super low tsh on armour 4 normal t3 7 again

[DeedellaD]

hello all!

I am 41. I’ve been taking thyroid medicine unfortunately since around 19 I went a few years without it and was OK. I can’t quite keep up but took tirosint for long time however I gained a bunch of it with my gained were supposed to take your T3 doesn’t go to the baby and give me more T4.

Not too long ago my numbers tanked so my doctor said OK to switch to armor. I think that was sometime last fall. I dropped weights gas and felt too energetic and t3 was like an 8.8 when tested after few months

well, of course T3 sinks your TSH but I think mine is like .0006 or .006 is everybody like this that takes it but my T4 is only 1.4. I used to only take 75 or 100 of Tirosint. I might’ve not been absorbing it. Maybe I was drinking coffee too soon in the morning when it all tanked.

I get exhausted from a lifetime of doctors with chronic Lyme disease and autoimmune and thyroid to keep explaining but right now I went from three grains to 150. Because my TSH was so low, but my young primary, who is very open to listening, doesn’t get T3 lowers or TSH is still low.

my sleep schedule is terrible. I’m a single mother and I’m a night owl. I homeschool and it’s my only real piece and it’s always been my favorite time of night so of course I can’t wake up easily.

but when I first switched to armor, after a few months, 30 pounds melted off me, I feel like my blood test was gonna come back with everything higher but it’s not a whole lot different.

my main question is is though super low TSH not dangerous because of the T3. I’m thinking I might be better off taking well. I don’t really know if I lower it. My T4 will be too low, but my T3 is high which means I’m converting my TSH is super low.

can you guys keep your T3 higher than the normal range? I’m pretty exhausted of this juggling act.

Oh and he did not test my antibodies this time (my doc retired and trained him she’s a Lyme auto immune all specialist ) but they did go back to normal when “ over medicated “. My glucose is always borderline high around 100 or so but they said since my A1c is OK it’s not a big deal. I’m thinking it’s probably pcos or whatever.

I eat pretty healthy, but I’m not as active as I should be. I’m always burning up in my chest, but I don’t think that’s for my thyroid in the mornings are the worst but I have sjogrens/ bad spine /lyme.

[pennyannie]

Hello DeedellaD :

Once on any form of thyroid hormone replacement the TSH is the least important reading :

Once Thyroid antibodies have been found in your blood and are a positive there is no point in keep checking for them - there is no cure for a thyroid AI disease - and the antibodies may well fluctuate throughout your life.

On Armour - or any NDT - we track on the T3 reading - and the T4 can be low in the range - but if you feel well on your dose of NDT - a low T4 does not matter.

On NDT you dose to the relief of symptoms by 1/4 grain increments up or down -

If you felt well with your T3 at 7 so be it - if not - drop down 1/4 grain of Armour and see if a slightly lower dose of NDT suits you better.

If on synthetic T3 and T4 you probably need your T4 up at around 80% through its range with the T3 tracking just behind at around 70% through its range -

If diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroid disease you will experience erratic own thyroid hormone production as this AI disease progresses and totally disables your thyroid :

All things thyroid AI disease - thyroidpharmacist.com