Guest guest Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 That's right Holly. My levels took a big swing from being hyper to hypo in a very short period. Although it was more the FT4 that dramatically decreased rather than the TSH increasing. And after reducing the amount of PTU that I was taking I felt ok for a couple of weeks. I am now starting to feel bad again, very tired, weak and emotional, so I am going in for a blood test tonight. I just start getting my hopes up that I could be stabilizing and then everything starts to go downhill. My doctor has never mentioned whether I am a better candidate for remission so I don't know whether that statement is true or not. I hope it is though. Take care, Katy. TSH Fluctations The test results were a TSH of 43.9!! In a masterpiece of understatement the doctor noted that I seemed to have overshot the mark somewhat. Is such a large swing possible in one month? The Free T4 and Free T3 in Dec / Jan / Feb have been F4: 4.5 / 0.57 /0.36 and the F3: 19.2 /2.2 / 1.7. The TSH receptor antibodies were 106.5 /21.1 / 23.1. I am now on 10 mg a day of Mercazole trying to get the TSH back into the normal range. The doctor did say that it was more likely that I would go into remission with such a quick turnaround than those who took 18 months to 2 years. Is there any anecdotal evidence for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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