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I keep having to up my dose. After I change it my TSH level stays under 4 or 5 for 6 months to a year. Then it creeps up again and I have up my dose. I personally feel better when it’s closer to 2. I’m on 150 mg of levothyroxin now 4 days a week and 100 mg the other 3 days. It just seems like it will always go back up no matter how much I change my dose?
I keep having to up my dose. After I change it my TSH level stays under 4 or 5 for 6 months to a year. Then it creeps up again and I have up my dose. I personally feel better when it’s closer to 2. I’m on 150 mg of levothyroxin now 4 days a week and 100 mg the other 3 days. It just seems like it will always go back up no matter how much I change my dose?
It's micrograms (mcg not mg) as someone said. Are you seeing an endocrinologist? Or an ENT specialist? You should, if you're not already. Find out why your levels keep going up and why you have to keep playing catch-up with your meds. Who is prescribing them for you and who is telling you to just up your dose without doing some diagnostic tests to find out the cause of the increase?
I keep having to up my dose. After I change it my TSH level stays under 4 or 5 for 6 months to a year. Then it creeps up again and I have up my dose. I personally feel better when it’s closer to 2. I’m on 150 mg of levothyroxin now 4 days a week and 100 mg the other 3 days. It just seems like it will always go back up no matter how much I change my dose?
Thyroid levels fluctuate. Stress can impact it. I'm hyperthyroid and mine fluctuate which is why I always get it checked every 6 months.
I keep having to up my dose. After I change it my TSH level stays under 4 or 5 for 6 months to a year. Then it creeps up again and I have up my dose. I personally feel better when it’s closer to 2. I’m on 150 mg of levothyroxin now 4 days a week and 100 mg the other 3 days. It just seems like it will always go back up no matter how much I change my dose?
Levothyroxine is manufactured is strengths up to 300mcg
I have had hypothyroidism for 31 years. I learned some time ago my body does not do well on generic levothyroxine. My TSH bounced all over the place. On brand name Synthroid I have held steady on 112 mcgs for three years now with TSH staying between 1 and 3. I believe the highest dose I was ever on was 150, and lowest 88 mcgs. Also, for maximum absorption, I take it on an empty stomach at least two hours from eating or drinking anything but water. If I eat soy or dairy, at least four hours between. I knew someone once on 200 mcgs.
I keep having to up my dose. After I change it my TSH level stays under 4 or 5 for 6 months to a year. Then it creeps up again and I have up my dose. I personally feel better when it’s closer to 2. I’m on 150 mg of levothyroxin now 4 days a week and 100 mg the other 3 days. It just seems like it will always go back up no matter how much I change my dose?
Why don't you take something with T3 in it, such as Nature-throid, Armour, NP Thyroid, or just synthetic T4/T3? T3 or combined T4/T3 suppresses TSH far better than T4 alone.
You should be looking at Free t4, Free T3, and Reverse T3 when there are issues like you are having and not just TSH when having issues like you are.
Take your thyroid meds with plenty of water, but not near calcium, iron, coffee, etc
Last edited by TestEngr; 12-18-2019 at 02:07 PM..
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