Help Please I'm so frustrated! Sorry long!!

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I am fairly new to desiccated thyroid, I just started taking it the end of

October. In the beginning of October I started feeling miserable. I started

reading all I could from the stop the thyroid madness website. I suspected my

symptoms were a combination of the start of menopause and being on T4 only

drugs. I was on Synthroid for over 15 years. I didn't know what to address

first, my thyroid problem or my menopause symptoms. I found a Dr. and asked to

be put on natural thyroid meds.

I was put on 1 grain and then raised to 1 1/2 grains after 2 weeks. I just

raised to 2 grains 2 weeks ago. I am taking Erfa. I had a saliva test at the

same time and found out I am in stage 2 of adrenal fatigue. I am taking

liquorice, ashwanda and rhidola. I also learned my ferritin was low (35) so I

started supplimenting iron. In the beginning of December I was feeling the best

I have felt in a long time on 1 1/2grain. Right before the holidays I started to

feel hypo symptoms again. Achy and fatigued all the time. I attributed it to

lots going on during the holidays. I

raised again to 2 grains, 1 grain AM and 1 grain PM. I had a blood draw last

week. The last two days I have felt terrible. My knees and the muscles in the

back of my legs ache so bad. I started

taking an extra 1/2 grain, even though I hadn't seen my labs. I just felt so bad

and the extra 1/2 grain did take the aches away.

My Dr. is concerned about my high antibodies. I have Hashis. I told her I was

taking the 2 grains and still felt really bad. I didn't tell her about the extra

1/2 grain I took the last 2 days. She said she didn't want to raise me too much

because of the high T3 She raised me 1/4 grain and will retest

me in a few weeks. She said my reverse t3 is good! Can you believe that!! Since

last night I have been reading about reverse T3 and now I think I have this

issue also. Believe it or not she is the only Dr. that will prescribe natural

thyriod in this area. She does listen to me but I have to be my own health

advocate. ly I don't know how much more I can deal with. I just want to

feel better. My menopause symptoms are driving me crazy, and I am not sure whats

thyroid and whats menopause symptoms. The Dr. suggested I try bioidentical

hormones. A low dose of estrodol and progesterone cream. I was going to try the

hormones because at least that will help me feel better but now I am afraid to

start something else that might cause more thyroid issues. What do you think? I

am concerned about the possible Rt3 issue and my low ferritin. I feel like I

just found out about natural thyroid and the thought of having to stop it and go

on just T3 is really scaring me! Here are my recent labs. Please help because I

am so nervous and don't know what I should do. I just want to feel better! I

need someone to help me.

Should I go back down to 1 1/2 grains? Do you think I could have always had a

RT3 issue and didn't know because I was never tested for it, or is this new? I

have never had high T3 or High T4 at any time. Should I start the hormone

therapy? I am taking 200 selenium can I increase to 400 because of high

antibodies. Sorry, I have so many questions...

Here are my labs. I was taking 2 grains and I did not take my thyroid meds the

day of the blood draw.

Free T4 1.41 0.82-1.77

Free T3 5.4 2.0-4.4 high

Reverse T3 302 90-350

Ferritin 45 (up from 35) 10-291

Vitamin D 67 (up from 25)

Antithyroglobulin Ab 115 0-40 high

Estradiol 14.5 <6.0-54.7

Vitamin B12 354 211-911

progesterone 0.6 0.1- 0.8

Estrogens total 60 <40

Vicki