TSH increase after starting Ioderol - updated

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Hi All -

I have been on 60 mg armour and my TSH decreased from 13.36 to 3.5

My Free T4 is the same at .7 The range has .7 as the low level.

I don't remember Free T3, although I do remember it is on the lower 1/2 of the

normal scale.

I am taking 37.5 mg ioderol. I'll be increasing to 50 mg ioderol.

While I am somewhat relieved my TSH has decreased about 10 points, I'm wondering

if anyone has any idea why my free T4 did not change at all and still remains

quite low?

Thank you.

Cheryl

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> > What are your free T3 and Free T4 levels. It is normal to have a TSH as

high as 75 for up to 6 mos w/o clinical signs and normal Free's.

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> > TSH increase after starting Ioderol

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> > Hi all -

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> > I know this has been a topic lately. I thought I'd post my recent personal

results.

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> > My TSH in January was 2.9. I started with 12.5 mg Ioderal Feb through

March 25th, then increased to 25 mg Ioderal.

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> > I have no detox symptoms with this dosage.

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> > My TSH 2 1/2 months later increased to 13.36.

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> > My natural-minded M.D. wants to have me start Armour immediately. He is

unsure what to recommend regarding Ioderol.

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> > My question - is this kind of increase normal for starting Ioderal?

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> > I added Ioderal in August/September 2008 with no measurable increase in

TSH. I stopped when I was six weeks pregnant, not understanding what Ioderal was

nor if it was safe for pregnancy.

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> > On the positive side, I had thyroid antibodies > 400 in January, I used my

Young Living incense oil topically and in April thyroid antibodies were 11.

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> > My thyroid nodule is noticably larger. Would taking ioderol also increase

thyroid nodule size? I thought I used it in 2008 to decrease it's size. Maybe

the nodule decreased on its own once I was pregnant?

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> > Thank you for observations and opinions.

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