Hey guys, i have hashimoto's thyroiditis. Ive been on the same medication and the same dosage for 7 years. 4 grains (2 grain tablets) of ERFA thyroid. Each 2 grain tablet contains (76mcg T4/17mcg T3)
About 3 weeks ago i began having heart palpitations and went to my GP to do some blood work firstly thyroid.
My numbers (13/4/17):
Free T4 - 16.6 (9.0 - 25.0) pmol/L
Free T3 - 9.7 * (3.5 - 6.5) pmol/L
TSH - 0.01 (0.50 - 5.00) mIU/L
It didn't make sense to me because in the past my levels we're always high normal for both about 23 for FT4 and 6.0 for FT3 and felt good. Was i now getting more conversion of my T4 into T3 perhaps? and needed to lower my dosage... by lowering it my FT4 would be even lower which doesn't seem good to me but i could be wrong. Now i reduced the ERFA to 2-3 grains per day. Or theres a possibility the medication could have a higher dosage of T3 and less T4 in this batch, considering the expiry date is april 2017.
On stop the thyroid madness website they said this: Generally, those on an optimal amount of desiccated thyroid will have a free T4 around mid-range when their free T3 is at the top and in the presence of healthy adrenals. If you have low FT4 and a mid-range or slightly higher FT3, it usually means the T4 is converting like mad to give you the T3 you do have, which means hypo.
Just wanted people's opinions or feedback who are on thyroid themselves for whatever reason, thanks.
About 3 weeks ago i began having heart palpitations and went to my GP to do some blood work firstly thyroid.
My numbers (13/4/17):
Free T4 - 16.6 (9.0 - 25.0) pmol/L
Free T3 - 9.7 * (3.5 - 6.5) pmol/L
TSH - 0.01 (0.50 - 5.00) mIU/L
It didn't make sense to me because in the past my levels we're always high normal for both about 23 for FT4 and 6.0 for FT3 and felt good. Was i now getting more conversion of my T4 into T3 perhaps? and needed to lower my dosage... by lowering it my FT4 would be even lower which doesn't seem good to me but i could be wrong. Now i reduced the ERFA to 2-3 grains per day. Or theres a possibility the medication could have a higher dosage of T3 and less T4 in this batch, considering the expiry date is april 2017.
On stop the thyroid madness website they said this: Generally, those on an optimal amount of desiccated thyroid will have a free T4 around mid-range when their free T3 is at the top and in the presence of healthy adrenals. If you have low FT4 and a mid-range or slightly higher FT3, it usually means the T4 is converting like mad to give you the T3 you do have, which means hypo.
Just wanted people's opinions or feedback who are on thyroid themselves for whatever reason, thanks.