Hi,
I have been on 75mcg Levothyroxine and 10mcg Liothyronine for the last 6 months. I recently increased my levothyroxine to 100mcg 6 days ago but found out I need to get bloods taken again. I would like my levels to be what they were before I made the increase (even though i'll probably feel rubbish again).
Should I decrease my dose to the original 75mcg levo and wait until the additional is out of my system? Would I be right in thinking 6 days of extra 25mcg a day would take about a month to leave the system? (Total extra being 150mcg and half life being one week). Or if I took 50mcg instead of 75mcg would it cancel itself out in 6 days?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Your question is a bit complicated and I don't know the scientific answer. If it were me, I would take the dose that I think is correct for me and retest in 6 weeks time when things have stabilised enough to get a reliable result. Then you can adjust the dose when you have the result.
A lot of people on this forum seem to prefer to increase the liothyronine to 15 or 20 mcg rather than increase levothyroxine but as I don't take T3 I can't comment from experience.
Thank you for your reply Nanaedake. I increased the t4 as consultant said that's the only one he would change. I expected an increase based on my results but alas no. I have to go see him and get more bloods taken.