i so hear you and feel your pain. i guess the answer is to keep shopping until we find the right dr. my dr doesnt know much about t3 meds but she is open minded and so i like her. she ordered the ft3 because i asked her to, she ordered the t3 because i asked her to- so i feel like im driving my own case which is good and bad. i hope this new dr can help you. let us know how you make out with it.
I actually am seeing a new doc in a couple weeks. This will be the 6th doctor I've seen in less than a year. I've lost all hope in the medical profession. They all are TSH obsessed and because we don't look sick, they're afraid to give us more meds. It's not like we're asking for heroin. You wouldn't give a heart transplant patient only half a heart, so why are these docs only giving us half a thyroid by keeping us on low doses??
i think im at the point to say that if the doc doesn t increase your med start looking for another doc... i think we are all so over these under educated non enlightened arrogant doctors.there is a list of good docs on mary's site. GOD SPEED
My symptoms are all very hypo, I feel like crap and I'm having a hard time breathing. I know I need to be on a higher dose and to ignore the TSH, but how do you convince these docs of that? I can only take what they're willing to prescribe for me.
My doc took me off thyroid meds for two weeks to see if my thyroid problems were pituitary related. I've read when you're on dessicated thyroid, you should slowly increase every two weeks. I think it works differently than Synthroid, which does need 4-6 weeks to be absorbed.
hi,
ignore the TSH.
You need an increase in dessicated to get the FT3 yo and i would also add in T4 med. Keep adjusting to get both FT3 and FT4 levels to mid range or higher.
Testing every week is too frequent for your levels to stabilise. I'd increase the dessicated one more time (maybe to 120) and then test in another 4 - 6 weeks. At that time increase the dessicated or add in a t4 med only, if required) depending on where your results are.
i don t know as much as the others and hope they will respond but i wonder how do you feel? to me, it looks like your frees and too low and you tsh seems a little high. it seems like maybe you re undermedicated but like i said i don t know that much. do you have symptoms? i know that when i switched from brand to generic i had a big transition time and it was very difficult. maybe thats what this is?? maybe our bodies get comfortable with one type of med and when we change it rocks the boat. why did you stop meds for two weeks. maybe your body is trying to catch up?