Hello and welcome! We’re fellow patients here, not doctors, so we’re not allowed to interpret lab results. I would really encourage you to get a hard copy of your labs, so you can see where your levels are compared to the lab’s “normal” reference ranges – and keep track of them over time. Different labs can use different “normal” ranges, so the actual numbers are only useful in the context of your specific lab’s range. Are your levels right in the middle? At the upper end? The lower end? And where are you compared to your last set of labs? This is the kind of information that can be useful over time. In general, for a patient who is hyperthyroid, you want to see T3 and T4 decreasing towards the normal range and TSH increasing towards the normal range. (Although the TSH can take longer to respond than the T3/T4, so the TSH level is *not* a good benchmark for making dosing decisions). Hopefully, you have a follow up visit with your doctor to go over these results and get some additional direction on next steps.
Take care – and please check back to let us know how you are doing!
