Am I over-medicated or ?

[Helsbells68]

Currently taking 2 x Thro Active 2 by Regenerative Nutrition. Each tablet supposedly contains 75mg desiccated whole raw porcine thyroid gland but they do not provide a T4/T3 breakdown. Previously taken 2-2.25 grains Nature Throid before their potency then supply issues.

Latest bloods after taking Thyro Active for 8 weeks are as follows, monitor my health ranges in brackets:

May-21 TSH 0.02 (0.27 - 4.2) T4 13.7 (12.0 - 22.0) T3 7.5 (3.1 - 6.8)

So according to these results I am now over-medicated however I do not have any symptoms, quite the opposite:

Resting heart rate in the mid 50s by my garmin vivosmart 4 though this can drop into the 40s a couple of times a week.

No weight loss and no real appetitie, I am the heaviest I have ever been and it is not shifting.

Feeling cold, I refuse to turn the heating on in May so am wearing more layers plus fingers and toes turning purple.

No diarrhoea, if it was not for the high dose of vitamin C and daily kiwi fruit I would probably be constipated.

I am officially peri-menopausal but have had very few hot flushes the last couple of years.

Finally I sleep fairly well for 9 hours most nights yet still have a very limited supply of energy each day.

Also currently taking Thorne Basic B Complex, Jarrow Magnesium Optimizer, D3, MK-7, Zinc Balance and 1000mg vitamin C.

So confused!

[shaws Administrator]

Did you leave 24 hours gap between your last dose of thyroid hormones and the test and have the earliest appointment - taking hormones after test?

[Helsbells68 in reply to shaws]

I could only leave 12 hours because I take my meds at night and bloods first thing in the morning, I have been doing it this way for 5 years now.

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Helsbells68]

12 hours is the correct gap for NDT, T3 and thyroid glandulars. 24 hours is for Levo.

[Lalatoot]

Your FT4 is perhaps too low for you. Some folks can manage on FT4 low in range if FT3 is high. Others need both FT4 and FT3 higher in the range .When my FT4 was bottom of range and my FT3 top of range I had all sorts of awful symptoms. Much better now that FT4 is higher and FT3 lower.

In simple words for me the bale of T4 to T3 in your current medication is not suiting you. You need more T4 and less T3.

[Helsbells68]

Are there any long-term health risks of a high T3 level?