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Old 04-13-2005, 06:33 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I had me thyroid retested two days ago after being on Synthroid for three weeks. My TSH was down to 4.4 which is still high. Three weeks ago before starting Synthoid my TSH was 13.6. After reading the results (4.4) today my doctor wants to wait three weeks for my next appointment then after talking to me decide what to do from there depending on how I feel.

What should my TSH be? Also, what does it need to be to not adversly affect fertility?

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I am no thyroid expert, I am new to this too, so I will just bump it up. I think I read that anything over 3.5 is considered hypo still.

ARe you feeling better? My doctor makes me wait 6 wks to recheck me after med changes.
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Yes! I feel better! I was always tired, my joints ached, muscle twitches in my legs (mostly). Basically I felt like I could barely go. I ached all over. The back pain, especially in the morning was excruciating. It was two hours (after I got out of bed) before I could pick up my baby girl in the mornings. My husband had to take care of her until my back stopped screaming and it eventually would.

I also had major anxiety. Because of all this I was depressed. When I got down on the floor to play with my little girl, I had to crawl to a chair or something to help me get up. I tried to avoid any situation that would require my getting on the floor. My legs were so weak. Just days after taking Synthroid I didn't have to do that anymore. I could spring up from where I was.

My hypothyroidism had also caused my cholesterol to go up. My total cholesterol was 233 and my LDL was 160. Two weeks after synthroid they were down to 157 and 75.

I started losing weight what seemed like immediately. It was like I was bloated all over.

I didn't really believe when the doctor said my thyroid was affecting my body in so many ways, especially my cholesterol. I was so surprised when they were soooo much lower in just two weeks.

At two weeks and at 3 weeks after taking synthroid my TSH was still 4.4. I will be surprised if it comes down any more.

I wonder if I would feel even better if TSH was around two?

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