new labs and WTF????

[Brucergoldberg]

barb already saw this but i need yall to help me with this.

last month i was on 220 mcg t4 taken at night.  results below:

heres what i know.

last month  220 mcg

tsh 20.20   (range  .4-4.5)
ft3   2.6     (range 2.3-4.2)
ft4  1.1   (range 0.7-1.8)

this month  235 mcg

tsh 35.0  IT WENT UP!!
ft4  1.0   IT went down!!
ft3  -  didnt get it - but they told me it dropped

how is it that I'm on a higher dose of meds - i have no thyroid and im WORSE?

how encourging is this????

now im being bumped to 255 MCG t4 and the dr. told me if i hit 300, she will not see me anymore and that i will need to go back to and endocrine.  

thats all i know right now

[kl42]

255! wow  how much do you weigh? just wondering? kevin

[Brucergoldberg]

I weigh 180.

Isnt life great?     Totie-  my TSH got WORSE when i increased my meds.  I cant get it under control.  

I had my numbers somewhat under control on armour but i felt really junkie.   I really think there is something they are missing but they cant figure out what.

Yesterday they did an MRI of my ears and brain (inner ear) to make sure i dont have a tear or a fistula which seems to be common with acute thyroiditis.   I have been very patient.  I take my meds for 5 weeks and then test.

This time i took the meds for only 4 weeks but i didnt feel well, so i tested only to find out my tsh got worse.  

The only thing i take with the thyroid meds is my ambien.   i space it apart by about 30 mins.

There has to be an answer somewhere.  All this ear ringing, wonkyness, I just some sort of relief.

[kl42]

hang in there!!

[Totie]

Funny you mention fistual...

I dealt with one for 3yrs....and NOT in the ear....or anywhere near my neck...

BOTTOM...

[stella5349]

Wilson's syndrome.

[stella5349]

Intestinal toxcity. You might find some relief and stability working on your intenstines and getting the GI track in order Bruce