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Should I be worried

I had my thyroid killed with radioactive iodine in 2005. was told i had half hoshimoto and half graves. I have not been feeling right for the last couple of years. to make a long story short, they ran all my levels for my thyroid and i don't really understand the results.
TSH - 0.377 / acceptable range .05-6.0
Free T3 - 1.98 / acceptable range 2.0-4.9
Free T4 - 2.20 / acceptable range 0.75-1.54
Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody - 2212 / acceptable range 0-59
Should i be worried?
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Where are you located?
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Thank you for all of your advice, wish you were my doctor.
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I have put on 50 pounds in the last year, don't sleep well, fatigued , and moods are off as well as body temperature. I even went and got a sleep study to see if I had sleep apnea. The sleep doctor said that I didn't have sleep apnea but my brain wakes up about every 30 seconds. In the last few years everything just kept getting worse. I asked my doctor to check my t3 and t4 but she said there was no need, finally I found a different doctor and she ran my levels. Didn't explain anything just lowered my levothyroxin. I feel like I can't find a doctor to listen to how I'm feeling and explain things to me. Very frustrating and upsetting.
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I expect that will still be far too much T4 med.  Obviously your body is not adequately converting the T4 to T3.  Along with reduction of your T4 med, you need to add a source of T3.  A good thyroid doctor will treat a hypo patient clinically by testing and adjusting Free T4 and Free T3 as necessary to relieve hypo symptoms, without being constrained by resultant TSH levels.  Symptom relief should be all important, not just test results.  You can get some good info from this link written by a good thyroid doctor.  

http://www.hormonerestoration.com/Thyroid.html

So you need to find out if your doctor is willing to treat clinically, as described.  If not, then you need to find a good thyroid doctor that will do so.  

In addition, hypo patients are frequently too low in the ranges for Vitamin D, B12 and ferritin.  A deficiency in either can cause symptoms that mimic hypothyroidism.  Low D or low ferritin can also adversely affect metabolism of thyroid hormone.  D should be about 55-60. B12 in the very upper end of its range, and ferritin should be 70 minimum.  You need to test for those and supplement as needed to optimize.

What symptoms are you having?
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I am currently taking 150 mg of levothyroxine. I was on 175, they just dropped it a couple days ago.
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What thyroid medication are you taking and what daily dosage?  

No need to be worried.  You just need to get your thyroid hormone levels optimized.  Currently your Free T4 is much higher than needed and your Free T3 is horribly low.  Members say that relief from hypo symptoms required Free T4 around the middle of its range and Free T3 in the upper third of its range, or as needed to relieve symptoms.  

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