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Quick backround. I was diagnosed with graves 9/’11, had RAI 10/’11, went hypo 1/’12, started 100 mcg levothyroxine 1/’12.
labs done Feb ’12 TSH .7 Free T4 1.3
labs done Apr ’12 TSH .5 Free T4 1.2These results are within normal ranges and my Dr. is happy. My energy level is OK but not normal. My issues are : hair loss (I’ve been losing hair since mid-March) and am completely unable to lose weight. It’s not a huge amount but it’s been very frustrating as I’ve been exercising about 4/5 times a week and have been very careful about what I eat since I started meds in January. I’ve always been careful about my weight and with the way I’m eating now I should definitely be losing weight and I just can’t. I know something’s not right and I feel like my medication needs to be tweaked but I don’t even know what to ask for.
My TSH is low normal (would imply hyper) and Free T4 is in the middle of the normal range. My symptoms to me seem hypo? I do plan to ask why she’s not getting a Free T3.
Any advice? Should I try a new med? Different dose? I really don’t know what to do but I need to have a plan before my appointment as I know my Dr will be reluctant to change anything given my normal labs.
Hair and nails are considered “frills” by the body. They are the first things denied nutrients when we fall ill, and the last things to be replenished once the body heals. (This info from my dermatologist.)
Just because you have hit normal levels of thyroid hormone, it does not mean that your body considers things to be completely normal yet. Your body needs to heal. That can take many more months AT normal levels of hormone than you have experienced. My GP — when I was first treated for Graves — told me that based on her experience with patients nine months AT normal levels of hormone — on average– were needed before the patients started to truly feel normal.
Try thinking of hyperthyroidism being hurricane winds hitting a town. Just because the winds are gone, the town needs time to rebuild before things are truly “normal” again.
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