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HI all,
I just swung from a TSH of .01 to 112 in 6 weeks (ref. range 0.4-4.5)! I was put on 30 mg of Methimazole initially. My T3/T4 went down after 6 weeks, but my TSH didn't move. My doctor kept me on the Methimazole and 6 weeks later, while feeling horrible, I asked for a retest and I was at 112! Has anyone else had this experience? He has cut my medication to 15 mg.
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I have only seen this pattern in patients who have Hashimoto's thyroiditis or Graves disease plus Hashimoto's. There was a lady who posted to this Board called Linnet who had that pattern and got her thyroid levels to be stable by using only a high dose of Regular L-Carnitine and other supplements You may be able to find her postings by searching this Board. Ask your doc if you could possibly have Hashimoto's. What I have seen is that Hashimoto patients are too sensitive to both thyroid hormone blocking drugs like Methimazole and thyroid replacement drugs like Levothyroxine. In Graves disease, the antibodies are attacking the TSH receptors in the pituitary whereas in Hashimoto's, the antibodies are attacking the thyroid gland itself.