I have increased the prescription from 75 /100 every other day to 100 daily. The Prof wants me to stay on 100m for the next 3 months as he is mindful about stressing my heart and wants to see how I respond
My water rtention is managed with the tablets - but my kidneys ache - so I don't take them every day.
My weight has been rising from 51kg last year to 56.8 this year and I am only 5foot 2 - so even though the Prof said once my levels were settled the weight would come off, I have to be proactive and so started the 5:2 diet on Monday and lost a kilo already (sounds better than 2lbs 2!)
I feel heaps better than April /May and do feel I am on the right road.
Please let me know what you think!
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you're on the right track and I would not be surprised if you feel like you need another increase in 3 months time, but onwards and upwards for you at the moment x
Whist your TSH has gone down your T3 & T4 levels have too. I am not a doctor but it seems to me that you will need a further increase to get the Ft3 & 4 up.
I never used to have a weight problem until I developed Hypothyroidism -and sadly even through I am well medicated it remains an ongoing battle in all honesty -exercise, no additional sugar and avoiding grains seem to be key....lol
Gosh your results are quite close to my last ones -
TSH - 1.4 (0.35 - 5.5) FT4 - 15.4. (10 - 19.8) I've never had T3 done for some reason!
Started on 50 then after a few weeks got palpitations again and was really cold, then I was on 75 for a while but I started to get cold and sluggish etc again so my GP gave me a bit more levo and I am now on 75/100 just like you.
Same height too and have gone up from 54kg to 55.8 - have a feeling the fruit and nut cravings are to blame for that - I'm still waiting for the thyroxine to balance out and help my metabolism sort itself out but I'm trying to keep my F & N addiction under control so I'm doing 5:2 as well
I feel as if I'm on the right track too now, see my endo again next week so see what happens then.
I'm fairly new at this test results business, though suffered a while on the Thyroid front & now on Levo 25ug.
Both your free T4 and T3 have reduced whilst normalising your TSH -and you feel good on this.
What is the explanation from your Endo on this?
[Your levels were relatively high (given the TSH level) before starting treatment -so is Levo assisting better utilisation in some way whilst also dropping your 'working' free hormones.]
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