If you are on Cytomel now which is a T3 med, make sure your doctor tests your Free T3 every so often to keep your levels of where you feel your best.

Good luck and {{{hugs}}}

I don't know too much about Cytomel but my daughter has been seeing a thyroid specialist and put her on Synthroid. Her TSH is with in range after six weeks. But she is still extremely tired. Doc did test also for vitamin deficiencies and she is very low in Vit D and B12. So now she is on a very high dose of that. Doc feels bringing that up will help with the exhaustion. I am not sure why your first doc would send you to the internet for info. Kind of lame. I hope your new doc is going to help. But the more I read about vitamin deficiencies the more I believe they can help. We don't get the vitamins we need anymore from our food because everything is so processed. So we either go back to organics or supplement.Good luck. I hope this helps.

I agree with notgivnup about your doctor. A good doctor should not be sending you to online resources to look up a diagnosis. All online sources you have to filter and personally determine what is true and false. I don't know about you, but I didn't go to med school. It is extremely difficult with all the medical jargon that can be thrown in to unsuspecting victims. I first would fire that doctor and get a new one. I do know laboratory standards can range different normal for thyoid levels. The broadest ranges from what I've seen is .3-5.0. Though on most medical sites the normal is .3-3.0. According to my lab I was in the normal range (at 4.8), but my doctor thought otherwise given my symptoms. I'm sorry to say it, but I would be looking for another doctor, and one who would advise you and keep in touch with your regular physician.

T3 is definitely part of the thyroid, and if your internal med doctor put you on Cytomel, ask him why. It is your right to know your test results. If any doctor refuses to give them to you go see the patient advocate center at your hospital. That is why they are there. I don't know the back story of your other levels, and if you don't feel like putting it up here then that is fine. But keep in the know about it. Low Vit D and B12 is normal from what I can deduce about thyroid disease. I'm on 50,000 mIu of Vit D once a month. I also take extra B12 supplements as well. Low Vit D can make you tired. I hope this wasn't too wordy for ya, and I hope that this helps.

IB am going to keep taking the cytomel and vitamin d, but I hate feeling tired and moody.

The first doctor is first off an IDIOT for telling you to look it up on the web!!!

Sure does sound like you were doing something to annoy this dr, and that he tried/succeeded to blow you off.

On thyroid.about.com there is an article there by Mary Shomon. It is called "Does your doctor know the new TSH range". You can also make copies to show the doc.

Hope this isn't too random.

Mary Shoman should be read by all hypo thyroid patients. Also Elaine Moore.