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Sorry to be melodramatic...I am so very frustrated.

Here's the scenario:

Finished up the IV iron 3 weeks ago, ferritin is now at 184. That's

good news.

I am currently on 27.5 mg Cortef, lowered from 32.5

I am taking 42.5 mcg Cytomel, spread over 4 doses.

Average temps are pretty steady around 97.2.

Every single time I try to raise the Cytomel to 50 mcg, I get a

racing heart. Tonight my pulse jumped to 102 on one occasion, but

otherwise hung around 84-88 (resting). I've read that 60-100 is

normal, but this feels very uncomfortable for me and I can't sleep.

I took my temp during this time and it was 97.3. My hands are cold,

I feel cold...no other symptoms of a " dump. "

My other symptoms are not improved - cold hands and feet, brain fog,

knee pain, lower leg swelling, feel chilled.

So, any ideas???? Should I try going back up on Cortef? I was at

32.5 a few weeks ago, but lowered it to see if it would help with the

racing heart. It did seem to help with that a little, but my face

broke out in the same rash that I had in my pre-HC days and my temps

are not as dead-on steady as they were. Still within .2, with 3

exceptions over 2 weeks' time. Also, my period started 7 days

earlier than normal...my Cytomel has been pretty consistent since my

last cycle; Only thing that has changed has been the Cortef.

To make it more interesting...one night I was having palps, took my

bedtime dose of Armour a little early, and they went away. This was

on my current dose of 27.5 mg HC. I tried that trick tonight and it

didn't work...same dose of HC.

I've probably confused everyone...I'm so confused myself. I am

really afraid of taking too much Cortef. My hair is so thin and I

can't lose this weight...Okay, now I am crying...PMS is not helping

here!

Is there some other reason that temps won't go up? Maybe I should go

back up on the HC even though my temps are pretty steady?

What do you think?

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