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Graves-Basedow disease is a medical disorder that may manifest several different conditions including hyperthyroidism (over activity of thyroid hormone production), infiltrative exophthalmos (protruberance of one or both eyes and associated problems) and infiltrative dermopathy (a skin condition usually of the lower extremities). This disorder is the most common cause of...

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Got the rest of the numbers

cindeeh
cindeeh
FINALLY the NP's office called and besides the TSH being suppressed
as I said in the previous post - I thought she said .064 but it may be .0064
which I'm not concerned about BUT the good news in my opinion is the
FT4 went from 1.17 in Jan to 1.16 Feb 22 - that is the most "level" I've
been since the start. The FT3 went from 3.3 to 3.7 - should I be concerned about that? NP of course wants me to increase the MMI to 2.5 per day from 1.88 - I think I should stay put? What do you guys think and
buy some time to find a new doctor?
I appreciate all of you guys so much!!!!
Have a fabulous weekend.
Cindee
bransnana
bransnana
If you feel fine like this, then stay there. If your FT3 gets too high, you'll feel it, fast heart,sweating more, shaky,restless. Your FT4 would probably get too low if you bump it up. That's the only problem with methimazole. It can lower FT4 too much, then eventually you don't have enough to convert to T-3.Some people feel fine as long as their FT3 is up there. Do you feel any hyper symptoms?
cindeeh
cindeeh
Actually the sweating has come back a bit and today my HR is up for me but with all that's gone one I'm not totally surprised. Any natural way to lower the FT3? I think the mid range for my FT4 is 1.24 so I'm still a bit off from there. I've noticed the warmth more the past couple of weeks - for me the dosage seems to kick in at about 4 weeks or at least that's about when I notice any changes. Thanks Bransnana!
mmztcass
mmztcass
Are you watching your dietary triggers? Can you eat more raw goitrogen foods to lower down the Free Ts?

{{{hugs}}}
cd3764
cd3764
sweating and elevated heart rate can happen when hypo - there's a person on the hypo board dealing with that now.

Your FT4 is really on the low side. And, I think the reason your FT3 increased is due to this.

You see, the body sometimes tries to compensate for too little storage hormone (T4) by converting as much as possible to T3, the active hormone.

You just might want to consider going down to 1.25mcg daily.

Being hypo is just as bad as being hyper as far as antibody production is concerned.

If you read the anti-thyroid drug section of Elaine Moore's online course about hyperthyroidism, it's recommended that the patient take the lowest possible dose that will maintain the FT4 level in the upper half of the range, regardless of TSH.

ATD dosing is always based upon the FT4 level - this is confirmed in "The Thyroid - A Fundamental and Clinical Text".
cindeeh
cindeeh
Thanks again. MMZ - absolutely I can eat more and I do - those are foods I like. I have to stay away from sugar as the biggest culprit for triggers. cd3764 I was wondering about dropping to the 1.25 dose
as I am unsure how this all works together if you know what I mean.
Such a balancing act huh? I agree that the FT4 is still a bit low but
NP is soooo concerned about TSH - I just said "sure" and let it go at that since I know I'm not going back... I appreciate the input very much.