Over the past 18 months I have been on block and replace treatment for my Graves Diseases/Hyperthyroidism. For the last 7 months of treatment, my levels where within good range so I opted to stop all treatment 4 weeks ago to see how I do. I was taking:
Carbimazole 40mg
Levothyroxine 75mg (upped to 100mg for the last month)
It has now been 4 weeks since I last took my meds and I am going to see my endo on Thursday for a review. I had my blood test last Thursday and have received my results this afternoon:
TSH 0.7 (Range: 0.35 - 5.5)
T3 5.3 (3.5 - 6.5)
T4 14 (9 - 23)
I have had the odd feeling of anxiety since stopping but I'm not sure whether that's just been me adjusting to being "normal" again.
Thanks
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RhubarbAndCustard
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When I stopped my block and replace my results were
TSH - 0.56 (0.35-5.5). FT4 - 17.4 (10 -19.8) - like you I was taking 75/100 on alternate days although I was really mostly taking 100 - there was a bit of a blip where I was missed out and wasn't actually signed off for eleven months! By that time my results were TSH. 1.5 (0.35-5.5) FT4 15.4. (10.00-19.8)
I have to say I felt better with the lower TSH but the NHS doesn't go in fir 'fine tuning' so my TSH was allowed to rise.
I remember it took a while for my body to feel normal again. Probably because I had been so hyper for so long my body had no idea what normal was. My TSH is still around the same.
I went totally gluten free over a year ago because I developed yet another autoimmune condition and I'd read that being gf could help reduce antibodies which it had done so I regularly do Blue Horizon fingerprick tests and I see that my TSH had pretty much remained the same since I went into remission about four years ago and also my body gradually started to feel 'normal'.
I'm definitely no expert but in my case it took a while for my body to realise what 'normal' was.
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