A higher TSH clearly says you are becoming more hypothyroid.
The higher the TSH to more hypothyroid you are.
The lower the TSH - the more hyperthyroid you are.
You may not be reading the test correctly and for me to throw in FT3 and FT4 tests right now may confuse you. Just keep in mind that the TSH is not the ONLY and best indictor of what happening with your thyroid meds.
Most find a TSH of 1.0 is where they like to be at.
My wife, 61 yrs. young, had her thyroid removed 2 yrs ago and now she has low TSH levels. The DR. is trying to stabilize the level. Can someone please tell us what are the symptoms of low TSH after the thyroid was removed.
Thank you,
Her loving husband
Please post your wife's TSH along with other recent thyroid tests. Include reference ranges since they vary lab to lab and have to come from her own lab report.
Which thyroid meds is your wife on? What is her dose?
TSH (high or low) causes NO symptoms. TSH is nothing but a messenger from the pituitary to the thyroid to tell it to produce more hormones. TSH is a pituitary hormone and a very indirect measure of thyroid status; it's subject to many influences other than thyroid hormone levels. FREE T3 and FREE T4, the actual thyroid hormones, are a direct measure.
How does your wife feel? Does she have either hypo or hyper symptoms?