Hi -
Long time, no post!
So I still don't feel like I've found the right balance on T4/T3 and I wanted to have a chat about it.
I am currently taking 100 mcg T4 + 2 x 5 mcg T3 (which more often than not, is only 1 x 5 mcg in the morning as I invariably forget the second one).
TSH 0.19 (0.27 - 4.2)
FT4 17.5 (11.2 - 22.2) (57%)
FT3 3.6 (3.2 0 3.6). (11%) NB, this was 24 hours after my last T3 dose as endo is a TSH stickler and it shows zero impact of T3 as I always test at 11% through range on Levo only; however, I do know that on this level of medication, my PEAK serum fT3 is 5, 50% through range, so we can safely assume that if I were to test as the board advises I'd be somewhere between the two.
So, I am generally sluggish and struggle to do anything with myself if I don't get enough sleep. If I take no T3, I get depressed within 24 hours. My energy isn't great at the moment.
Once upon a time, my endo had me try 75T4 + 10T3 + 5T3 and I felt pretty good for a few days, almost like me... before I started a course of antibiotics, which I think ruined my absorption of T4, because my fT4 fell to around 20%. I would like to try this again, but the (NHS) endo has responded to my request with a December appointment...
Obviously, I'm beyond frustrated and not quite sure where to go. I didn't take any T3 today in order to stock pile a bit, and I am feeling terribly defeated; I really can tell the difference. As I haven't long started a new job, I'm hesitant to rock the boat in case I feel worse instead of better, which of course, will impact my performance...
And a part of me would like to try NDT, which the endo will never countenance, of course...
Like all of us, I just want to feel vaguely normal and I don't understand why they have to make it so difficult. Anyway, I'd be grateful for any thoughts or other ways of looking at it!
Lotika