New labs - self-dosing anxiety

March 3, 2005

Hi, folks. I have some 8 (ok, 7) week labs. I'm feeling really

freaked about self-dosing atm. These labs were 1 grain for 5 weeks,

then 1.5 grains for 2 weeks. I have since gone to two grains and

was planning to go to 2.5 on Monday.

On 1 grain, I felt really uneven. A typical week would contain 1-2

decent days, 1-2 horrid days and 2-3 mediocre days. 1.5 grain

really evened me out, especially once I split the dose into .5

grains in the am, 2 pm and bedtime. 2 grains has me feeling pretty

good, comparatively speaking. I only need 2-3 naps during the week

and I still have a little trouble speaking and writing fluently, but

my mood and energy levels are a lot better. On one grain, my BBTs

were 96.4 ish pre-ov and 97.0-ish post ov. My daytime temp never

broke 98, usually in the 97.6 range. On 2 grains, by BBTs are

97.4ish pre-ov and I don't know yet post. I got one daytime reading

of 98.2 and I was stunned. I haven't seen 98 in about 10 years.

Here's the rub: the nurse who called me said " Doctor says your

results are fine except for the ferritin. " the word 'fine' made me

wayyy too scared to discuss a 'legal' increase. I don't see her for

another couple weeks, and I do have a '2nd opinion' appt with

Rouzier in PS who just started my sister on 2 grains. Right now,

I'm officially only on 1 grain.

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Doc's office just called, some, but not all of my results are in.

TSH .61

FT 3 3.4 (2.3 - 4.2) midpoint is 3.25

FT4 .97 (.8-1.8) This is DOWN from 1.3, could the T3 be

supressing my T4 already, or with only 7 weeks, am I not fully

absorbing the T4 yet?

Ferritin 14 Ouch. Down from 18. Doc is giving me a scrip for an

iron med. This is after 2 months on OTC iron supps.

B-12 1740 no range yet

estradiol 71 (it was day 7) no range yet

Testosterone 41 no range yet

Hardcopy is coming in the mail, and there will eventually be

progesterone, Vit D, DHEA and catecholamines, too.

Thanks everybody!

Friday

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