I honestly do not know she just says she needs to get me further down in range. I just end up crying and trying to plain why now over twenty years on is she wanting to half my meds. She says that's what they have to do before she refers me to an endo.
I said over twenty years ago I was told by a dr the numbers don't matter it's how you feel.
Eleven months I have been at this Dr now. I asked her why my tsh is not moving up then as she wants she said I don't know I can't answer that.
It's not true that your GP has to reduce your meds so much that dose is inadequate before referring you to endocrinology. Why on earth does she want your TSH up? It's already within range.
I think your GP has lost the plot and you will become very unwell under her care. I suggest you change GP as soon as possible.
Change your GP. She is ruining what little good health you have. Doctors used to be trained in clinical symptoms but no more, Their guidelines have been changed to only take notice of the TSH they do not know one symptom neither do they know the difference so will give you another prescription for the symptom instead of increase in hormones..
If my results were like yours I would be bouncing off the walls. FT4 of 20 is almost upper limit and your TSH at 0.55 is borderline hyper. If my fT4 goes into the 20's I show signs of thyrotoxicosis facitata - shakes, insomnia, anxiety, manic behaviour, hunger, headaches and general feeling of being unwell. For me a TSH of 2 or 3 and fT4 of 12 to 15 is fine and within normal range. My GP has trusted me to adjust my own meds as I feel necessary and against regular blood tests. I have been Hashi for 20 years.
We are all individuals though hashihoppo . I have had FT4 at 30 (top of range 24) and TSH suppressed and I still had hypo symptoms, absolutely no sign of over medication, outstretched hands rock steady. You can't generalise.
I have been on 200 mcg for so long well over twenty years. I feel more normal on a higher dosage than I do now. I suppose we are all just different. I have never felt hyper. But I'm definitely striving for the place where I feel good.
veryangirl44 I agree totally with Clutter. I would refuse to reduce. You are within range for both TSH and FT4. If she wants to reduce your dose insist she tests FT3 to prove you are over range.
Thank you again for your help. I think I thought by reducing like my previous drs reduced me ten years ago then put me back up less than six months later that this Dr would see what it's doing to me but I'm just hurting myself..
I feel really stupid I read I get answers then I seem to go to nothing at the drs. we only have from I can see one drs surgery in st ives.
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