Guest guest Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 Hi AJ, I don't have research for your case though I'm sure it's available. I was in a similar situation, with in-range FT4 and T3 and a TSH of 2. After several months of this I was able to convince my endo to let me add some Synthroid based on my symptoms and my pre-Graves' levels. I didn't feel right until my TSH was back down to .5 (we're lucky our TSH moves; it often doesn't in Graves'). I think Pam mentioned it would be helpful to test FT3 or at least T3 (my endo's office has been doing T3, less accurate but cheaper for them). If you have no thyroid tests from before, your endo should listen to your description of symptoms. (I know, that's a radical suggestion!) I also would ask what's the harm in adding a small dose of Synthroid (I'm only taking 50 mcg.). And what a great difference in how I feel. Now that I'm feeling well, 1 year into treatment, my endo wants me to taper off the PTU without an antibody test. So we have some problems to work out too. Best wishes, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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