Please see Gimel's comments to the August 10th post.
Those points are excellent.
Osteoperosis is a separate process. And is a function of other minerals particularly Calcium and Magnesium. The rate of bone growth or weakening is a function of the metabolism. As the process of growth or decay is at the rate of the metabolism.
As metabolism is speeded up, the other process related to osteo also speeds up.
The question then becomes, to you go Hypo thyroid and feel like crap simply to slow the bone decay, while doing nothing to address the cause of the bone decay? In the extreme if you are barely above death, the bone decay will be extremely slow. But that doesn't seem like a great "solution" to deal with osteo by slowing metabolism, rather than cure the bone decay problem as a separate issue.
And if your t hyroid and metabolism rate are optimized, the reversal of oseto is also optimized. As the rate of repair is also increased. assuming that something is effectively done to cause or help bone growth.
Another consideration. One of the leading causes for bone loss is lack of testosterone EVEN and ESPECIALLY for women. as they have less testosterone than men to begin with. WOmen begin to lose testosterone production by age 40 and is virtually gone by the time they are in menopause. This is why osteo is almost exclusively a female problem. As men have stronger thicker bones to begin with due to higher testosterone when young. So they can "stand" to lose more bone before it becomes a problem. Also men testosterone levels don't really wane until about age 50. So men have more bone to begin with, and their bone loss starts to begin 10 years LATER than women. So many men tend to die before osteo is a problem. Women are NOT so lucky.
Testosterone is needed to essentially "push" the minerals into the bone to help build bone in women.
Interestingly, ESTROGEN, specifically Estradiol in proper balance is needed for MEN to keep bones healthy. If Estridiol gets too low in men, they will start the osteoperosis process.
It shows that ALL hormones in the proper balance is critical for both men and women. What the levels and balance are for men and women are certainly diiferent. But we cannot think of estogen as ONLY being female, and Testosterone as ONLY being male. We each REQUIRE the proper balance for each gender in order to remain healthy.
I would recommend a book related to female hormone and testosterone. The book also discusses thyroid and all the other hormones.
The book is titled: "The secret Female Hormone". It is written by Dr. Kathy Maupin and Bret Newcomb. They also recently came out with a book for men related to testosterone called: "Got Testosterone". by the same two authors.
Just my thoughts.
Sounds like your dose was giving you adequate levels of Free T4 and Free T3. It is too bad that your doctor doesn't understand that a suppressed TSH when taking a significant dose of replacement thyroid medication does not mean thyrotoxicosis. Our bodies are used to a continuous low flow of thyroid hormone in the natural state. It is not the dosage, but taking it all in one or two doses that causes the suppression of TSH. This has been proved in scientific studies. Just logically, why would a suppressed TSH be considered as hyperthyroidism when you didn't have hyper symptoms, and your FT4 and FT3 were not even at the top of their ranges?
If you think there is any chance of convincing your doctor to change his mind and let you go back to the old dose, I will be happy to dig up some links to studies that conclude that a suppressed TSH in cases like yours is not something to be concerned about. If there is no possibility the doc will change his mind, then you will need to find a good thyroid doctor that will treat clinically, by adjusting FT4 and FT3 levels as needed to relieve symptoms, rather than just based on TSH.
Hi friend after TT, I've learned that TSH is irrelevant. I've had TSH range from .1 -28.8 and felt perfectly fine. Many factors can cause TSH to go wacky in my case infections. Infections causes my TSH to fluctuate like a yoyo.
My suggestion is do not trust TSH only physicians. A few years ago, one nearly killed me trying to medicate TSH. Long story short, my TSH was 28 something, dose was 162 Levo, he increased my dose to 275 Levo over a few month span, trying to reduce TSH. TSH stayed the same, the entire time. Only I ended up in the ER with horrid symptoms beyond belief. Shaking, jitters, chest pains.........
As for high cholesterol GNC omega 3 fish oil does wonders. I had severe high triglyceride after TT, took 6000 mg per day, till my hormone labs optimized. Cholesterol returned to normal, I stopped taking Omega 3, cholesterol stable in normal range.
Wish you well on your journey.
My cholesterol has risen due to toxic mould exposure. Toxic mould is causing serious inflammation. Soooo bad. *cries* Standard inflammatory tests CRP and ESR do not show this either. There are specific tests for mould. But anyway, in general, cholesterol rises to protect the body from harm. However, with hypothyroidism cholesterol rises due to slower metabolism affecting liver function.
Not sure why my answer showed in the wrong place. Following is a repeat.
Your liver tests may be related to still being hypothyroid. Note the following.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15758563
"Significant changes in the levels of inflammation
markers such as ESR, CRP, PCT, and MPV
in autoimmune, non-autoimmune, hypothyroid
and hyperthyroid disorders confirm the role of
inflammation in the pathogenesis of thyroid
dysfunctions regardless of thyroid dysfunction
type."
Also, there is lots of info such as the following, about hypothyroidism showing up as high cholesterol.
https://www.healthline.com/health/thyroid-issues-and-cholesterol
Joint aches and pains can also be associated with hypothyroidism.
Your liver tests may be related to still being hypothyroid. Note the following.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15758563
"Significant changes in the levels of inflammation
markers such as ESR, CRP, PCT, and MPV
in autoimmune, non-autoimmune, hypothyroid
and hyperthyroid disorders confirm the role of
inflammation in the pathogenesis of thyroid
dysfunctions regardless of thyroid dysfunction
type."
Also, there is lots of info such as the following, about hypothyroidism showing up as high cholesterol.
https://www.healthline.com/health/thyroid-issues-and-cholesterol
Joint aches and pains can also be associated with hypothyroidism.
Have you considered seeing one of the doctors I listed for you previously? If that is the only way you are going to get an increase, then you need to go see one of those.
What was the liver test result you mentioned, along with reference range?
What about your Vitamin D and ferritin?
There is no need to be concerned about the TSH. In the untreated state our bodies are used to a continuous low flow of thyroid hormone. When you take your entire day's thyroid medication in only one or two doses it tends to suppress TSH for most of the day. This has been verified by scientific studies. So a suppressed TSH when taking significant doses of thyroid med does not mean you have become hyperthyroid, unless there are hyper symptoms due to excessive levels of Free T4 and Free T3, which you do not have.
Regarding the amount of replacement thyroid hormone needed daily, everyone is different and may need different dosages. The objective of course is to relieve hypo symptoms. Just as an example of the dosage needed, the average euthyroid person's thyroid gland produces 94-110 mcg of T4 and 10-22 mcg of T3 daily. This is approximately the equivalent of 2-3 grains (120-180 mg) of desiccated thyroid med like Armour. Further, when taking thyroid med orally, only about 80% is absorbed. so that means that a full daily replacement amount would be 2.5-3.75 grains (150-225 mg). Your daily dose of 2.0 grains of Armour is less than those amounts, and clearly not adequate to relieve your hypo symptoms. So you need an increase in dosage.
Further, it is very important that you get your Vitamin D to at least 50 and your ferritin at least 100. Are you supplementing for those?
Also, are you still seeing the same doctor? If so, is the doctor going to be willing to increase your dosage? IF not you need another doctor that will treat clinically, rather than just based on lab tests.