Starting Over!
Hi Everyone! Well, I had been off all medicine for 24 days now. The Armour did not work for me. My opinion is that I still had levo in my body and added Armour at 90mg, which was to much to start off. Very hyper so was dropped to 60mg, still to much. Hyper. Dropped to 30mg. Still hyper, so was instructed to stop medicine. 24 days later and actually feeling much better as far as my metabolism but eyes worst! Temp was 97 or lower every day which is a dead giveaway that I am hypo. Levels Friday. TSH is 93! FT3 is 1.02-normal range at this clinic is 2.3-4.2. Ft4-.17 normal range is 1.8-6.4, so I am hypo! My cholesterol is 270 with the LDL at 172! One year ago mine cholesterol was 170. I am not eating bread, sugar or fried foods! Eggs, yes, butter, yes, fresh fruits and vegetables yes. Eating healthy and my cholesterol goes up!! Figure that one out!! So I really havent eaten that many eggs! Anyhow, the levels are not good. Won't do Armour now, they. Started on Levothyroxin 50mcg (again):( and Cytimel-5mcg and labs again in 2 weeks. Don't know, but its been a long haul. Eyedoctor said he thinks I don't have glucoma(thank God) but still a suspect. Stopped glucoma drops as my IOP is good!! Started Restasis. Very costly! Check in 3 weeks. Wait and see. I am hopeful, but still think the Armour would have been best choice had we weaned off Levo and slowly added it. Any comments appreciated. Take care all.
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You\'re doing fine Elly, keep going! :0) x