Rosie1028

My doc called and he said that my TSH was .17 He feels that I am over medicated, but I feel great. He wants me to cut back my meds. I am currently taking 1 grain of Armour. If I was over medicated, wouldn't I feel like crap??

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Rosie~34
Happily Married with 2 Children


Dx PCOS, Hashi's

1500 mg Met ER
112 mg levoxyl
Yaz

Counting the days until my husband comes home from Afghanistan, December 4th at 8:33pm, but hey who's counting?!

nobimbo

Your doc should be looking at your Free T4 and Free T3 levels before making any decisions about dosage changes. FT4 should be at least midway in the lab range, and FT3 should be in the upper quadrant of the lab range. The TSH is meaningless once you start on Armour anyway; it's a test of a pituitary gland hormone, not thyroid hormone, and it's not unusual to have TSH levels as low as yours when on Armour. If your doc is a TSH worshipper, than there's nothing you can do about it but find a doc who knows how to treat thyroid disorders.

P.S. Most adult women on Armour are on 3-5 grains.

Linda

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dx pcos 1984, type II diabetes 2001, also hypertension
Met 2000mg since 2001, started Glucophage XR 4/22/04, then switched to Met ER 6/04; also: multi, Vit. C, Vit. E, B12/folic acid combo, fish oil & borage oil combo, garlic capsules, cinnamon, Vitex, calcium with magnesium/zinc, biotin, CoQ10, selenium,iron
Other meds: Verapamil and Altace(for blood pressure)
Started laser hair removal 7/29/03, completed 3/04 (it works!)
UAE for fibroid 3/24/03 and 3/16/04