Hypothyroidism Support Group
Hypothyroidism is the disease state caused by insufficient production of thyrohormone by the thyroid gland. There are several distinct causes for chronic hypothyroidism, the most common being Hashimoto's thyroiditis and hypothyroidism following radioiodine therapy for hyperthyroidism. Advanced hypothyroidism may cause severe complications, the most serious one of which is...
Gimme a break.... (eye roll)
My doc, after hearing lots of the stuff CD posted and having a long conversation about "suppression therapy" and unreliability of TSH in Hashi's patients... was completely FINE with me staying on my current dosage.
Good docs, shouldn't give a fig about TSH
She says TSH means nothing because of the Armour I'm on (60 in the morning, 30 in the afternoon around 1:30pm).
Some (ha, well most!!) docs do freak out re: TSH, but the TSH number shouldn't matter if on NDT thyroid meds like Armour or Nature-Throid. The meds suppress the TSH. Like said already, FT3 and FT4 are what truly matter.