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Hashimotos with no relief

Hi everyone! This is my first time posting on this board. I have been soooo frustrated with my doctors that maybe someone here has gone through a similar experience and found something that worked for them and can help me out. I am a 26 year old female and I got diagnosed with hypothyroidism 2 and a half years ago after completing six months of interferon treatment for hepatitis c (the treatment attacked my thyroid causing it to go hypo apparently). My first blood test came back with a TSH reading of 155 on a scale of 0.5-150. It was off the charts and needless to say I was quite exhausted, yet relieved. I was put on synthroid 50mcg and eventually worked my way up to 112mcg for a while and my tsh was suppressed to around a 3.0 for a year but I was still exhausted all of the time and my hair was falling out non stop. I gained about 20 pounds and was exercising at least 4 times a week. I finally got my doctor to switch me to armor and that made me feel better for about a month. I ended up going from 60mg armor all the way up to 180mg armor and when I was still tired all of the time my dr tested for antibodies and I got the diagnosis of Hashimotos. The armor stopped working and my tsh went hypo again and I got a reading of 7.4 and was just dead tired and my doctor put me back onto synthroid 175mcg. I was still having constant fatigue (it has neverrrrr gone away) and my t4 was crazy high and t3 was low so we added 12.5 cytomel. for the last 4 months my tsh has been super low (0.02-0.03) and my t3 and t4 are both on the high end of normal range, yet i still feel exhausted. I went to the doctor to get my levels checked last week because I was concerned about how fatigued I was as I could not make it past 1 pm in the day without napping in my car. I have a full time job and am in school full time and the fatigue is not manageable. I am sleeping at LEAST 8 hours a night and still tired. I drink one cup of coffee in the morning and that is it. My doctor has no idea what to do with me and i don't either. When my last lab result came back with my tsh so low he suggested I reduce my synthroid which terrifies me and I don't think I'm willing to do that. My labs suggest I am "hyper" yet I feel all hypo symptoms. I have also had a low grade fever (99.5-100.0) every day for the last year, yet no infection nothing. HELP!!!!
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Having no flags on test results does not mean all is okay.  The ranges are far too broad to be functional across their entire breadth.  What were the actual test results?  
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Those were both for free t3 and free t4. Ive had several comprehensive metabolic panels run, along with vitamin nutrient panels and have had no flags anywhere. I "should" be feeling fine, if not super energetic and losing weight easily per my hyper swing yet I am experiencing none of that.
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Were those tests for Total T3 and T4 or Free T3 and T4?  Also have you been tested for Vitamin D, B12 and ferritin?  If so, please post those results.
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