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so had my 6 mths review does anyone know what this is telling me? Is that a reading of tsh as 3.56 ? I thought we were supposed to sit about 1 ?

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TiggerMe

Under replaced, need an increase.... but I'd remove this as it has your name on it 🤗

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bobby25, I have removed your image as it has personal identity information.

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Bobby25 in reply to PurpleNails

it was the nurses name not mine so thought its ok

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jimh111

If you feel OK then fine, if not ask for an increase.

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Get next dose increase and retest in another 8 weeks

TSH should be under 2 as an absolute maximum when on levothyroxine

gponline.com/endocrinology-...

Graph showing median TSH in healthy population is 1-1.5

web.archive.org/web/2004060...

Comprehensive list of references for needing LOW TSH on levothyroxine

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi...

If symptoms of hypothyroidism persist despite normalisation of TSH, the dose of levothyroxine can be titrated further to place the TSH in the lower part of the reference range or even slightly below (i.e., TSH: 0.1–2.0 mU/L), but avoiding TSH < 0.1 mU/L. Use of alternate day dosing of different levothyroxine strengths may be needed to achieve this (e.g., 100 mcg for 4 days; 125 mcg for 3 days weekly).

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Bobby25

this was 6 mths ago on 75 per day

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Bobby25

I dropped to 50 on two days of the week and now have this

Any suggestions my doctors doesn’t seem to help
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SlowDragonAdministrator in reply to Bobby25

So go back to 75mcg daily

Retest in 6-8 weeks

Unless extremely petite, likely to need further increases in dose over coming year

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Bobby25 in reply to SlowDragon

thank you

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