Most doctors believe the optimal tsh for hashimoto's patients is around 1.0. It sounds like this is where your doctor is trying to get you. I am on 125 of synthroid and my last tsh was .75. If this is what you doc is trying to do (and it sounds like it is) he/she is just trying to get the right meds to you. Too much synthroid can make you go hyperthyroid. Slowly upping is the safest way. Skipping those appointments did put you behind in getting your body to euthyroid. Please just hang in there a bit. Once your body finds the level of synthroid that gets it to euthyroid it may even take a little longer for you to feel the full benefits of being euthyroid. (euthyroid is a state of "normal" thyroid function) Thankfully my doc has explained all of this to me. If you have any more questions feel free to ask me. |