Ttc update

[Mich87]

Finally tsh is 0.22 is this okay for trying to conceive it was 3.1 last month

[Clutter]

Mich87,

Yes, 0.22 is good. I hope you're successful soon.

[Mich87 in reply to Clutter]

Thank you. Do u think being on This dose 0.22 will be maintained or will it just keep knocking me lower and lower I'm a bit afraid of that

[Clutter in reply to Mich87]

Mich87,

If it's 4 weeks since you increased dose 0.22 is probably as low as it's likely to go. No need to be afraid if it does go a bit lower though, it won't hurt you.

[Mich87 in reply to Clutter]

4 weeks ago I was 3.1 then they upped my dose and fast forward 4 weeks I'm now 0.22 so I'm worried does that mean fast forward another 4 weeks I'll keep dropping.

I do have hashinkto so hopefully 0.22 is what I'll stay and it will be consistent

I've never been this low so it's all new to me

[Clutter in reply to Mich87]

Mich87,

It's unlikely TSH will continue dropping on your current dose but it doesn't matter at all if it does as long as FT4 and FT3 remain within range.

[Mich87 in reply to Clutter]

Oh interesting thanks for it reply I have so much to learnstill

[Mich87]

But if I go lower won't I get Graves' disease!? And that's not good for trying to conceive either?

[Valarian in reply to Mich87]

Hi Mich87.

Graves is an autoimmune disease, which causes a hyperactive thyroid - it isn’t the case that having over-the-range thyroid levels with associated low TSH causes Graves.

Your thyroid levels are more important than the TSH - if they end up over range as the result of thyroid replacement, reducing the medication should bring them into line.

[Mich87 in reply to Valarian]

My t4 is 21

[Valarian]

You need someone with experience of Hashi’s to respond on that. I know it can cause ‘flares’ of excess thyroid, but don’t know enough to say whether this looks like a flare, over-medication, or simply the thyroid meds needing a chance to settle. Actually, you haven’t given the ranges, and I can’t remember them offhand, but I think 21 is high end of normal range rather than over on the range used by my lab

I know you’re really keen to get this sorted quickly, but unfortunately, it often takes a while to get doses of thyroid-related medication optimised.

[Mich87]

I guess I'm just happy to finally be below one and I've found a endo who is aggressive with her meds unlike my last dr who undermediacted me and I went from 15 to 5 to 2.5 to 0.33 to 59!! To 3.1

Wowsa what a journey and many infertility and miscarriages

Hopefully 0.22 will get me and keep me pregnant

[Hypo88 in reply to Mich87]

Just out of interest how did you go from .3 to 59

[Mich87 in reply to Hypo88]

My dr ( or endo) thought I was getting too low so she massively reduced my daily medication and during this time I fell pregnant and it spiked and i lost the baby

[Mich87 in reply to Mich87]

Not* endo I meant