Advice regarding dose please

[lisan1]

Latest results on 50mcg levo are:

Tsh 2.8 (0.35-5.5)

Ft4 13.6 (10-19.8)

The question is should I increase dose to to 75mcg every day or every other day or stay where I'm at (50mcg)?

I still don't feel well and can't reach my doctor until next week.

[greygoose]

Increase it to 75 mcg every day. You are very under-medicated. The object of thyroid hormone replacement is to bring the TSH down to under one.

[lisan1 in reply to greygoose]

Thank you for your kind reply. Now I feel more confident starting the higher dose. Merry Christmas!

[greygoose in reply to lisan1]

Thank you. Merry Christmas you you, too, lisan! Have a wonderful time.

[shaws Administrator]

I agree with greygoose your dose is too low and go to the date June 8, 2001 on this link:

web.archive.org/web/2010103...

[lisan1 in reply to shaws]

Thank you for your kind reply. Now I feel more confident starting the higher dose. Merry Christmas!

[Eddie83]

I agree with greygoose. Your TSH is almost at the top of the AACE range and your FT4 is only 36% up in range. I think you will need to be on at least 75mcg. However, if you goto 75mcg immediately and start feeling unwell because your body cannot take that big an increase all at once, then go off for 1-2 days (to let the excess decay), then restart with alternating 50/75.

[lisan1 in reply to Eddie83]

Thank you for your kind reply. Now I feel more confident starting the higher dose. Merry Christmas!

[Dragon1949]

Thanks for your post sorry for jumping in. My tsh is 2.9 and doctor refused to put mine (100 levothyroxin) up even though I feel rotten . The tablet is so small I am wondering to quarter one to add with the hundred (125). Have been to scared as she told me if I overdosed it could be life threatening, why they have to say that I don't know because you guys know so much more on here. Thank god for this site. Well done admin. But from all your replies I am going to do so. If when I have the next blood test it is around one I will tell her what I have done. If I do feel funny taking it I will leave the 25 off so well worth a try.

Happy Christmas all and sorry Lisan for jumping in xx

[humanbean in reply to Dragon1949]

Your doctor is talking absolute nonsense. Scaring patients rigid is one way they keep the patients under the thumb.

The average TSH in healthy people is about 1.25.

If it is good enough for healthy people then it is good enough for us!

[Eddie83 in reply to Dragon1949]

The average doctor has learned nothing about thyroid since they left med school, which is why so many of them spout this nonsense about "life threatening"! In fact, it is not possible to correctly treat thyroid using only TSH, which is stated in the two papers from holtorfmed.com I posted yesterday on my feed.

[lisan1 in reply to Dragon1949]

No, worries at all. It's just nice to hear other people's stories in similar situations.

What was your ft4 and ft3 of you have it ?

Will you take one 25mcg or a quarter of one?

[Dragon1949 in reply to lisan1]

I did ask for T4 ,doctor didn't say no but when the blood test came back it was only t3 done. I only have 100 mg LiSan so will have to cut in four. Last one hubby cut was not very successful lol. He's trying again.xx

[lisan1 in reply to Dragon1949]

What was your ft3 level then?

I haven't had mine done since diagnosis.

Have a wonderful Christmas!

[Dragon1949]

Thank you so much , I am so happy to hear this . The doctor was adamant that was nothing when I asked if there was something else other than levo I could take. Hubby is at present trying to quarter this tiny 100mg tablet.Thanks all you wonderful people. X