: The Third Time's a Charm

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________________________________________________________________________HI Tammy

It's a big list, with lots of emails... don't take it personally, and good for persevering!

My opinion is that you need more replacement hormone.. The TSH is not a very reliable indicator, in my experience. The Free t4 and free t3 will tell you more about what is going on in your body.

Your free t4 is very low. Of course the doctors will say normal, because it is in the normal range.. but it is low-normal. There is plenty of room to manuver and add more.

You might want to try natural thyroid, or add some t3 (cytomel) it has worked wonders for me. I finally have more energy and my brain back, most days anyway.

It would be good if you can find a doctor who will pay attention to your symptoms, and listen to how you are feeling.. keep trying, it is possible.. and maybe you just need more information, to walk into your doctors office with and say, hey! I still don't feel ok, and I see from this blood test that I CAN increase my thyroid pills.. let's just give it a try!

Good luck,

Nan

Message 10 From: "Tammy Wolfgram" tammy@... Date: Fri May 5, 2006 9:44pm(PDT) Subject> TSH .45 0.49-4.67> FT4 0.8 0.71-1.85>

> So, the TSH is low, but not low enough, to my way of thinking. And> should FT4 be higher, too? This doctor lowered my dose from 100> mcg to 88 mcg some months ago, saying that my numbers were too> low. Now I realize that she must have been referring to TSH and that> it was not likely to be too low in my case.>> I'm still waiting on the results from doctor number 2's office.>> Tammy