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This is my latest blood have been on 2 grains for

8 weeks

TSH 0.01 0.40-4.50

T4, FREE 1.1 0.8-1.8

T3, FREE 4.6 2.3-4.2

T3 REVERSE, LC/MS/MS 14 8-25

I feel great no heart palpitations no jitters

Should I be concerned with ft3 being alittle high

When I was taking 1 and 3/4 grains of armour which I’m still taking I had hypo symptoms

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I'm quite cautious so would not want to be 10% over the top of the range long-term. Your free T4 is relatively low in range (30%). Have you tried a combination of levo and NDT so that you get both "frees" in the top third but not over-range?

May be worth dropping the NDT back down and adding in 25 mcg of levo and seeing how you do and what your results are then?

If that doesn't work, maybe go back to 2 grains to feel good - I'm aware that when all we had was NDT dosing was by how we feel rather than what the blood tests show ...

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For me, using desiccated, I prefer my FT4 low-in-range at 1.1-1.2 and FT3 high-in-range at 3.8-4.0. People in the other groups that use desiccated also have this preference. If my FT4 goes much higher or FT3 goes lower, I will feel those effects.

Also, I acquire most of my dose from a split higher dose pill but I also use a smaller increment that I quarter and consume that with my AM dose. My endo scripts me for two different increments. The lesser dose lasts me a lot longer as I cut those pills.

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Itileguy

I can’t believe how good I feel

I get up and about in the morning, no cold feelings, hair has stopped falling out, energy to do daily tasks and can I say my mood is so awesome

I just hope with a slightly high ft3 it is safe 😊

I wonder if I have also add b6,b9 and b12 for the last 8 weeks also

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humanbean

If you feel good, don't change anything.

It's so easy to find yourself in a situation where you change something and you can never find "feeling good" again.

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Itileguy in reply tohumanbean

Thank you

It’s taken almost two years 3 docs, 1 endo and finally a functional doc who is ok with the numbers

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