Guest guest Posted September 4, 2010 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 Hi everyone! I'm so glad to be here and would appreciate any input to my situation. I have no health insurance, single mom, I've been going to a nurse practitioner because he is cheap and was on the Armour site as a prescringing doc. Well, he's not all he's made out to be. He has me on Levothyroxine. It was at 112mcg...I went to the ER 2 weeks ago with a heartrate of 38bpm steady for 2 days and extremely high blood pressure. After a bunch of tests, they said it has to be my thyroid, not my heart. They got the results back and of course with my luck... " within range " . GRRRR!!!! Not only did the NP not do any Free T3 tests, I had to bring the results from the hospital to him,since he only does T3 uptake,TSH,Free T4. I feel worse than when i started with meds at all. I feel horrible! I have no appetite, I have to give myself a pep talk for 20 mins before I can even get out of bed, my feet get sooo cold that they turn purple,I have huge, horrible mood swings, but my biggest complaint of all is my brain fog. I constantly feel like I am in a cloud...a big, dark, foggy cloud. I am POSITIVE that I need T3 in my life. Everyone I talk to agrees with me. I go back to NP, and he ups my T4 meds! He then upped it to 125mcg for 2 weeks, then to 137mcg the next 2 weeks... doesn't it take 6 wks for the meds to really take effect anyway? I need a Houston doctor who will listen to me and how i feel. I need someone who doesn't just care about " in range " but cares about optimal points in the range. I have limited money, no insurance, so I really need to get it right the first time by finding a good doc. Any help? Please?! This has been ruining my life for far too long, and the answer is so close I can taste it, it's just unobtainable. Here are my lab results in case there's any input: Most recent from hospital 3 weeks ago: T3 Free,serum Results:2.6 Range 2.0-4.4 Free T4 results: 1.24 Range: 0.78-2.19 TSH Results: 2.62 Range: 0.47-4.68 May 18,2010 T-3 uptake 31 pg/mL range:30-35 T-4 (thyroxine) Total 7.9 mg/dL range:10-12 Free T-4 Index 2.4 NG/dL range:3.5-4.0 TSH 2.38 micro IU/ml range:0.4-3.0 Thanks! D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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