I am currently taking 75g Thyroxine along with 10 g of Liothyonine .split into 5g . Before seeing the consultant I was taking 125g of Thyroxine, and had been feeling tired and lethargic for some time since being reduced from 150g. I am now really not well, can’t sleep, and feeling Dreadful most of the time
On looking at my TSH levels over the last 14 years, my TSH levels are pretty much the same (certainly less than 1) doesn’t seem to make a difference what level of thyroxine I am taking.
Would really appreciate your opinions, I am seeing consultant next week, and really don’t know what to expect or ask for Thank you so much
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To feel well people generally need both FT4 & FT3 at around 60-70% so you can see both of yours are under that.
When hypo we get low stomach acid that means we cannot absorb vitamins well from our food. For thyroid hormone to work well we need OPTIMAL levels of vitamins. Have you recently or could you ask your GP to test levels of ferritin, folate, B12 & D3?
Have your antibodies been tested? If positive have you tried a gluten free diet? This helps many and some also need to eliminate dairy from their diet.
The more important measure of how well you might be is your FT3. Now you are on T3, TSH becomes irrelevant as will likely be suppressed.
thank you I did wonder whether to up my thyroxine, but not sure by how much? I have never had antibodies tested. I do supplement with B12 and Vit D, my ferritin levels were 53. 10:00- 291 00 ug folate 15, those results were from June last year
You could add in a very small amount of Levo or 5mcgs T3. Split the dose with 8hrs between, morning, afternoon & bedtime.
By the way, when was last dose of Levo & T3 before this test? Recommended timing is 24hrs Levo & 8-12hrs T3.
Ferritin really needs some work to get it to 90-100 where thyroid hormone is best used at. Focus on iron rich diet - chicken livers a few times a week, pate, red meat etc
A good quality B complex is recommended to keep all the B's in balance. This one fits the bill and is reasonably priced. hempoutlet.co.uk/vitablosso...
Vitamins should be retested annually and D3 twice a year.
because nhs endocrinologist insisted on me reducing thyroxine, which I did, because of TSH being too low, Unfortunately I started to feel very tired and lethargic, which is why I decided to give t3 a go
Keep in mind that some people feel better with hormons higher than the given laboratory ranges and furthermore, when something works well, it does not touch and change, despite the low tsh. Doctors look only numbers and do not care what symptoms a person has.What was the morning temperature before, and what is it now? It has to be 36.6 at least to be good,as well as blood pressure and pulse compare how they were before and how they are now.
Your current TSH is a bit higher than it was on just 125/150 levo .. and your current FT4 and fT3 are both a bit lower .. so effectively you are now on a slightly lower dose overall than you were on 125/ 150 ... even though you now have some added T3.
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