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hypo: does condition drift over time?

2 years ago I was diagnosed with hypo thyroid with TSH of 9.5.  I was extremely fatigued, and I would sweat buckets at night.   I got on 50mcg levothryoxine, and in a couple months felt alot better.   I would, less frequently, get night sweats so my doctor up'd my dose to 75mcd.  I was fine for 1.5 years until last month.  Now I am getting night sweats again but they are mild (just around the collar and the top of my head.).  My last tsh was 2.75 6 months ago.  Prior to that my TSH's have been in the 3's range.

I worry about this sweating. I've lookup of symptoms for all the other bad things like cancers and I don't have any of those symptoms.  I also checked my blood glucose regularly because I can go hypoglycemic and when I wake up sweating, I've checked my bg and its always ok 85-92 in the middle of the night.  I don't have any other symptoms.

I called my doctor but they can't get me in for a month.  Does thyroid medication need to be adjusted over time? Opinions?
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I agree.  Odds are you have Hashi's (the most prevalent cause of hypo), which means your thyroid function degenerates due to the antibody attacks.  As that happens, you have to replace more and more natural hormone with meds.  

If you have labs from when you were feeling good, we can compare them to current labs.
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  Absolutely it needs to be adjusted. Especially if your feeling symptoms.  Ask to have Free T3, Free T4, TSH at the least.  Once you have those results, which you already might, post the numbers in here. Make sure to include reference ranges for those tests because every lab is different.  with that information you can get a ton of great help in here that you normally won't just figure out on your own.

  Someone with more experience will gladly help you but there are things that need to be done on your part as stated above being a good start.

  
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