I still have thyroid problems even though my numbers are fine

[tyblossom]

I believe my thyroid is not giving off anything anymore (Hashimoto's). I was told 20 years ago that one side wasn't giving anything and the other was giving very little. My TSH is normal and my T3 is normal with levoxyl and cytomel. I'm still feeling terrible, weight gain, constipation, body aches which is the worst, very dry skin.

Can anything help me? Iodine maybe? I don't know what to do when the medication makes me normal, but I still have all these symptoms.

[AR-10]

It would help you a lot if you started getting copies of your test results.

It might not hurt to ask for tests to see how your adrenal function is.

Vitamin D difficiency is also very common and can be checked with a blood test. Testing for anemia may be worthwhile as well.

[tyblossom]

No I really haven't, I just know that they were in normal limits. I did ask if my doctor could raise my dose and she did and it didn't help at all. I would have thought I would have gotten some type of relief.

[AR-10]

Have you been personally tracking your test results for the last year or two?

There is a big difference between normal thyroid hormone levels and test results that fall "within lab limits".

You can be treated and held in a hypo state for years with test results that fall within lab limit.

Do you know what your latest test results were?