I started at 6 when I first went to the doc, then it shot up to 8 in a month - so started getting treated. I'm on 100mg now and my TSH is between 0.5-1.0 and that is where I feel good. I was lucky to have a doctor who agreed to up my med from 75mg, when my TSH was 2.3 as I still didn't feel good. it isn't an exact science and not everyone is the same. I think if your doc won't listen, you should try someone else?

Mine started out at 177 a year ago when i was diagnosed with hashimotos. got it to 5.8 within 3 months and i got pregnant. then they increased my dose and kept it below 2 through my pregnancy . now 7 weeks after giving birth its 0.01 so my dose has been reduced cause apparently that means im hyper not hypo. although i dont feel any different.

I've been as low as... over 100 I think? Back when my adrenals crashed and I almost died, lolol (trust me, I laugh now). I've been as high as 0.00 (where I also ended up in the hospital). Throughout all of that, I had no thyroid :P It was all due to misdosages from two different endos (ten years apart, as well).

Right now I'm hovering between .5-1 on 100mcg Levothyroxine (the lowest dosage I've been on since the "2mcg of Synthroid" that made my TSH so crazy back in the day).

The "TSH" normal levels changed within the last 2 years; I notice that some endos people mention still follow the old one (Normal range = 1-5) while the new one is much smaller (Normal range =.5 to 3).

I don't know the actual number... but my labs usually show that my TSH is a little hyper and my T3 and T4 are normal. I feel fantastic, so my doctor keeps prescribing the dosage that works for me.

Ask your doctor about your Free T3 and Free T4. If those numbers are still hypo, you need to adjust your dose. If they are normal, then maybe look into T3 meds or some lifestyle changes like weight lifting or reducing carbs.

Feeling good is important! If you feel like crap, make sure your doctor knows it.

Pardon, I am now at 3.25. Still no treatment though. Guess my Endo wants complete system failure before doing anything. Shall I say, my old Endo

That's a oretty normal TSH by both ranges (most doctors would agree that a .25 could be a minor spike in levels. even people without thyroids get these, and you could go test your bloodwork again in two weeks and be 2.75... that's how small of a change that is within an overall range)--I doubt you'll go into system failure. What's your T3 or T4 though? I'm assuming you feel crappy if you're insistent on your endo treating you, but your levels appear normal.

Obviously we all know that everyone reacts differently to different levels, so if you feel crappy at a TSH of 3.25, that needs to be resolved. But make no mistake: just because you have symptoms of hypo or hyper still, doesn't mean your body will "fail"... I was 100+ and 0+ for a long, long time before anything happened (and I have no thyroid)... and those are very extreme levels.

Your organs aren't going to explode at 3 :P

I was 150 when first tested upped doses every 6 months now at 2.7 on 150mg levothyroxine rubbish stuff. Dont feel any different. Cant remember my T3 grr

my TSH, T4 and T3 are all within normal range. It took endocrinologist about 8 months after surgery removing 1/2 to get the dose correct (she told me it could be up to one year). She added cytomel to the synthroid and that made all of the difference with energy. Synthroid in a.m. with cytomel and more cytomel at 1 P.M. No more hair loss and no more 2-3 hour naps in afternoon and more clear thinking. It is rather complicated and specialized....changes the dose after tests and calculates the dose very carefully using a formula that I do not understand...I had to take algebra over and that was 50 years ago. Good luck with your doc. hunting!

TSH is 32.3, just started synthroid this past week. All my other values are WNL (which i find strange) Had my thyroid U/S last Wednesday and still waiting on results from that.

My TSH was 3.13 last time I had it checked. But my naturopath said it doesn't matter what that reading is. It doesn't really tell you anything. Its the other ones that tell the real story. However, my Dr does watch that one. I'm going by how I feel, and treating "symptoms"... still raising the Natural thyroid, hoping to find the amount needed soon. When one symptom leaves, another one shows up... so its still not quite there. My aim right now is to get my temperature reading up to 98.6, also.
I think it is suggested that most people feel better with a level of 1, or something like it... but each person's different.

I was diagnosed in September, and at the time mine was 6.25. It had actually came down some since I was tested in 2011, it was 7.65 (which I was not on medication at the time)