Hi and thank you all. Yes I FINALLY found an endo who understands to check free t4 and t3. I read a lot early on in this and every time I went it was still a fight to get the right labs ordered So I am glad to have found an endocrine dr who knows more about thyroid.
I’m forever trying to get off the caffeine and cut way back when I was hyper lol but it seemed to be a good strategy to keep me awake today while I am still hypo. my exercise heart rate (pre caffeine) was back to more reasonable rate so think the dosage shift is already helping. I also slept way more than usual past 3 days and made it all day today with no nap. Yeay.
I’m so happy to see others who have to do the changes gradually…I increased in 2.5 mg increments so it makes sense I might should decrease at those increments as well BUT I am probably more inclined to hurry it up on way down because I hate feeling hypo more than I hate the transition misery.
I’m planning to ask my endo at next appt why the transition is so hard. I’m sure the hormone shift when already feeling off makes sense but seems like maybe they have some ideas to make it better that don’t involve hiding from my family lol. I do think it is a good idea to warn people. I did that a lot when I was hyper so probably good to also do now.
Thank you
