Re: Lori again - I. another question

August 6, 2003

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I have been thinking about this a lot for the past couple of days. I

have begun to feel a little slow moving (nothing really out of the

ordinary with the pregnancy and 4 year old plus a house on the

market!) but with the speed in which my FT4 responded (3 weeks into

normal range) I am wondering if I should decrease my dose myself. I

am scheduled to have more blood work done on Tuesday. Do I wait

until then or do I go ahead and taper now. Also, if I cut down on my

dose, how much do I go by? Right now I am taking 100 mg. 3 times a

day. Thank you so much for all of your knowledge and information. It

is so nice to know that there is such a wonderful source out here!

Lori

>

> Lori, just read that your Ft4 is in upper normal end. This is an

> indicator that your levels are indeed dropping. But more than ever

you

> need to lower your dosage as it is acceptable for pregnancy levels

to be

> in the upper normal range even just slightly high for Ft3 and Ft4.

> Anything lower puts you at risk for hypo. I know this first hand

as in

> one my pregnancies I had an incompetent endo who continued to try to

> normalize my TSH causing me to have below normal T4 levels. I had a

> terrible pregnancy with much complications including pre term labor

and

> bleeding. Knowing what I know now I am sure it was related to my

levels

> being way to low. You must emphasize to your endo and ob that you

> should only be on enough PTU to keep you in the upper normal ranges

and

> no lower. You are midway, watch how fast you drop on your own,

> especially by month 7 when you may only need say 25 to 50 mgs a day.

> Hope this is informative. I.

>

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