TSH spike

[danie17075rm]

     Some of you may remember me.  I posted last year about a multi-nodular goiter.  I still have a large goiter with nodules, but the nodules are not large enough to biopsy so they are just monitoring it with ultrasound.  I originally became very tired, with my hair falling out and heart palpitations.  At this point my TSH was around 4.  My endo put me on synthroid, the lowest dose and I started to feel great.  He thought I may benefit from Armor and switched me to that instead (as my TSH was not that high).  Now a year later, I started one grain of Armor 15 mg a day.  I went today to get my blood results and my TSH jumped to 17.198 in one month.  He now has me on 30 mg and I have to go back in a month.  I did get extremely tired in the last month with a lot of muscle aches.  I've also had shortness of breath and heart palpiations again, but he told me that I would get them from being hyper not hypo, so its not related.  I mean, I'm not a doctor, but I really think my heart palpitations are related to my TSH being high.  It always happens this way.  Has anyone had such a fast spike in TSH while starting Armor?  I mean this is higher than its ever been.  Also, can you get heart palps with a high TSH?  I've also been on a diet for practically the last year and I CANNOT lose weight.  It's driving me nuts.  I know people have mixed results with this, but I can't lose anything, sigh =(.  I guess this is just life long battle to feel normal.

Thanks everyone,

Danielle

[stella5349]

One grain of Armour is 60mg - not 15mg.

You are under treated in medication.

I would ask your doctor to get you up to an increase in total of about 90 mg.

Your on too little of meds to split your dosage now.

This is what should happen.

Get on the increase to 1 grain first (60mg)

In the mornign take 30 mg and by 11 take the other - two weeks - test.  Then increase another 30mg and take that increase at 1 - ro 2 pm.

You TSH should go down and your Free T3 should raise

I'd like to see your Free T3 level now. You may be pooling the Ft3 right now and that is why your TSh is spiked.

Your symptoms should fade in two weeks after each increase and your energy should raise immediately - within 48 hrs.

[peggy64]

I know you can have heart palps from hyo as well as hyper. I want an endo that has an interest in thyroid issues. Does anyone know of one?

[ChitChatNine]

I'm going to see if some Armour patients may be able to help you...

WELCOME BACK!!!!