I am sooo confused......
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I am sooo confused......
| Thu, 05-25-2006 - 1:36pm |
I AM SO CONFUSED...I have been on synthyroid (sp?) .200 mcg for about 4 yrs now...I got blood work done 3 wks ago and the nurse called and told me my TSH levels came back at 0.062 and that I needed to lower my dose to .175 mcg..I asked her at that point bc I didnt understand if I was Hypo or Hyper...she said I was Hyper...I told her that when I was much younger I was Hyper with ALL the symptoms (extreme weight loss, hair loss, hot all the time, heart palputations etc) but now I dont have any of those same symptoms...she still insisted I was Hyper....I told her that I have had a constant headache for 2 months, I'm tired all the time, have gained 15-20 lbs in a few short months, just felt loopy and etc...again she said I was Hyper and "attempted" to explain to me that everything in Endo is in reverse....still dont understand....anyhoo, she put me on .175 for 2 wks and told me to go back and get more blood work...so I did...today she calls me and says my TSH was .37 and that is normal so for me to go back to taking .200 mcg until I see the Dr in August, which was the next available appt....I tried explaining to her that I have felt better since taking a lower doseage of meds and I dont want to go back to .200mcg and start to feel worse again...so at that point she said she would get the Nurse Pract to call me and explain but it may be 7-10 days before she can return my call.....Can anyone help me understand?!? If the new levels have changed then why is she telling me .35-5.5 is NORMAL and I'm at .37, which is barely normal, and from what I've read normal now is 0.5-6.0 right?!? And I also find it strange that I suggested that while I was at LabCorp they test my T3/T4 but she said no, why wouldnt she want me to get tests if my levels are all jacked up?!?! I just dont get it....THANKS in advance!!!

Hi tori2u, welcome!!