Thanks so much for the reply.
I do feel like maybe we added T3 too soon, and that my doctor is used to getting people near optimal with Levoxyl and then just taking away T4 to add T3, whereas we added T3 before my T4 was high enough.
Honesty, I just got off the phone with my doctor and I'm totally in tears over this.
My doctor is a top, open-minded endocrinologist, he tests FT3 and FT4 every time, he prescribes T3 and Armour as well. But when I suggested increasing my Levoxyl - and I'm even willing to decrease my Cytomel to do it - he said something like, "If you're asking me to keep you hyper the answer is absolutely no. You're already hyper and adding more Levoxyl will only make it worse." He was patronizing and really, really, really dismissive. I felt like a child, or like a drug seeker.
The irony is I WAS hyperthyroid for about six months; I had hashitoxicosis and when they discovered it they thought I had Graves. I wanted to scream at him: I DON'T want to be hyper! Being hyper is just as terrible as being hypo. It was dreadful. Things have been dreadful for so long, I JUST WANT TO BE BETTER.
Feeling unsupported by your doctor is *the worst*.
We ended the conversation with him reluctantly willing to increase my Levoxyl to 112, and I'll reduce my Cytomel to 5 or 7.5.
But now instead of feeling good about that decision I feel worried that he's right, that I'm hyper not hypo. But frankly my ears are ringing like they did when I was hypo (and not when I had hashitoxicosis) and I'm wearing sweaters in summer heat and it's just hard to believe him when he says I'm hyper already....
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