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I'm at a loss as to what to do. I'm an 82 year old female. My dosage had always been at 1mg and sometimes a bit higher. My new doctor of approximately 3-4 years prescribed my dosage at 0.088mg. At first it seemed ok but about 2 ago I started having trouble with constipation. I am also now losing the signals or muscle contractions to evacuate. I take a fiber pill before dinner to at least keep stools soft. I have had severe bouts with hardened stools and necessary enemas. I make sure to drink 7 to 8 cups of liquid mostly water every day. I keep thinking it's my thyroid gland but my GP keeps insisting it's normal. I was never on pills that low. She said because of my age, to raise it could be dangerous for a heart attack. I've looked online in search for what would be normal for an elderly female but how can I trust it? They say for people of 55-87 years 0.5 - 8.9 mIU/L is normal. Mine reads 1.33 0.32-4.00 mIU/L. I don't know how to read the numbers unfortunately. I can't ask another doctor, here I'm lucky I have a doctor. Really don't know what to do. Would like to know if anyone else is in this situation and what they did to resolve it.
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