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One more question before the end of day.Should I increase the Levo T4 ?

Having reduced my T4 from 100 mcg to 12.5

Liothyronine (Tyromel) down from 50 mcg to 12.5 mcg. Should I have stayed on 100 mcg of Levo T4 .

I'm thinking a dose of 50 mcg of Levo T4 and 6.25 of Liothyronine T3? This dose shouldn't give me any headaches or anxiety/paranoia.

Any suggestions will be welcome with open arms.

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We usually go by our blood results to see which one needs increasing.

When starting T3 we often drop our levo by 25mcg and add in 5mcg of t3. Leave it a week. Then add a second 5 msg dose of t3. Then leave it 2 weeks before increasing again.

As things are a bit mixed up for you I like your idea of 50mcg of levo and 6.25 t3. Please settle on this amount for a couple of weeks though - your body needs to stabilise.

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