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Hypo to Hyper
My thyroid is really giving me trouble. I noticed in the last two years my eyebrows have thined :( Is this because my thryroid is bouncing from hypo to hyer. I was on 200mg of synroid (sp). Now I am at 175mg to lower the hyperthyroid, TSH level was .011. Granted I have lost 20lbs, but I want my eyebrows back. My hair has also stopped growing :( Still thick but now little growth. What to do???
They just took blood yesterday. One they call I will post them. Not sure if they tested the free T4 and Free T3 on this one. I go to regular Dr., they tend to only check TSH.
In other words, once on thyroid medication TSH can be in hyperthyroid range but you aren't hyperthyroid. If you are showing clear hyperthyroid symptoms that is another matter. If your doctor has dropped your medication based on the TSH alone, then you can be undertreated. Do you have your lab results?
"Once on hormone replacement, the TSH remains useful until it goes BELOW 0.4. Then one has optimized thyroid function by the TSH yardstick; it then remains to optimize thyroid function by the yardstick of the accurate measures of the 2 thyroid hormones, the Free T4 and Free T3 levels." - Dr Mercola - Optimum Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothyroidism With Free T3 and Free T4 Levels.
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