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Ok so.... About 8 weeks ago I was told I have hypothyroidism. Tsh-71, sling with low t4 and t3. So I was prescribed 112mcg. I just had labs done and now my t4is high and tsh - .08.... and Vitamin D defecient. So they’ve lowered my dose to 100mcg. Would those labs not mean now I’m hyper?? Confused. I just got call from dr office, was unable to discuss at time. Any advice/insight?
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mar75090 angelkiss050
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With a TSH of 71 you were very hypo and probably felt it.
With a TSH of .08 and high T4s. while taking meds they would probably want to lower your dose again. Some ppl can only get normal ranges when TSH is suppressed. The doctors should FIGURE OUT WHY....instead of lowering dose so much you become hypo. Also do not take any vitamins that has the B7 vit "BIOTIN" in it at least 12 hrs before blood draw. It will falsely suppress TSH and increase T4 and T3. And CONFUSE THE DOCS BIGTIME....BUT THEY SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS....but most aren't.
angelkiss050 mar75090
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Thank you for responding. I didn’t take any prior vitamins. I’m just confused.. I was also prescribed vitamin D 50,000 ui twice a week. From googling 🙈, says that’s too much. Maybe I need to get into an endo. I’m new to this and trying to understand and be optimistic about feeling better.
mar75090 angelkiss050
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mar75090
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If you were rx'd that much Vit D you mustve been REALLY LOW so time to start reading up on nutrients and not wait for a DEFICIENCY. DEFICIENCIES can do A LOT of damage. You never took vitamins? You must eat superwell bc its not easy to get nutrients from food these days.
barbara98940 mar75090
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barbara98940 angelkiss050
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My vit D was 35 (range 50+). I was prescribed 30,000 iu's and told I could either take 1,000 a day for 30 days or 10,000 a day for 3 days.
mar75090 barbara98940
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Remember the higher the ferritin (above 100) the higher the inflammation in body. High ferritin is a marker for some disease states. Dont want to take too much iron because it can be toxic and drive cancer. Read up on ferritin.
angelkiss050 mar75090
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barbara98940 angelkiss050
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There seems to be some confusion here. From the TSH and T4 blood tests you've supplied before you started taking any medication your diagnosis us hypothyroidism. This diagnosis doesn't change just because your TSH level goes low, all it means is that you're being over medicated (aka overstimulated) by taking too much thyroxine. This is why your doctor reduced your thyroxine dose. The picture is also confused by us all colloquially using the phrase 'hyper' to mean over-medicated.
mar75090 angelkiss050
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Vit D3 is better but its not rxd . You have to take vit K2 with it and take cholesterol food. Folate is Vit B9 you want methylfolate NOT folic acid. Also vit B6 at same time. You may still be B12 deficient even w normal B12. An MMA test is the real test for B12 Def.. If you feel palpitations and irregular heart beat then thats a sign of too much levo. Your lower dose should be ok dont get so worried . Your TSH was really high so you were hypo. Relax. 100mcg isn't a lot. I started on that dose.
barbara98940 mar75090
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mar75090 barbara98940
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Your daughter could have also been poisoning herself. Almost half of the population cannot metabolize folic acid fully. The numbers go up BUT the folic acid can do harm. Folic acid is a cheap synthetic folate added to food to prevent folate deficiency but can lower natural killer cells etc. Do your homework. Look up Human Genome Project methylation gene mutation folic acid C677T, A1298C. Yeah lots of people can get their folate numbers up w folic acid but it can't be used properly people w family hx thyroid disorders especially if they inherited 2 or more methylation SNPS in C677T and/or A1298C.
barbara98940 mar75090
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Very interesting, thank you. Luckily she's not on it anymore. I'll keep my fingers crossed that she hasn't got these genes - I'm the only one in my family to have been diagnosed with thyroid problems, though immune problems e.g asthma are familial.
barbara98940 mar75090
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barbara98940 mar75090
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Thank you for the info and for persevering!
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mar75090 barbara98940
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Hi Barb. Just to make things easier just get a homocysteine test done for you (and your daughter..if she wants). You want the homocysteine to be lower than what they say is normal between 5 and 8 is optimal. Fast from the night before bc any protein in your system will give higher false results. Read up on homocysteine and what results mean. There are also you tube videos.
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