Hypothyroidism

[philamom]

Had labs drawn after 5 weeks of DD being on Armour thyroid 7.5 mg. It appears her labs have gotten worse, except for the thyroid antibody, which has dropped some. Do you feel I should give it more time or increase the dosage? thoughts?

 

Thyroxine T4 : 4.2 L, now 3.9 L

 

Thyroxine (T4) direct: 0.74 L, now 0.69 L

 

Thryoglobulin: 20.6 H, now 15.6 H

 

Triiodothyronine Free: 4.2 normal, now 5.2 H

 

Triiodothyronine (T3): 191 H

 

TSH: 2.570, now 0.836 (both normal)

[philamom]

Philamom, she's been at 7.5 for ~ 3 months and her levels look good so no reason to increase. If they drop then we'll increase. I started at 15 mg a few years ago and after a while I went down to 7.5 but then my levels dropped so I went back up

to 15. Then a few months ago my levels dropped again and I went up to 30 mg.

 

Nancy- how long has your daughter been on the 7.5 dose and do you think you'll need to increase it?

 

Nancy- is it typical for T3 to go up (high range now - was in normal range) after starting Armour Thyroid? T4 is still low. Thanks

 

*new lab results in above post

Edited August 17, 2014 by philamom

[NancyD]

Is she definitely taking Amour Thyroid and not the generic, levothyroxine? Does she have an increase in symptoms? See

http://thyroid.about.com/od/thyroiddrugstreatments/a/overmedicated.htm.

 

I don't know the answer to your question. I would check with you doctor on this.

 

 

 

Philamom, she's been at 7.5 for ~ 3 months and her levels look good so no reason to increase. If they drop then we'll increase. I started at 15 mg a few years ago and after a while I went down to 7.5 but then my levels dropped so I went back up

to 15. Then a few months ago my levels dropped again and I went up to 30 mg.

 

 

Nancy- how long has your daughter been on the 7.5 dose and do you think you'll need to increase it?

Nancy- is it typical for T3 to go up (high range now - was in normal range) after starting Armour Thyroid? T4 is still low. Thanks

 

*new lab results in above post

[JuliaFaith]

30mg is a low dose. My son did synthroid for over a year and recently his thyroid numbers increased to 8.1! Right before that I wanted to switch to Armour for insurance purposes so we did a switch. Sleep issues disappeared and ocd is receding. My son has been on both and, as far as I can tell, only good body support has been the side effect (until synthroid quit working for him).

[philamom]

Thank you for the link Nancy! Yes, she is on Armour Thyroid 7.5mg, not the generic. I have an appointment tomorrow with local doc. Will see what he says, maybe its a good thing. I just didn't realize you could be low and high at the same time. Haven't seen any negative effects. Not sure it its working either though.

[philamom]

30mg is a low dose. My son did synthroid for over a year and recently his thyroid numbers increased to 8.1! Right before that I wanted to switch to Armour for insurance purposes so we did a switch. Sleep issues disappeared and ocd is receding. My son has been on both and, as far as I can tell, only good body support has been the side effect (until synthroid quit working for him).

30mg is a low dose. My son did synthroid for over a year and recently his thyroid numbers increased to 8.1! Right before that I wanted to switch to Armour for insurance purposes so we did a switch. Sleep issues disappeared and ocd is receding. My son has been on both and, as far as I can tell, only good body support has been the side effect (until synthroid quit working for him).

30mg is a low dose. My son did synthroid for over a year and recently his thyroid numbers increased to 8.1! Right before that I wanted to switch to Armour for insurance purposes so we did a switch. Sleep issues disappeared and ocd is receding. My son has been on both and, as far as I can tell, only good body support has been the side effect (until synthroid quit working for him).

So he did better on Armour? -not sure how the triple post happened Edited August 18, 2014 by philamom