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Should I bother with meds with tsh at 7.17?

Hi medhelp! I hope i can keep this simple, I'm taking 5mcg of cytomel twice a day and have been for about a week due to a blood test showing my tsh at 7.17 and t4 at 1.17 (mid range) unfortunately t3 wasn't tested this time. and it's kind of making my heart palpitate more often (something I'm used to at this point but the t3 definitely makes this more noticeable and I'd sooner break both my legs then go through adrenal fatigue again -_-)
it's hard to say symptom wise because I'm primarily being treated for lyme and candida so symptoms don't really mean anything anymore in a sense, any limb and any function is fair game to be either hurting,burning,tingling, tiring. heart wrenching, sleep depriving, stress inducing, etc.
So is it worth taking the cytomel because of the raised tsh, even with the possibility that my t3 is at optimal levels (maybe answering my own question here?)
I asked my doctor but.............................................................. <- that's pretty much how our visits go
thanks!

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Are you taking any t4 with the t3? If not, why just t3? Your range is really high. Definitely need meds!!
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T3 only treatment is unusual and is almost only done with very good reasons and lab work to indicate that is a proper course of treatment.

Also going from zero T3 to a total of 10 mcg of T3 is a pretty big jump and it would not be too uncommon for a person to have a reaction to such a relatively large dose.

talk to your Dr. But since T3 is fast acting.  As in it is used up in hours.   I would be inclined to stop taking the T3 for a couple of days.  Then I would start back with only half the dosage.

But I would recommend the better course of action may be to stop completely, wait a few days and make sure you get a new blood test and be positively sure to get BOTH the Free T4 AND the Free T3 tests done.

Then you will have a baseline to work from and determine if T3 only is the best approach.

Just my opinion and you have to work this out with your Dr.
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Giving you T3 without testing it first is a little like prescribing insulin for someone without testing their blood sugar.  As you said, your symptoms could be coming from any of your diagnosed issues, which makes lab work even more crucial.  

What's the reference range on your FT4?  Ranges vary lab to lab, so they have to come from your own lab report.
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