Hey,
i wanna try my luck i know i have a bad luck but i need to try stop medicine and see if my thyroid respond
I don’t know how to do it in right way....
by the way my Antibodies always negative and i know i maybe have hashimotos but still Antibodies negative, anyway does anyone know how to stop medicine to see if thyroid respond ?
Thanks.
Your thyroid will respond. It will go back to the way it was before you started thyroid hormone replacement. But, you were diagnosed hypo, so what's the point of that?
You say on your profile that you were diagnosed 'with no reason', which is rather hard to believe. Doctors just don't do that, as a general rule. There must have been a reason. Do you have your labs from the time you were diagnosed?
Hey @greygoose
I think you miss-understand me , i mean “without no reason” that’s i don’t know the reason being hypo , and I don’t have hashimotos, also if it was due to flu or bacteria i wanna try my luck maybe my thyroid recovered , I don’t know how to stop medicine to see should i stop it gradually or what
Maybe you should get a blood test and see what it says before you do anything as drastic as just stopping meds. You will need to do that anyway if your stopping or you could become extremely ill
already did TSH , FT3 , FT4
So what are the results?
TSH 0.01 uiU/ml (0.7-6.4)
Free T3 4.5 pg/ml (2-4.4)
Free T4 1.8 ng/dl (0.8-1.8)
Well, if I were you, I'd reduce T4 the way you increased it - 25 mcg every six weeks, with testing before each decrease. I wouldn't recommend going cold turkey. Doing it gradually will let you know how you're feeling as it decrease, and give your thyroid time to take up the slack, as much as it can.
You don't say how much you're taking, but you certainly look slightly over-medicated. But, that doesn't indicate that you don't need any at all.
I was taking 125mcg T4 , then after saw that im over medicated I’m taking now 106.5 T4 and i is will do blood test after 6 weeks
That's good. But, if you start to feel bad, I would advise you to stop reducing. Don't continue down to no levo, or you could make yourself very ill.
Going to add in my $0.02.
I think very few people, if any at all, ever know what caused their hypothyroidism. All I know is that once you are HypoT, it is highly unlikely you can simply stop meds and everything will be okay.
I looked back thru your posts. It does look to me that you became overmedicated. It is very tricky finding the “sweet spot” where you feel great on a certain dose. It really can be a moving target depending upon many factors such as your level of activity, your diet and your nutritional supplement levels. Also, many find they need slightly less meds in the warm months and slightly more in the cold months. Being monitored by a good endo or GP (or, for those monitoring their health on their own), regular blood tests and dosage “tweaks” are key.
Reducing or increasing too quickly, or with too much (or too little) at one go, only results in confusion.
You seem determined to take a chance and “see what happens”. Heck, I’ve been there myself and learnt the hard way that it just doesn’t work.
Go slowly, get blood tested and keep notes DAILY on (1). How you are feeling, (2). What dose you took and when, and (3). What symptoms you have (joint pain, headache, brain fog, sleep issues, digestion issues, weight loss/gain, etc). You might start to see a pattern and ultimately find what works for you.
Best of luck!
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