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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
thyroid protocol/med adjustment
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<blockquote data-quote="munch520" data-source="post: 66767" data-attributes="member: 14384"><p>Hey guys, back with an update for ya after seeing new endo (Dr. Ravi Dhawale) and adjusting thyroid protocol, sorry I didn't post comprehensive labs but iron, ferritin, etc. are all good and in range. Sorry to duplicate, this was in an old thread but I thought it'd be better as a new topic.</p><p></p><p>PRE-TREATMENT (Sept 2016)</p><p>TPO/Thyroid Peroxidase: 220 IU/mL (0-34 IU/mL)</p><p>TSH: 7.89ulU/mL (.450-4.5 ulU/mL)</p><p>T3 free: 3.6 pg/ml (2.0-4.4 pg/mL)</p><p>T4 free: 1.21 ng/ml(0.82-1.77 ng/ml)</p><p>rT3: 18.9 ng/dL (9.2-24.1 ng/dL)</p><p>TSH index: 8.05 (HAP) [1.3 - 4.1] (PI)</p><p></p><p></p><p>After trying 65mg NDT, then 97.5mg NDT, then 100mcg synthroid </p><p>FT4: 1.24 (0.82-1.77 ng/ml) no change</p><p>FT3: 3.1 (2.0-4.4 pg/mL) went down?!</p><p>TSH: 2.78 (doc also found 2012 labs and my TSH was around 5.57 then, I may have had this issue for a while) </p><p></p><p></p><p>felt awful on meds and QUIT all thyroid support 12/23</p><p>Cortisol normal on 1/11/17</p><p></p><p>labs from 1/20/17:</p><p>TPO: 205 IU/mL (0-34 IU/mL)</p><p>TSH: 7.89 MIU/mL (.50-6.00 MIU/mL) [note reference ranges changed]</p><p>T3 Free: 286 pg/dL(200-490 pg/mL) [note reference ranges changed]</p><p>T4 Free: 1.2 ng/ml(0.7-1.8ng/ml)</p><p></p><p>At this point was feeling pretty good, sleeping well a little tired but back to almost feeling 'great'. The endo thought I was WAY overmedicated before, and started me on only 25mcg of Synthroid. Here's labs after 6 weeks of that</p><p></p><p>TSH: 3.59 MIU/mL (.50-6.00 MIU/mL)</p><p>T4 Free: 1.2 ng/ml(0.7-1.8ng/ml)</p><p></p><p>I felt great when those labs were taken, a little tired in evenings but who isn't (we have 2 young kids too). So it's curious to me that both doses suppressed the TSH well and pretty quickly, seems that I am both super sensitive to the meds and maybe don't require much or need to be titrated up very slowly to tolerate the meds well.</p><p></p><p>This hypothesis was contributed to by their suggesting a double dose (50mcg) of Synthroid 1x/week to try to tweak dosage up a bit. Unfortunately 3 days after doing that, I was back to the same side effects (albeit not as bad as when I was on 100mcg) persistent fever, panic, insomnia, etc. Those are still persisting right now, I don't know why such a small adjustment would create these issues!</p><p></p><p>So I'm now not taking the meds for a couple days then restarting 25mcg and staying there, will retest in late April to see if TSH has been further suppressed/see how I feel. </p><p></p><p>What do you guys think of this protocol? I've tried both NDT (WP Thyroid) and Synthroid and the Synthroid seems to agree with me best, and at low doses. Am I correct in my assumption that I must need a much lower dose, as I felt better on the 25mcg and my numbers came back almost the exact same (as when I was on 4x that dose)?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="munch520, post: 66767, member: 14384"] Hey guys, back with an update for ya after seeing new endo (Dr. Ravi Dhawale) and adjusting thyroid protocol, sorry I didn't post comprehensive labs but iron, ferritin, etc. are all good and in range. Sorry to duplicate, this was in an old thread but I thought it'd be better as a new topic. PRE-TREATMENT (Sept 2016) TPO/Thyroid Peroxidase: 220 IU/mL (0-34 IU/mL) TSH: 7.89ulU/mL (.450-4.5 ulU/mL) T3 free: 3.6 pg/ml (2.0-4.4 pg/mL) T4 free: 1.21 ng/ml(0.82-1.77 ng/ml) rT3: 18.9 ng/dL (9.2-24.1 ng/dL) TSH index: 8.05 (HAP) [1.3 - 4.1] (PI) After trying 65mg NDT, then 97.5mg NDT, then 100mcg synthroid FT4: 1.24 (0.82-1.77 ng/ml) no change FT3: 3.1 (2.0-4.4 pg/mL) went down?! TSH: 2.78 (doc also found 2012 labs and my TSH was around 5.57 then, I may have had this issue for a while) felt awful on meds and QUIT all thyroid support 12/23 Cortisol normal on 1/11/17 labs from 1/20/17: TPO: 205 IU/mL (0-34 IU/mL) TSH: 7.89 MIU/mL (.50-6.00 MIU/mL) [note reference ranges changed] T3 Free: 286 pg/dL(200-490 pg/mL) [note reference ranges changed] T4 Free: 1.2 ng/ml(0.7-1.8ng/ml) At this point was feeling pretty good, sleeping well a little tired but back to almost feeling 'great'. The endo thought I was WAY overmedicated before, and started me on only 25mcg of Synthroid. Here's labs after 6 weeks of that TSH: 3.59 MIU/mL (.50-6.00 MIU/mL) T4 Free: 1.2 ng/ml(0.7-1.8ng/ml) I felt great when those labs were taken, a little tired in evenings but who isn't (we have 2 young kids too). So it's curious to me that both doses suppressed the TSH well and pretty quickly, seems that I am both super sensitive to the meds and maybe don't require much or need to be titrated up very slowly to tolerate the meds well. This hypothesis was contributed to by their suggesting a double dose (50mcg) of Synthroid 1x/week to try to tweak dosage up a bit. Unfortunately 3 days after doing that, I was back to the same side effects (albeit not as bad as when I was on 100mcg) persistent fever, panic, insomnia, etc. Those are still persisting right now, I don't know why such a small adjustment would create these issues! So I'm now not taking the meds for a couple days then restarting 25mcg and staying there, will retest in late April to see if TSH has been further suppressed/see how I feel. What do you guys think of this protocol? I've tried both NDT (WP Thyroid) and Synthroid and the Synthroid seems to agree with me best, and at low doses. Am I correct in my assumption that I must need a much lower dose, as I felt better on the 25mcg and my numbers came back almost the exact same (as when I was on 4x that dose)? [/QUOTE]
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