Re:Lowered Tap./hyper again?

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I think put myself back to hyper and could really use some advice.

About 2 weeks ago I started feeling more tired than normal, cold, sore eyes

again, and more subdued than normal. I was sure I was moving towards hypo

since my T3's and T4's are in the upper limits of normal and I'm still on 30

mgs. of Tapazole.

My eye doctor said I must stay in the upper ranges of normal so I have been

very worried about going too low so I took it upon myself to lower my from

30 to 26.5 mgs starting last Monday, the 9th.

I had a doctors appt. on Wednesday, the 11th and felt good at that point. I

didn't tell him I had lowered. He drew blood from which I'll know the

results on Monday. (of course only T3 and T4 since he thinks FT4 is useless

but I got a script from my GP for the FT4 and the TSI and I'll get blood

drawn for that on Monday) Anyway, on Thursday night I woke up in the middle

of the night like I had in the beginning of being hyper and then the same

thing on Friday and Saturday. Also, unless I'm imaginging it, I'm also

getting those skin sensations I had, too but not half as bad as the

beginning. Now I have to wonder if I've screwed everything up and I'm back to

where I started.

My questions are these:

1) Could such a low dose change in 4 days bring me back up to hyper that

quickly?

2) Have I done anything that can't be fixed?

3) Is there a lag time with the thyroid hormones tests like the TSH test?

I'm wondering if the test I took4 days ago will reflect my lowered dose

and what the FT4 test I'll be taking tomorrow will be true picture of.

In retrospect, I think I THOUGHT I was getting hypo because I had a really

bad sinus infection that was probably wearing me down and making me tired.

Also, I wonder if I further effected my Tapazole by sometimes getting sloppy

and taking it with the antibiotic which I think can block absorbtion.

Anyway, after 6 days on 26.25,I'm back to 30mgs and will wait it out I

guess. The following is my history:

T3 T4 FT4 TSI

11/18/02 181N 11.2N

10/15/02 270H 14.9H 151

9/18/02 14.6H 5.53H

Ranges (60-181) (4.5-12) (1.53-3.85) (125%<)

In closing, I would like to say I should have listened to everyone who told

me otherwise and waited till I got the FT4 test before doing anything on my

own. It is just that I am very scared my eyes are going to go downhill if I

approach hypo and they have really been sore lately to the point that I'm

back to eye gel around the clock.

Please advise. I need some peace of mind.

Thank you,