labs "normal" still feel awful.

[kspitzke]

Hx:  TT as of 2/4 RAI 131 103mci dose 2/24 TSH 68 on LID.  After RAI labs now "normal" now but not low enough for post Cancer patient.  Currnet dose of levothyroxine is .10 low but everytime we increase my heart races.  Prior TT ADD diagnosis a year ago successfully took ritalin and prozac for about one year no problems.  Dr. took me of Ritalin cold turkey buceasue they said they didnt know what was causing my elevated heart rate and anxiety.  Heart rate is now better but still have a ton of problems.
insomnia pre and post TT
Post TT problems getting worse
nasuae, headaches mainly in the am, extreme times of energy, confusion, brain processing foggy, weight loss pre RAI 131 gain post RAI, puffy eyes, hands, feet, extreme emotions, cough, dryheave, shakes/tremors mainly right hand, hightened awarness of senses smell, sound, vision, aggitation, restless, overall feeling of crappy
last labs
T3 uptake 36.6     range 23.4-42.7
TSH             2.74  range  0.45-4.50
T4 Free          1.6  range 0.8-1.7
cortisol AM   12.4 rnage 4.0-22.0
Thyroglobulin antibodies <20   range <41
Thyroglobulin                          4  rage <56
Any ideas????
Enod says do nothing for a month recheck labs and try to increase levothyroxine,  if im having symptoms they should not be from thyroid to go see my PCP.
I just wanna feel better:)

[Smilerdeb]

Have you tried 125mcg dose?
And also was your FREE T3 done?
This may be high and may be causing the heart palps.
T3 uptake isnt the Free T3...this is what you really need to go by for dosage.

[kspitzke]

Yes cancer patient and yes we know my tsh needs to be lower, but when we started dose my heart rate would go high starting dose 150mcg levothyroxine.  lowered to 100mcg becasue elevated heart rate, tried to increase to 150mcg couple weeks later same thing happened so lowered to 100mcg.  

[MANmom]

Your TSH is still high, as a cancer patient, my doctor wants to keep mine at .01 or less.  Are you a cancer patient?  If you are, you have no thyroid, so you don't want to produce thyroid stimulating hormone.  After 6 months, I am in the .04 range, he wants to keep me there until after my thyroglobulin test in June.  I feel pretty good, though.  When you have increased the dose, how much did they increase?  I am on .1875 mcg. of Levothyroixin.