Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Hi, I'm new - I have been hypo since Oct. 2002 after RAI for Graves'. Was on 125mcg Synthroid until last July, when my endo turned me over to my PCP, who immediately saw the labs & decreased to 112 mcg. (Duh! - the higher dose of Synthroid wasn't perfect, but it was a lot better than I feel now). Anyway, after 6 months & repeated bloodtests, he decided I should be at 125 mcg - so I made an appointment to talk to him - made him feel guilty about messing around with my dosage and told him I wanted to try armour - so I've been on 60mg for 3 weeks and feel lousy - I'm going to tell him I need more, and want to adjust it myself for a while (I'll have the tests once in a while if that'll keep him prescribing the armour), but how much should I ask for? I know Armour PI says increase by 15mg every 2-3 weeks, can I go higher than that? And what level should I shoot for before agreeing to another blood test? Should I take part of it periodically during the day or all at once? Also, can you explain the benefit of taking it sublingually? I hope I can convince him to do this, because the endo was a pompous little man who didn't even want me to research, and didn't want to hear how I felt, just strictly by the numbers. I don't ever want to see him again. (And he's on the Top Docs list - I suppose if you get the synthroid & you don't know any better, you'll believe him when he says you're fine & your other symptoms aren't thyroid related!) I appreciated any advice you can give! Joyce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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