Hi everyone,
Following up on my previous post, I eliminated T3 Liothyronine 25 mcg from my current Armour 150 mg dosage (1/2 tablet of 300 mg early morning).
Here are my recent results: Tested 10 hrs after I took my half dosage of Armour:
TSH (mIU/L) 0.01 Range: 0.40-4.50
T4 (THYROXINE), TOTAL (mcg/dL) 5.9 Range: 4.5-10.9
T4, FREE (ng/dL) 1.3 Range: 0.8-1.8
T3, FREE (pg/mL) doctor refused to order it
T3, TOTAL (ng/dL) 161 Range: 71-180
FERRITIN (ng/mL) 77 Range: 38-380
Vitamin B12 (pg/mL) 437 Range: 200-1100
Folate, Serum (ng/mL) 18.1 Range>5.4 normal
Vitamin D, (25 OH VIT D (Total) 40 Range 20 -80
Vitamin B1,(nmol/L) 121 Range 70 -180
I have been taking 150 mg of Armour just one-time early morning.
I would say I'm still having fatigue, brain fog, lack of motivation symptoms.
I'm not taking any supplements right now, but sometimes, I take 10,000 IU of vitamin D, maybe two or three times a week.
What do you think about these results? I'm thinking of adding 5 mcg of liothyronine
I recently visited another doctor who did not recommend Armour. Instead, he prescribed Tirosent 150 mg and 5 mcg of Liothyronine. However, after switching to those medications, my chest pain returned after three days. It was located on the left side of my chest, near the middle, and was similar to the pain I had experienced for years without explanation when I was on Levothyroxine. I was not aware that the pain was caused by T4 Levothyroxine, and multiple doctors had recommended painkillers for the pain. However, after switching back to T4 medication, I realized that the pain was indeed caused by the T4 medication. Long story short, once I stopped taking T4 medication, the chest pain went away. I took that combo (tirosent and liothyronine for only 3 days); that was late Feb.