How long for a increase in Armour to show in Blood FT3/FT4, heart rate , temsp and symptoms?

[ainslie]

I posted this just before the weekend but didnt get much response so hoping for more replies now the weekend is over

In Sept 2024 I reduced my dose of Armour from 3.5 Grains to 3 Grains to see if it would make any difference to my intermittent Tachychardia (suggested by hormone doc). I dont think it made much difference to the tachy but it did make a difference to how I was feeling, more tired , feeling off/odd and lower mood , my heart rate dropped and my bowel movements were not so good , belching , burping etc

My counts on 3.5 Grains Sept 24, TSH < 0.005 mIU/L (Range 0.27-4.2)

FT3: 4.2 pmol/L (Range 3.1-6.8)

Ft4: 18.7pmol/L (Range 12-22)

I felt okayish at that dose but had some tachycardia.

By 20 March this year on reduced dose of 3 Grains I was feeling tired, and a bit unwell and heart rate on Rest down about 10 beats to around 50 on rest (60bpm on 3.5 grains in Sept 24) and still having tachy so thought this experiment is not working so increased my Armour to 3.25 Grains on 20 March and to 3.5 on 28 March. So about a week so far on 3.5 Grains. So far a week later I dont notice any improvement in heart rate or how I feel.

So my learned friends my question is how long after increasing from 3 to 3.5 Grains should it take to

1. See a increase in heart rate

2. See a difference in FT3 and FT4 , ie when to retest for FT£/FT4, I read a few days somewhere?

3. Feel less symptomatic

4. See a increase in temps

I noticed after I reduced my dose I was burping and belching more and wonder if the lower acid from the lower dose has caused some gut issues (eg leaky gut or candida etc) which may explain why I have been feeling lousy, tired, spaced, bit headachey, a bit toxic or something.

All views welcome

[Regenallotment Ambassador]

hi sorry you haven’t had any replies to this second post, here is the link to your previous post asking the same thing.

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

pennyannie gave you some very good advice on that thread. I’d recommend you continue the discussion there to gain more views/replies. Each time you reply to a responder it will bump the message up the board. As PA is one of our very experienced and helpful members folks are probs reading her reply and perhaps don’t have much to add. It’s sometimes useful to reply to the responder with questions to clarify, then others may chip in with shared experiences. Hope this helps 🙂

[ainslie in reply to Regenallotment]

okay thank you, I will try that