Armour dosing??

[mudkme83]

Heres the deal i was on 50 synthroid and 25 twice a day of cytomel. Which i thought was way to much cytomel for them to be giving me. Now i switched back on armour to my old dose of 60mg which they wanted me to take.Thats sounds reasonable for a month until i get my frees and go off that. My question is what they had me on syntheticly a few days ago and for a few weeks was  a value equal to 150mg of armour. Which a person who converts from 250 syntroid is suppose to take. Is just me or was i way overdosed?My original dx was tsh 6.6. I know it doesnt take 250mcg to get me where i need. I hope i didnt loose anybody and someone can hopefully see something way way wrong here. Im pretty sure i dont need to be on 150mg of armour. Thats like a dose for no thyroid isnt it?  

[Smilerdeb]

I have found that sometimes I get both symptoms with hyper and hypo and in the early stages was confused as i could swear I was Hyper when in actual fact bloods showed Hypo.
Anxiety is one of the symptoms I get both ends of the scale.
The only difference now is ....when Hyper I get mouth ulcers and sore throat.
I have no thyroid function as was hypo 5 weeks after RAI in June this year.

[mudkme83]

Ya i posted my t-3 labs on here before that change i dont have them off hand but they were low but not low enough i think to add 50 of cytomel. That was way way to much i just know it. And i feel like the endo is crazy for even doing that. My problem is that i feel so bad sometimes that i call him every two weeks or so and he will change my dosage based on how i feel with i feel labs. I dont think ive been on one steady dose for longer than 6 weeks in 6 months. I feel the alertness and energy of a doage change almost within 3 days but thats about it. The less medication im on the more hyper i feel thats the funny thing.Its like im backwards it makes no sence.thanks for the help.

[laura1967]

What dosage of Armour were you on before? What was happening that your dr took you off armour before? I think a starting dosage of 60mg of armour is a good starting point for about 4 weeks and then test to see where you are at. I have had great luck with increases every 5 weeks so as not to go hyper. The only thing is, it is a slow and careful fix. Taking 25 twice a day of cytomel sounds rediculously high....what did your labs look like while on it?
Regardless of how much Armour you end up on, a starting dose of 60mgs is a good place to start. :) :)  Your doctor needs to give you a few months to adjust before flipping you over to something else....no matter what thyroid med you take, it takes months to regulate. I am a quick fix type person and this is the hardest lesson to learn....it takes a long long time to regulate the thyroid. I had reached optimum level and was feeling great and then BAM......out goes my thyroid again from the hashi's.....now I am feeling like crappola again! Patience is the key........sometimes it is very difficult to accept.