You don't want to increase your levo anymore. It's bound to be low when taking T3, but that's ok. The body just hangs on to what it needs. Your FT4 is already over mid-range, and that's fine.
On the other hand, you could do with increasing your T3. Your FT3 is only just over mid-range, and most people need it up the top of the range to feel well.
It's not so much that the TSH is useless when taking T3, it's equally as much use as when taking T4. You just shouldn't dose by it, because a low TSH doesn't automatically mean that you're over-medicated. You could have a low TSH but also low FT3, and it's the low T3 that causes symptoms. If the TSH is high, it does mean that you're under-medicated, but the converse is not true. The most important number, when taking either T4 or T3, is the FT3, because that is the active hormone.
Why can't qualified well paid Endos speak to us like this? I know, because they either don't know what to say and or think we wouldn't understand anyway. Is this just the kind of dialogue we would yearn to engage in with doctors?
You could have more T3 to get your FT3 to 5 or over. Don't obviously need more levothyroxin. Yes you can ignore the TSH and FT3 results as you are effectively by passing the need for the pituitary to send messages to the thyroid to produce T4..... as you are adding the T4, but also the end result artificially with the T3 dose. Your folate is low- should be at least half way through range. Ferritin should be higher, especially if menstruating age, at 100-130.
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1st results since adding T3 to Levo. Worried about my appt with Endo who says is going to be looking at my TSH. Any help /tips appreciated
Endo wants me to trial T3
When to increase T3 and reduce Levo??
