TSH way down/No symptomatic relief

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I was diagnosed with hypo on March 7, with TSH of 4.83 (0.40--4.0) and Free T-4

of 1.29

(0.8--1.9). My internist put me on levothyroxine 50mcg (which I had changed two

weeks

later to Levoxyl, and then my endo increased to 75 mcg). I had a follow-up

blood draw

for TSH and T-4 a week ago, and have now been treated for nearly two months.

The TSH last week was 1.01 (0.40--4.0)....and the T-4 was 8.46

(4.50--12.50)....The

early March and late

April T-4s seem to have been free and total T-4 tests, respectively--for

whatever

reasons--but the results

are in the mid-range (presumably OK) for both.

I don't know if this is too soon to expect symptom improvements, especially at

what

seems to me a low dose

(even for a 61-year-old male?). But with this dramatic an " improvement " in TSH,

where

I'm getting close to hyperthyroidism, I'm getting rather worried. I've had no

improvement I can sense in symptoms, and some seem even worse--fatigue, memory,

hypersomnia (sleeping long hours), particularly, though the whole list is rather

longer. (I also have Type II diabetes, sleep apnea, low testosterone, clinical

depression, and obesity, many or most of which, I suspect, go back to one or

another

hormone problem.) At times I have what could be hyper symptoms mixed with the

ongoing

hypo symptoms, if that is possible...

I have a hunch about why my symptoms aren't improving with the TSH, but would

like to

hear some likely expla- nation(s) from some of you with a lot more knowledge and

experience.

Many thanks,

(Cross-posted to one other group.)

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