Please allow me to give you some background...
I am a 50 year old female who was diagnosed with Tall Cell Papillary Thyroid Cancer in 2000. At that time my thyroid gland was completely removed along with neighboring lymph nodes. Two of my parathyroid glands were removed and the other two were presumed to be damaged. My surgery was followed by a RAI treatment.
Since these procedures I have worked with several endo's who have tried to regulate my thyroid hormone replacement meds. Unfortunately, throughout the process I have felt very poorly. I have been researching the various thryoid blood tests, their ranges and the various symptoms that I have been experiencing. But...things just don't seem to be adding up. Below, I am going to list my past blood test results and med dosages for reference. I have been feeling EXTREMELY fatigued, have been suffering from memory loss, feel like I am in a fog most of the time, am having difficulty sleeping, experience severe pain/aching in my legs and sometimes arms and have recently developed a tremor in my arms. My endo has said that my test results are indicating that I am hyper, yet I feel hypo. I have been on a range of dosages of levoxyl over the years...at times high and at times low levels of replacement. I had a RAI full body scan last year and after a clear result, T3 was added to my meds. I did not notice any significant improvement in symptoms as a result. I can't help but feel like I need more medicine, but my endo insists that I need less and continues to drop my dosages...any suggestions on what might be going on? I have also recently seen a neurologist regarding my tremor (endo does not think it is related to thyroid) and he has been unable to find any cause for the tremor, but thought (contrary to my endo's opinion) that it could be low calcium. Any help would be appreciated.
06/2001 - 150 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 7.0, TSH .03, Free T4 1.28, Free T3 ???
11/2001 - 150 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium ??, TSH ??, Free T4 1.44, Free T3 3.50
03/2002 - 150 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 8.3, TSH .03, Free T4 1.69, Free T3 3.20
07/2002 - 175 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 8.5, TSH .01, Free T4 1.96, Free T3 2.90
12/2002 - 175 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 8.3, TSH .13, Free T4 1.62, Free T3 ???
05/2003 - 175 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 8.5, TSH .37, Free T4 1.34, Free T3 ???
12/2003 - 200 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 7.7, TSH .41, Free T4 1.58, Free T3 ???
06/2004 - 200 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 8.1, TSH .32, Free T4 1.50, Free T3 ???
07/2004 - 250 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium ??, TSH .03, Free T4 2.27, Free T3 ???
12/2004 - 250 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 8.3, TSH .03, Free T4 2.06, Free T3 ???
01/2005 - 212 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 8.8, TSH .03, Free T4 1.81, Free T3 ???
04/2005 - 200 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 9.0, TSH .03, Free T4 1.20, Free T3 ???
05/2005 - 200 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 8.4, TSH .06, Free T4 1.27, Free T3 ???
09/2005 - 200 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 9.0, TSH .03, Free T4 1.50, Free T3 ???
11/2005 - 175 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 8.5, TSH .55, Free T4 1.19, Free T3 ???
03/2006 - 175 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 8.5, TSH .05, Free T4 1.64, Free T3 ???
06/2006 - 162.5 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 8.4, TSH .02, Free T4 1.93, Free T3 ???
08/2006 - 150 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 9.0, TSH .01, Free T4 1.70, Free T3 ???
09/2006 - 125 mcg Levoxyl, Calcium 8.3, TSH ..04, Free T4 1.31, Free T3 2.87
12/2006 - 112 mcg Lev/50 mcg Cytomel, Cal 8.2, TSH .02, F T4 1.42, F T3 ???
03/2007 - 112 mcg Lev/50 mcg Cytomel, Cal 8.5, TSH .01, F T4 1.04, F T3 ???
04/2007 - 112 mcg Lev/50 mcg Cytomel, Cal 8.5, TSH .01, F T4 .88, F T3 3.5
05/2007 - 75 mcg Lev/50 mcg Cytomel, Cal 8.8, TSH .01, F T4 .75, F T3 ???
06/2007 - 75 mcg Lev/25 mcg Cytomel, Cal 9.4, TSH .02, F T4 .86, F T3 3.92
Current Dose...75 mcg Levoxyl/12.5 Cytomel
Over the past couple years I have also been taking large doses of Calcium and Rocatrol. In 2005 I was prescribed Prozac (40 mg) for depression and that was increased earlier this year to (60 mg). Last month my doctor suggested I reduce it to 20 mg to see if it had any affect on the tremor symptoms. In May, I also began taking Requip for my leg discomfort, in the hope that it would allow me to get more sleep. This was after the tremor started. I have been prescribed and over the past month or so tried taking Lunesta at night, to help me sleep, but have not found it to be effective either.
At this point, I have no idea what is causing my symptoms. I don't know if it is my meds or another problem. I have had my cortisol levels checked twice and they came back normal. Please...any suggestions you have will be greatly appreciated!