Hi , ive recently had another blood test. Id just like to have your opinion please?
I've discovered on my looooong journey that levo over 75mcg makes me really poorly after a while, so at the moment 75 is all I take and I'm certain it's not an increase that I need. But my ft4 is confusing ?
it 's not that neat and tidy i'm afraid. Too many things will have changed to make a comparison like that from years ago.
In particular the act of taking thyroid hormones changes the ratios of tsh/ft4 /ft3 compared to results at diagnosis when not taking any. so it wouldn't be expected to be 5 again once on Levo.
Also it's not really possible to tell much from a result in isolation , you need to look at several to see what's normal for you .Do you have other results to compare with ?
I wouldn't feel good with free T4 and free T3 so low (30% and 24.6% through range respectively) - but we're all different.If you don't feel good, have you perhaps tried changing brands to see if you can tolerate a higher dose on a different brand? Or taking more levo but in two doses a day?
Presumably this test was done as early as possible in morning before eating or drinking anything other than water and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test?
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