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New bloods - need your help, please...

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Hi everybody,

I have changed from NDT to Levo 150 mcg over 6 weeks ago.

With my ft3 being below mid-range and ft4 in the upper part of range, I have increased my dose from 150 to 155 mcg for a week.

I started to feel dizzy, hot, shaky, anxious, exhausted (had it before on overdose), suspected my levels are high. Here are the results, done over 24 hours after taking Levo:

FT4 90% [ 18, (9 - 19)]

FT3 71.36% [ 4.31, (2.89 - 4.88)]

My TSH went up from 0.018 to 0.05 now.

I feel I need my dose to be lower. Was my dose basically still building up on 150? It looks my conversion got better as TSH dropped? I think I should drop to 137.5 and definitely won't add t3 at this moment as I dont know what the result will be. I am gutted I didn't wait long enough on 150 to know if 150 caused it or 155.

Any advice will be really appreciated. Yesterday I skipped Levo dose as I felt really overdose and it helped. Today I took 100 and it made me jittery, but not as bad as 137.5, which I tried taking on Wednesday. Do I need to wait a few days on a lower dose?

Thanks, so confused!

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Hey...is anybody out there to help? I am just not sure if 5 mcg can make such a dramatic difference and if this could be an effect on 150 dose mainly? Or would I drop it to 137.5 altogether. Thank you x

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