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Hello all, I am the new kid on the block! Wow! what a load of

information to be had here, it all looks so overwhelming I don't know

where to start!

Maybe I should kick off by explaining I was newly diagnosed with

hypothyroidism back in February after countless GP visits wondering

what on earth was wrong with me. I have been on 25mcg of levothyroxine

for 9 months and I've just been told to increase my dose to 50mcg for a

2 months trial. My TSH result has now changed from 6.61 to 0.8 mu/L and

the FT4 result has changed from 11 to 13 pmol/L. I thought these new

readings were within normal parameters so I cannot understand the need

for an increase in dosage. Am I right to be concerned that my body will

become reliant on this higher dose and there will be no way back?