My Labs to Date
Here are my labs beginning from the date I had my thyroid storm, I have also listed symptoms I was feeling.August 23, 2009T3 uptake 50.07 ref range:25-36 T4 22.2 ref: 5.4-12.0 FTI 11.12 ref: 1.25-4.55 TSH 0.03 ref: 0.4-5.3 FT4 5.79 ref: 0.8-1.6 T3 Free 9.35 H I was put on Propanolol 40 mg, four times a day, PTU 200 MG, every 4 hours (total 1200mg), and iodide 1 hour after the PTU. Hands and feet were extremely dry and I was sleepy tired all the time. No energy at all. Hair falliing out and bad acne. Exactly one week later, my labs were: FT4 2.40 ref: 0.8-1.6 T3 Uptake 38.08 ref: 25-36 T4 9.4 ref: 5.4-12.0 FTI 3.58 ref: 1.25-4.55 TSH 0.03 ref: 0.4-5.3I was lowered to PTU 450mg daily, in divided doses and Propanolol 20 mg daily. Hands and feet were still dry and still lacked energy. Hair still falling out, acne has stopped. 9/22/2009T3, Free 390 range ref: 230-420 T4, Free 1.0 range ref: 0.8-1.8 TSH less than 0.01 ref: 0.40-4.50I was lowered to PTU 150 mg daily, in divided doses and Propanolol 10 mg daily. Feet no longer dry, hands dry off and on. Still lack of energy. Anxiety a little high. Hair stopped falling out and acne still has not returned. 10/16/2009t4, Free 0.58 (range 0.93 to 1.71)TSH 0.005 (range 0.450-4.500)I was lowered to PTU 50 mg daily, in two divided doses and Propranolol 10 mg on an as needed basis. Energy level has increased. 11/04/2009T3, Free 473 (range 230-420)T4, Free 1.1 (range 0.8-1.8)Endo decided to keep me at PTU 50 mg, daily in divided doses and taken off Propranolol completely. However, I have lowered my PTU to 37.5 mg daily in divided doses. Hair is falling out again and acne has returned. Energy level almost feels normal again.
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