It's half right. You needed less levo, but you do need some T3. Having lowered your levo, your FT3 is also going to go down, so the odds are you are going to feel worse. He doesn't know much about it, does he. Can you get hold of some T3?
Ahh I see, that makes sense? I have no idea where to get T3 or how much I should be taking to balance my levels. Do you know where I could find out? My doctor said that the UK doesn't really deal with T3 so I don't think they'll be much help. Thank you!
What a stupid thing to say! As if it's a choice!!! Doesn't he know that you need T3 to live? Goodness they do make me cross! lol
You should post a new question, asking people to PM you links to their trusted sources. It's not allowed to discuss it on the forum.
As to how much, you follow the rules for taking hormones : start low and increase slowly. So, 6.25 mcg to begin with - a quarter tablet - and increase by 6.25 every two weeks until you reach one whole pill, then hold for six weeks and retest.
Your vitamin D needs improving to around 100nmol. Do you supplement already? If so you need to increase dose
Vitamin D mouth spray is good as avoids poor gut function
Have you ever had TG antibodies tested, as well as TPO antibodies. It's possible to have high TG antibodies, yet in range TPO. NHS often refuses to test
Dr Toft, past president of the British Thyroid Association and leading endocrinologist, states in Pulse Magazine,
"The appropriate dose of levothyroxine is that which restores euthyroidism and serum TSH to the lower part of the reference range - 0.2-0.5mU/l.
In this case, free thyroxine is likely to be in the upper part of its reference range or even slightly elevated – 18-22pmol/l.
Most patients will feel well in that circumstance. But some need a higher dose of levothyroxine to suppress serum TSH and then the serum-free T4 concentration will be elevated at around 24-28pmol/l.
This 'exogenous subclinical hyperthyroidism' is not dangerous as long as serum T3 is unequivocally normal – that is, serum total around T3 1.7nmol/l (reference range 1.0-2.2nmol/l)."
You can obtain a copy of the articles from Thyroid UK email print it and highlight question 6 to show your doctor please email Dionne at
tukadmin@thyroiduk.org
Also request list of recommended thyroid specialists, some add T3 friendly
Professor Toft recent article saying, T3 may be necessary for many otherwise we need high FT4 and suppressed TSH in order to have high enough FT3
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