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New blood results based on T4: 120 mg / T3: 33

My doctor has increase meds from last blood work however it seems like my T3 has gone down. Still not feeling well. Any suggestions. Thank you.

TSH 0.425 0.340 - 4.410

T3,TOTAL 66 L 87 - 178

T4 TOTAL 8.70 6.1 - 12.2 ug/dL

FREE T3 2.6 2.5 - 3.9 pg/mL

FREE T4 0.68 0.61 - 1.12

T3 REVERS : 8.3 (L ). 9.0 - 27.0 ng/dL

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NWA6

Hi. What dose of Levo are you on? I’m not surprised you feel unwell, your FT4/3 are barely in range.

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edleenia in reply toNWA6

Medication thyroid compoundT4: 120 mg / T3: 33mg

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NWA6 in reply toedleenia

So you’re on a fairly good dose of both, I wonder why that’s not reflected in your bloods? And how do you manage to get 33mcg? Do you take liquid?

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edleenia in reply toNWA6

No I take thyroid compound t3

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edleenia

When did you take your last doses of Levo and T3 before the test?

Last dose of Levo should be 24 hours before test.

Last dose of T3 should be 8-12 hours before the test, splitting dose into 2 or 3 the day before and last part of dose is 8-12 hours away from test.

It would appear, from looking at previous posts, that your T3 has been increased by just 3mcg.

Both your FT4 and FT3 are way too low, as has been explained in replies to previous posts.

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edleenia in reply toSeasideSusie

That’s correct myt t3 was increased from 30mg to 33mg and instead of my blood work for t3 go up it went down

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SeasideSusieRemembering in reply toedleenia

edleenia

When did you take your last doses of Levo and T3 before both tests? If you took your last dose at different times this will make a difference.

How do you get an extra 3mcg of T3, are you taking 20mcg dose T3 tablets?

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tattybogle

These are the same results you posted 5 months ago .. have you had any new ones done ?

"Free T3: 2.6. 2.5-3.9

Free T4: 0.68. 0.61-1.12

T3 Reerse: 8.3 (L). 9.0-27.0

TSH 3rd gen: 0.425. 0.340-4.410

T3,Total. 6.6(L). 87-168

T4,Total. 8.70. 6.1-12.2

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu... (same results exactly posted june 26th)

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu... (Same results exactly . say dose 120/30 posted august 15th )

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edleenia in reply totattybogle

No it’s not that’s my I posted to say that my meds were increased and my levels did not go anywhere. The previous blood work were based onT4:120 / T3:30mg these recent are based on T4:120/ T3: 33mg.

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tattybogle in reply toedleenia

Getting 6 absolutely identical results (down to the last decimal point ).. is so incredibly unlikely it's virtually impossible. please check the dates on the latest blood tests you are looking at.

p.s. increasing T3 by just 3mcg also seems very difficult to do ... how are you getting 3 mcg extra ? What dose are the T3 tablets you are using ?

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tattybogle

"New blood results based on T4: 120 mg / T3: 33 " ?

Is 33 a typo ?

The last time you posted these results you were taking 120 / 30

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edleenia in reply totattybogle

33 mg means my T3 dosage

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helvellaAdministrator in reply toedleenia

That would be micrograms (mcg) not milligrams (mg) as you have put.

But how do you achieve a dose of 33 micrograms when your tablets are 20 microgram tablets? You can't do it by halving or quartering!

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