I am currently at 75 mcg levothyroxine. I am considering looking into Armour. I know my current dosage isn't high enough but I have only recently been deemed hypo and am still getting my meds right and still have to do the antibodies test. I believe I should be on a much higher dose. Still tired, cannot lose weight, cold, anxious. It's horrible.

I recently dropped from 88mcg to 75mcg. I was on 88 for about two years, and I was stable, but then all of a sudden I had insomnia and I was jittery. I'm feeling better on the 75 now, but it's only been a few days. I can tell that I'm still adjusting, because I go back and forth between tired and shaky, but I'm functioning better than I was a week ago.

Im in the uk and have been hypo for 20 years. im currently on 175mgs of levothyroxine. ive never been given the opportunity to take anything else and my gp has said the lab wont test t4 or t3 or treat t3. i am far from well

I just got bumped up to 200mcg.

Ive just read up about thyroid disease in the uk. it seems gps are not allowed to prescribe t3 or armour. hmmmm great

Just curious. Im taking close to 182mcg of synthroid....in order to achieve this i need ti take 175mcg mon thru fri and then on the weekend 200mcg to average 182mcg

Why don't you just take 182 every day? that would be better, you can take multiple lesser pills or cut them in 1/2 too.

I take 88mcg of levothyroxine

Just curious. Im taking close to 182mcg of synthroid....in order to achieve this i need ti take 175mcg mon thru fri and then on the weekend 200mcg to average 182mcg

Why don't you just take 182 every day? that would be better, you can take multiple lesser pills or cut them in 1/2 too.

I take 88mcg of levothyroxine

The pills come in specific dosages. If you try and break them or cut them in half, you don't necessarily get it right in half. Thyroid meds work as they build up in your system, so taking a certain amount per week is the goal, not necessarily a certain amount per day.

Well my prescription is for 60mg of armour,
However i am currently taking 120mg NDT ( 60 Armour, 60 Thiroyd) & 20mcg T3

I had a thyroidectomy as treatment for graves - prior to that I took both methimazole and PTU, at different times and at different dosages.

I was up to 200 mcg of Synthroid recently, but my free T4 got too high and I got all jittery. I'm currently at 150 mcg which is fine for my free T4, but my free T3 is still too low - without a thyroid I'm already behind on T3 hormone, and my body is also struggling to convert the synthetic T4 into T3. I'm in Canada and currently fighting to find a doctor who will prescribe a dessicated med (here it's Erfa's Thyroid), or at the very least a synthetic T3.

I am definitely no where near optimal or stabilized.

I am on 100 Synthroid and 45 desiccated Thyroid. Allergic to PTU, have been on Tapazole .
In the last few months my T4 has been at the top of the range and so has my TSH so with the addition of desicated thyroid ( and lower Synthroid from 150) my T4 has dropped a point or 2 but my TSH has gone back down to under 1 which I need to rest the thyroid. Strange but my T3 really has not changed.