Are these results high enough through range.? I have been taken 125g thyroxine and 10mg of liotho for last 3 months. (Tests done as protocol used on this page), or would it be ok to up dosage a little . Still feeling quite tired, but don’t sleep well., so that could be the reason. Thank you for any help
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Once you get close to optimal small tweaks are the key, those are pretty good results so now you really need to look at symptoms... not sleeping could point at a little too much or just bad dose timing?
What time of the day do you dose? I would suggest before altering dose perhaps have a try with timings and whether splitting doses or not suits you better...
Some people take a dose before bed to aid sleep and for others it keeps them up... it seems to depend on how quickly your body utilises the hormone
Finding optimal can mean a very small change 🤗
How are you other levels?... ferritin, folate, Vit D, B12 etc
Hi. Thanks for replying so quickly, unfortunately the sleeping problem isn’t a new one, I’ve struggled for many years. I take thyroxine in one dose on waking . Lipo 5mg,usually around breakfast time.,and 5mg evening meal time. I’m not sure if ferritin, folate was taken this time, results are coming through in dribs and drabs, but Vit D is 99.3. I do supplement with vit d & k2
Oh really i hadn’t realised that. Temperature when I lost did it , couple of days ago was 36.4. Blood pressure is 149/72. When i last had b12 results in May, it was 618, and folate was 23.2, but as I mentioned not sure whether these were tested this time . Resting heart rate is usually mid 60’s. Thanks again
Fine tuning is really down to you tuning in and getting a feel for these things and may highlight seasonal tweaks needed etc, blood test are only useful to a point....
It actually becomes intuitive once you pick up on your personal pointers 🤗
Knowing what I know now, I would have lied if the main trajectory was towards improvement. Sounds like you had enough faith in the T3 to consider self medicating. When something is working, even if not fully, hang on to it.
Thank you I’ll try that. With my results it would be ok to up T3 a little then? Sorry if you received reply twice thought I’d sent a reply and now can’t see it ! 😟
bowel movements and temperature seem to be my warning signs, loose and hot feelings I’m a bit over, cold and constipated I’m a bit low. Tiny tiny differences in dose between the two. 🌱
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