to any of the requested tests?
- I told my MD to run T3 TOTAL + T4 TOTAL. The MD did NOT! Should I go back and RUN T3 TOTAL & T4 TOTAL?
- Is there anything I can take to address the elevated fungal and bacterial markers? Should I take probiotics or antifungals?
- Great Plains lab is no longer allowing people to order their own tests? You have to go through a provider?
- Do I need to stop any of my medications 48 hours before organic acid tests and metals hair test? I'm taking Pristiq, gabapentin, Zyprexa, lithium.
- What Organic Acids Test should I get?
- Patients can no longer directly request testing from Great Plains Lab. Do you have any suggestions?
- I will have the hair analysis test and the urine test done as soon as possible. It specifies a physician's name on the hair sample bag. Whose name do I put on the label for the sample of hair?