Here’s my trail of tears – Sorry it’s so long
I have goiter, nodules & Hashimoto’s.
I have been all over the map with symptoms/medications since 2012.
50 Synthroid, 75/88 Synthroid, 100 Synthroid, 75 again
I’ll list lab info below w/ timeline.
So, I had 1 GREAT year, 2014! I was on 100 Synthroid for about 9 months. I felt the best mentally and physically I had felt in years! Actually felt like myself again. Was able to lose some weight w/ exercise and decent food choices, looked good, felt good…face and throat less swollen. I was amazed! Should mention, not 1 single hyper symptom except low TSH. So of course because things seemed to be rolling along nicely, Dr says TSH too suppressed and lowered me to 75. Things went down hill progressively, but needless to say I’m up about 20 pounds, have no desire to work out, hair is terrible and seem to have no control over my appetite again. NO MEMORY AT ALL!!
So, I sought out another dr who has now put me on 5mcg Cytomel 2x a day and on 75 Synthroid. Feeling better in some way, can remember stuff now (NICE!!) little less depressed feeling physically I am about the same. So it does seem to have helped me mentally. really need to loose some weight, does Cytomel kind of help with that?
6 week Labs = TSH too suppressed again. Now dr says reduce Synthroid to 50 while still taking 5mcg Cytomel 2x day. Am scared to death to lower the synthroid any more, last time I was on 50, I could barely get out of bed.
Welcome any thoughts on lowering the synthroid to 50…does that seem normal since adding the Cytomel. Should that really change how I feel much? Should I expect the Cytomel help me loose weight eventually?I'ts been 6 weeks.
4/2014 100Synthroid Felt Great
TSH 0.02 0.3 – 4.82
FreeT3 3.9 2.8 - 5.3
FreeT4 1.05 .78 - 2.19
6/2014 100 Synthroid Felt Great
TSH 0.16 0.3 – 4.82
FreeT3 2.82 2.8 - 5.3
FreeT4 1.1 .78 - 2.19
7/2015 75 Synthroid Felt like poop
TSH 0.086 0350 – 5.5
FreeT3 2.91 2.3 – 4.2
FreeT4 1.0 .9 – 1.8
12/2015 75 Synthroid Felt like poop
TSH 0.13 0.30 – 4.82
FreeT3 4.0 2.8 – 5.3
FreeT4 1.02 .78 – 2.19
2/2016 75 Synthroid + 10 Cytomel Feeling ok, but not great
TSH <0.02 0.30 – 4.82
FreeT3 1.38 0.60 – 1.81
FreeT4 1.10 .78 – 2.19