Labs Review please

[wanttobenormalnow]

I have gotten my labs back and would really appreciate feedback on whether they are an issue, especially Vitamins , as this is the first time I have been able to get all 4 checked. I see D is very low but I am not sure how to gauge the others. Also feedback on FT3

Vit D25-Hydroxy 32.0 ng/mL (30.0-100.00 ng/mL)

B12 - True Cobalamine 761 pg/mL (232-1,245 pg/mL)

Ferritin 126 ng/mL ( 15-150 ng/mL)

Folate 12.6 ng/m: (>3.0 ng/mL)

FT3 2.6 pg/mL (2.0-4.4 pg/mL)

FT4(EIA) 1.53 ng/dL (.82 - 1.77 ng/dL)

TSH 0.103uiU/mL (.450-45000 uiU/mL)

History: diagnosed with graves 30 years ago, used Tapazole to block hormone and then given levo and then Tapazole and levo back and forth...I dont recall how long taking it, but I do recall it was 2years before I was on levo daily. Been on levo ever since.

Like many at some point in time my TSH was lower than the range and so they reduced my dose and I felt like crap on the reduced doses. I feel as though when they reduced my doses, it has caused issues that i can't seem to recover from. I currently take 88mcg 6 days and 100 1 day a week, when I sometimes take 2 -100 and 5- 88, I notice I get more tense and hungry and I am rather adverse to feeling like I did when I had the Graves, so I may be extra sensitive to the increases. On the other hand I do have more energy and am more positive when I increase my dose and don't seem to have constipation issues.

I will admit, I am a bit paranoid of taking in too much hormone, so I then go back to all 88mcg for a week and then back to 6-88 and 1- 100. As I write this I can already see how I am causing some of my issue. I see I probably need to stay on 2-100 5- 88 for at least 6 weeks to see how I feel. I know my Endo in the past has said you won't notice a difference until at least a month, but I can tell you I notice a difference the day of and the next day when I take my 100mcg. And it is only 12mcg more than the 88.

I have a good endo now that lets me stay below TSH as long as FT3 and FT4 are not out of range. I mean all the usual symptoms of no energy, cold, constipation, depressed mood, exercise intolerance happen on just 88mcg. I hate whining about my "symptons" I know there are people here that are in much worse condition than I am, but I am tired of not feeling well. I never had issues when I increased my dose years ago to 100mcg daily, but that all changed when past doctors put me down to 75mcg and it's been a battle ever since getting to a place of balance.

Would just appreciate some feedback so I have some ideas of where I need to improve and so I can have a good conversation with my Dr. Thank you !

[radd]

wanttobenormalnow,

Sorry you didn't receive a timely response.

I hope your subsequent post answered your questions. Otherwise you are welcome to pose your questions again in a new post.

[wanttobenormalnow in reply to radd]

Thank you