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Posted 4/27/2018 9:48 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all,

My physician and I suspected I may be overmedicated, and I stopped my medication for two days after gradually cutting the dose in half over the last two weeks. I did my bloodwork on Monday, and here are the results:

TSH 1.390
T3 3.2
Free T4-1.13

All of these seem to be within the norm. When cutting back my meds, I experienced a lot of hot flashes and anxiety, but was very anxious on the full dose.

Does anyone have any insight? Also, awaiting my reverse T3 readings.

Thank you.
Posted 4/28/2018 5:53 PM (GMT 0)
We need ranges, as different testing machines use different ranges for the frees.

Cant go by tsh only, but that said, your where I feel comfortable.

Again, I assure you , suddenly changing thyroid levels can result in hot flashes in both genders.

This is more common in stressed people with affected adrenal issues- this is not noticed by conventional medicine, only natural paths ect. but can be goggled.
Posted 4/28/2018 10:24 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks very much for providing me with this info and reassurance, I really appreciate your help and taking the time to respond to my posts.
Posted 4/28/2018 10:39 PM (GMT 0)
I should also mention that those numbers reflect my levels after cutting my dose in half- I was only on one grain of naturthroid, and cut down to half.
Posted 4/28/2018 10:40 PM (GMT 0)
So my dr told me to stop taking them because I was getting symptoms of overmedication (racing heart, couldn't sit still, feeling overheated, very anxious and jumpy, and based on my bloodwork.
Posted 4/28/2018 10:57 PM (GMT 0)
So the Dr didnt order a blood draw to see your levels when you were feeling hyper? Its good to know your limits on paper. But if you pay for labs, it adds up fast.

Adrenal fatigue can result in anxiety feeling symptoms too, which I've had, so I always like lab tests too.
Posted 4/29/2018 12:05 AM (GMT 0)
She did. Lab range for tsh is 0.720-11.000 and mine is 1.390.
Posted 4/29/2018 12:06 AM (GMT 0)
But I’m having a ton of hyper symptoms. She ordered a complete thyroid panel and only told me to discontinue since I cut back on the dose myself (I know I prob should have waited but seems I was right.) but having a lot of palps, anxiety, brain fog, and hot and cold flashes since stopping the meds.
Posted 4/29/2018 4:21 PM (GMT 0)
Faith,

Maybe your current symptoms are not related to your thyroid at all. I have celiac disease (autoimmine that damages small intestine) and when I was diagnosed I had no GI symptoms. My lab tests are what revealed that I had celiac disease (blood tests and biopsies). The same occurred with my Hashimoto’s. I had an enlarged thyroid and nodules, extremely elevated thyroid antibodies (over 4,000) and an elevated TSH at 10. I had no typical hypo symptoms. Only my doctor feeling my thyroid helped to catch my diagnosis.

Going off hormone replacement should head you into the direction of being hypo, not hyper. Your lab results seem good. Have you had antibodies testing? Your symptoms can be attributed to many autoimmune disorders or other illnesses.

Post Edited (cyclinglady) : 4/29/2018 10:34:34 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 4/29/2018 6:08 PM (GMT 0)
Hello,

Thanks for your reply. I’ve been tested and I do not have any autoimmune issues. I do have postpartum depression and an anxiety disorder all my life, though. I have always had an endoscopy and have been biopsied to test for celiac, but I cut out gluten anyway. I know going off meds would cause hypo symptoms, but I was having hyper related symptoms before stopping the meds. Now I’m experiencing a lot of fatigue and brain fog. Those were my thyroid results after being on the second smallest dose possible of naturthroid, I was previously on 65, which is 1 grain and then cut to half when those results were taken.
Posted 1/23/2019 7:07 PM (GMT 0)
how are you feeling? what medication worked for you?
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