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Latest Test Resultsthyroidstory.mivox.com was started as a simple blog dealing with my new diagnosis of hypothyroidism. Topics include medical information about hypothyroidism, information about hypothyroid medications like levothyroxine (Synthroid) and Armour Thyroid, as well as natural supplements like Thyromine, vincopectine and various vitamins and minerals. The site has now expanded to include discussion forums where other hypothyroid patients can discuss their experiences with hypothyroidism, and share tips for what medications, supplements and weight loss strategies have worked best for them.
I had my 2nd round of blood work taken on Monday with the new doctor. I've been on Armour 135 mg for over 5 weeks now. I was on 90 mg Armour for 2 weeks when he authorized to increase it to 135 (90 in te morning and 45 in the afternoon). I did't have a blood test then as it had only been 2 weeks since my last and I told him I absolutely could not survive another day feeling the way I was. Before going on Armour, these were my test results (having been on 75 mcg of Levothyroxine for 6 months - btw, when I was initially diagnosed with hypothyroidism, my TSH was 7): TSH: 0.436 uIU/mL (range 0.350-5.500 - which he said he personally doesn't go by, he goes by the newer one) He said my body wasn't converting the T4 into the T3 because my T3 should be higher than it was with where my T4 was. That and my high reverse T3 meant I wasn't converting the T4 into T3 correctly). And of course my antibodies were extremely high so I got the hashi's diagnosis. I felt really good for the first 3-4 weeks. But in the last week to week and a half, I noticed my heart rate had been increasing. It may have been since day one I don't know - I only started testing it really when I had this racing heart thing on Thanksgiving where my mom tried to take me to the ER but I refused and it eventually settled down). My resting heart rate before was in the 70s generally. But now it's high 80s and 90s. Some days it's well over 100. When it's that high, I sometimes feel it and it's very uncomfortable (heavy heart beat which I feel all over my body pretty much and out of breath) and other times I'm surprised when I do my random check because I didn't even notice. I do not have any hyper symptoms other than this. Just the heart rate. I'm not anxious, jittery, etc. I'm still fatigued some but not where I used to be. I'm mostly able to do things like go to the grocery store or do your basic household chores without wanting to die. My moods are much higher (though I admit the last few weeks they've been up and down but not extreme amounts like before). In other words, mostly I feel good. But because of the heart rate thing, I expected my test results were not going to be good. TSH: not even showing up First, why are there different ranges than the first test? The test names are slightly different. I just noticed that. Hmmmm... Anyway, obviously, my T3 is way high. My T4 didn't seem to increase in a very huge amount compared to my T3 but I admit to not understanding what all this really means very well. He of course was very concerned about the TSH not showing up. He didn't even mentioned my T3/T4 results in the accompanying message he sent with the labs (they use web accounts to post all this which is really pretty cool - including email). Just that TSH not showing up is bad bad bad and could mean I would be losing calcium? He said I'm to immediately switch to 45 mg in the morning and 45 mg in the afternoon even if I felt good where I'm at. I sent him an email back and said I would make the switch but I was extremely concerned about doing so. I did terribly on 90 mg. I was finally feeling good again (though not perfect) and while I understand why I needed to decrease, that amount was a scary number for me considering how I felt before on it. I was barely getting out of bed (the first 3 days I did well on it and then reverted back to feeling bad for the remaining week and a half before we increased). I had heard of people taking a T4 along with Armour which got rid of their heart rate problems. I asked him if that was something we could consider for me? Looking at my test results, anyone have any advice on this? He wants me to come back in a month and be retested. My plan is to wait a week/two tops and see how I do. If I do horrible on it like I worry I will, then I'm not taking it the full month he wants. But if I'm dealing ok, then I will. But I'm really worried about this. I know my heart rate staying elevated like this is not good but it's weird that none of the other hyper symptoms are presenting themselves if my T3 is so high and no TSH? Can someone help explain this to me a little better about what this means? Jul add new comment | previous forum topic | next forum topic | quote |
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