Shall I give up on T3?

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Those of you who've read my posts over the last month or so, may have a idea of

what's been going on.

So, having fought for T3 for years, I tried (on the advice of my consultant

endo) first the recommended dose of 60mcgs and no T4. Having felt rough on that

(feeling detached from life, heart palps and surges, emotional etc), I met with

my consultant endo again, and slipped on to 175 T4 and T3 10 in the morning and

10 in the evening - basically breaking one 20mcg pill in half each day.

Now, having taken that prescription for just over a week, as with the T3 only,

it seems to build over that week or so, similar feelings - feeling a bit

strange, heart palps etc etc.

So, you fellow hypo's, do I throw in the towel, do I lose the T3 for good, do I

accept the way I felt on T4 alone and make the best of it?

Yesterday, I had a complete load of blood tests again - as kindly advised by

both Sheila and another kind forum member - all the vitamins, B12, D, potassium,

zinc, magnesium, copper, etc, adrenal function, receptor do dah's, etc etc. I

think however, having had 'normal' tests as recently as May in these areas, and

free T3 quoted as 4.9 on their scale of 4 to 8.3, it seems my levels are all

within range.

So there we go, give up and accept the way I feel on T4, or persist with T4 /T3

mix for a while and see if things level out.

Question to you all too, what SHOULD I be feeling with taking T3 and T4?

Any thoughts?

Matt