I think I need T3 but doc says no way

[Flys4Food]

I have been taking synthroid for about 2 months now after finally being diagnosed. I started on .5 and within a week started feeling better. However...after the third week started feeling run down again. Called the doc and he increased to .75. Started to feel better again and just had my blood retested. I think I need some t3 added to synthroid but doc says all is normal.

Here's the last labs...

TSH 0.89.....started out at 3.5

FT4 1.1....started our at .9     lab range is 0.8-1.8
FT3  319...started out at 319  lab range is 230-420

Although I'm much better I'm still having hypo symptoms; achiness, joint pain, etc.
My morning temp is still under 97 and my pulse still under 60.

However, My family physician, not the endo that is treating me, has wanted to put me on cholesterol meds for about three years. I wouldn't do it! After the synthroid my levels have dropped from 270 to 183 with LDL and HDL doing the same. On the right track but not quite there yet.
So what do you all think...agree with me or the doc about the t3?

Thanks

[TamraW]

I have no idea why my computer posted so many times. It just went haywire.

Sorry.
:) Tamra

[TamraW]

This is a wonderful discussion with so many informed members!!!

Flys4Food, I read that you raised your D to a 50. Are you doing anything else now to maintain your D and your other vitamins? Once you get that D up (50 is still low IMHO) you need to maintain it with supplements.

This could alleviate some of this pain in your joints/muscles. It worked for me!

Take care...
:) Tamra

[TamraW]

This is a wonderful discussion with so many informed members!!!

Flys4Food, I read that you raised your D to a 50. Are you doing anything else now to maintain your D and your other vitamins? Once you get that D up (50 is still low IMHO) you need to maintain it with supplements.

This could alleviate some of this pain in your joints/muscles. It worked for me!

Take care...
:) Tamra

[TamraW]

This is a wonderful discussion with so many informed members!!!

Flys4Food, I read that you raised your D to a 50. Are you doing anything else now to maintain your D and your other vitamins? Once you get that D up (50 is still low IMHO) you need to maintain it with supplements.

This could alleviate some of this pain in your joints/muscles. It worked for me!

Take care...
:) Tamra

[TamraW]

This is a wonderful discussion with so many informed members!!!

Flys4Food, I read that you raised your D to a 50. Are you doing anything else now to maintain your D and your other vitamins? Once you get that D up (50 is still low IMHO) you need to maintain it with supplements.

This could alleviate some of this pain in your joints/muscles. It worked for me!

Take care...
:) Tamra

[Flys4Food]

Hey...long time no talk! Just wanted your, and everone else's input on my new labs.
I'm getting ready to go to Pennsylvania to the hormone restoration doc there.

I have now been on the increased dose of .75 mg. of Levothyroxine for almost three months and, to keep you from reading this long list...I'll give you the labs histories.

        Initially                                  after three weeks                     new lab
TSH   3.26     range  .40-4.50                0.89                                   0.92

FT3    321      range   230-420                319                                   321

FT4    0.9       range   0.8-1.8                  1.1                                    1.1

Sooooo, my TSH has gone down but....my FT4 has only come up a little and my FT3 really hasn't budged!
I started feeling better after about seven days initially and then nose-dived and the dr. increased the dose to .75. Again, I felt better after a few days and then nosed dived.
I'm better than when I started but still have many hypo symptoms including muscle aches and pains, fatigue, and running out of gas in the afternoon, etc. My morning temp has come up to 96.8 ( from 95.8-96.2) and on some days actually makes it to 98.6 by afternoon.
I would like to see my FT4 come up a little bit more and my FT3 moving towards the top of the range...what do you think? What do I need from here. I'm pretty sure this new doc will put me on a NDT...will this take care of the problem? Why the heck won't my FT3 budge...even a little?

I have no hyper symptoms whatsoever.

thanks

Flys4Food