PLEASE HELP ME WITH MY LEVELS!!!!!!!!!!!

[nadine7169]

I just had my levels checked and the results are:     TSH  <0.05 mU/L       (0.20-4.00)
                                                                           FT4    19pmol/L         (15-30)
                                                                           T3      5.1 pmol/L       (2.8-6.8)

I just want to know if these are fine. I am 37yr female,  95kg in weight and 179cm in height. I have recently been more cold than normal, not remembering things, dizzy, very tired and my face, leg and feet are swelling up all the time.  My doctor say's that I need to decrease my thyroxine to 200micograms per day from 250 per day. This might be fine but I feel within myself that I am not getting enough.  I have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and have had since I was 13 years old. And I just feel that something is not right with it all. Thank you, Nadine

[utahmomma]

Thyroid storm is when there is dangerously too little thyroid hormones in the body.

Here's a good link to the signs, symptoms, etc.  If the link doesn't post, I'll try another method to get it to you.

I've been through this once myself and it's horrible (and very, very frightening).  Luckily I got to the ER quickly.

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/thyroid_storm/article_em.htm

[nadine7169]

Hi,  Can you please explain to me what a Thyroid Storm is?  And what I should be looking out for?

[utahmomma]

Your TSH is dangerously low so decreasing your thyroid meds are in order.  Even if you do feel cold and have hypo symptoms you do NOT want to go into thyroid storm which can be life threatening.