am i expecting too much too soon?

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Hi Val,

I have some questions about my treatment.

Prior to ANY treatment, my labs were:

TSH 5.33 (.47-4.80)

FT4 1.15 (.89-1.76)

FT3 3.01 (2.30-4.20)

Rev. T3 258 (90-350)

Free Cortisol, serum .36 (,20-1.80)

My MAIN symptoms were fatigue, poor appetite, inability to lose weight and body

acne.

I was treated with T4/t3 at 3.25 grains, 20 mg of cortisol, and progesterone

After about 5 months of this treatment and still feeling tired, no appetite,

little weight loss

(despite healthy/lower calorie diet) my blood results were:

TSH .03 (.47-4.80)

FT4 1.65 ( .89-1.76)

FT3 4.07 (2.30-4.20)

Rev. T3 299 (90-350)

Due to my symptoms and high reverse t3, I was switched to straight timed release

t3 at 30

mcg (very good compounding pharmacy that's sent to a lab for quality testing)

and told to

slowly raise every 10 days until I reached 65 mcg. I was also told to lower my

cortisol to

10 mg once I reached 50 mcg of t3.

When I first started 30 mcg t3, I immediately started to notice improvements in

my skin,

appetite and energy. My temps were reaching 98.6. However, once I lowered my

cortisol,

i immediately caught a bad cold and as I raised up to 62 mcg of t3, I got very

tired, acne

came back, dull aches in legs and lower back and hair started falling out again.

So I was told to raise back up to 20 mg of corisol. It's been about 10 days

and my skin

has improved, hair isn't falling out.. though I'm still tired in the mornings

(though not as

tired as I was on 10 mg of cortisol). my temps have dropped back down to 97.8.

I'm going

to take averages this week.

My questions:

1) Do you think I need even more cortisol or less cortisol based on my labs..Was

I pooling?

Or am I expecting too much too soon? I would very much like my energy back and

to lose

15 lbs that won't budge. I've been on just t3 therapy now for 1 month but on 62

mcg for

just 20 days.

2) Is it normal to still feel tired and to not have lost weight yet? (Because i

was on t4/t3 for

5 months, I thought i'd get immediate results once I switched....)

thanks so much for your input!