Hi There ~
I am on Armour Thyroid 90mg but I think I need a boot but convincing my MD will take some ammunition which is why I am here. I think my labs look pretty good, although even my MD agrees that keeping a TSH as low as 0.5 is okay and helps some people feel "Optimal" - with that said, here are my labs and my symptoms:
TSH: 1.46 (0.3-3.0)
Free T3: 3.7 (2.2-4.0)
Free T4: 0.8 (0.8-1.5)
Symptoms: Continued fatigue, mental fog, mood, low heart rate - all the same hypo stuff, I am just noticing again, but the fatigue - energy and mood have dropped ten fold since my TSH has gone up from my low 0.3 to this 1.45 - It's almost like my body has gotten "Used" to the Armour dosage and is starting to poop out a bit or level out. I felt really good when she bumped me up to the 90 then slowly began to feel a decrease in energy and libido, the usual suspects etc and sure enough at the 4 month lab re-draw my TSH is up.
So are my labs at a place where I can ask or convince her to bump me up? or add something? Cytomel? Something to help with the fatigue, energy, libido, weight, etc... (been on weight watchers since Feb and with a trainer and bleeding money to both and only lost 15 pounds....not right!)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!!