Hi FT4: 12.22 pmol/l (Range 8 - 19.1) 38.02%
FT3: 5.3 pmol/l (Range 2.4 - 6) 80.56%
TSH <0.01
I take 100 t4 and 15 t3. I had the above done just before I started hrt. They are going to test again as I have felt a few of my symptoms returning. Slow bowel, sore feet etc. Nothing major but enough to be annoying. I take my t4 early hours of the morning and after much experimenting I take t3 in the morning in one go about 8am. This works well, I get no peaks/troughs etc and it helped massively with palpitations.
My question is around test times. The endo told me to test 2-4 hours after taking it. At that time I was splitting dose. I have never tested that soon. I started testing about 8 hours after 5mcg. I split the day before and set an alarm for middle of the night depending on test time. My hospital wouldn't do early bloods so I guessed a consistent approach was better!
Should I be testing after taking it all at once as I do, if so what time gap do people recommend?
And is 8 hours the right amount of time?
Thanks in advance.