Recent bloods - had enough :(

Hey everyone,

The last few weeks I have worked up to 7.5 mcg of t3 and the last couple of weeks reduced my t4 to 125/137.5 mcg.

I have received new bloods, which were done earlier than they should be as I was experiencing overdose symptoms (anxiety, jitters, palpitations, pulse up, temps up, chest tightness etc., the last few days it was really prominent that after I took my dose, about 2 hours in, I would feel spaced out, nervous and really shaky and nauseous):

Tsh = 0.006

Ft3 = 4.36 (2.89-4.88) 73% range , tested 24 hours after last dose ...

Ft4 = 19.1 (9-19) 103% range

I still need to test my vits etc.

I stupidly didn't reduce 150 Levo until 5 days before this test, but thought that at day 5 of 137.5 I should have had some relief from t4 overdose, but it didn't happen. It seems my ft4 has been rising from 17 to 19 over the last 2 months...I am questioning if I gave Levo alone enough time to work (I was on it for 4 weeks at 150, then for another 3-4 at 137.5). When on Levo I feel more like myself, I don't have anxiety, maybe a flatter mood, but stable. Seems there were improvements, but really slow. Added t3, had energy, especially in the evenings, but I just feel it doesn't suit me and now I feel cornered it's been 3 weeks of overdose symptoms and I just had enough of feeling anxious, depressed and palpitations are killing me

[greygoose]

Aren't these the bloods you posted about in your last post?

As I said you your last post, you are testing too soon and will not get accurate results that way. You need to hold for six weeks to get that reduced T4 out of your system.

In your last post, we discussed all this at great length. And, I suggested dropping your T3 by 5 mcg. Did you do that? You are obsessing about the T4, but if you don't convert well to T3, (My ft3 was at 32% on 150 levo, ft4 was 80%.), that's not the most important part of the question. It's T3 that causes symptoms when too high or too low. Which is why I suggested dropping 5 mcg T3, holding for six weeks, then doing the retest correctly.

It would appear that the problem is not that T3 doesn't suit you, but that you're slightly over-medicated at the moment. But that might just be because you tested too soon after lowering the levo. You are a poor converter, and 'giving the levo more time to work' would not have changed that. Just reduce the T3 by 5 mcg and see what happens.

[Hidden in reply to greygoose]

Hey Grey, we did, I just feel absolutely terrible, I can't get out of the house, when my levels are borderline high I always get terrible, debilitating symptoms, I have become really sensitive in the last 2 years. I have to travel again with work on Tuesday, but all I can do now is to wrap myself in a blanket and try not to have a panic attack. It's hard to think sensibly. I dropped t4 to 125 as I couldn't do 137.5 at all without feeling really bad after 2 hours, dropped t3 to 5 right now to see it this helps, if it's bad, then will drop to 2.5 tomorrow.

[greygoose in reply to Hidden]

You're going too fast! You must not chop and change like that all the time. You're really upsetting your system. You've dropped the levo twice in a very short time - I told you to drop it by 25 mcg in the first place. Now, you've got to stick with that for at least six weeks, and don't drop the T3, that would be too much. The protocol is there for a reason. If you don't follow it, it's not surprising that you have problems. I really would not recommend dropping the T3, now, not as you've dropped the levo again. You shouldn't drop them both at the same time - or nearly the same time.

[Hidden in reply to greygoose]

I have only dropped to 125 the last few days as taking 137 was making me jittery. 125 seems fine this morning. I have been holding 5 mcg t3 since yesterday, but I can go back to 137.5 and 2.5, this sounds more reasonable to be honest as I don't do well with dramatic t4 changes either. Sorry Grey, I have panicked and honestly can't think straight when I'm in despair x

[greygoose in reply to Hidden]

If you're going to self-treat you've got to stop panicking and stop and think before you do anything. Now that you're on 125 mcg T4 and 5 mcg T3 - which is what you should have been on right from the start - don't do anything else! Stay like that for six weeks and retest. You've got to give your body time to adjust, and the T4 time to leave your body, and the T3 time to build up in the cells. Changing again at this point won't solve anything and could make things worse. Just stop. OK?

[Hidden in reply to greygoose]

Ok done! I keep 125 and 5 for 6 weeks and see what happens. No changing! Thank you

[greygoose in reply to Hidden]

You're welcome.