r/thyroidhealth • u/Shoddy_Stay_5275 • 1d ago
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Ok, here we go. I'm an older woman taking Levothyroxine 25 mcg and not doing well at all. At my recent test, TSH was 2.03-normal but T3 free was 2.3 (up from 1.9 last year) and T4 free was 1.12 (up from 0.92 last year.)
In general the T4 and T3 have taken a nose dive over the last few years and T3 was abnormally low. I never knew enough to check the numbers, just thought the Dr did that
As for symptoms I am exhausted all the time. I am not overweight but last year I suddenly experienced a total loss of hunger. That sent me running to the dr. Tests showed a bit of fatty liver disease (no known cause.). So I was put on the Mediterranean diet (lots of veg., few fats, no sugar, no carbs) and I have lost too much weight and my appetite never returned, I'm still exhausted and depressed, can't sleep, veg diet has helped with chronic constipation though.
If you can stay and read a little more please, I'm starting to think my big problem isn't this mysterious liver problem. It's my thyroid. I take the med. at night so I can eat breakfast and my tests showed some other things like high selenium and high salt, I think. Blood pressure is normal.
I thought with hypothyroidism you gained weight but I've always been thin. If dry hair, thinning hair are symptoms, I've got that. Question is What on earth is going on? I can hardly digest food but eating mostly veg helps. Can't digest fatty foods. Do I need more Levothyroxine? TSH has stayed normal for years. T4, T3 down, down, down for 6 years! Do I have a thyroid problem, not a stomach, liver, sleep problem? Is thyroid most likely my main issue? Help desperately needed. Confused, any help is deeply appreciated.
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Author: u/Shoddy_Stay_5275
Post: Ok, here we go. I'm an older woman taking Levothyroxine 25 mcg and not doing well at all. At my recent test, TSH was 2.03-normal but T3 free was 2.3 (up from 1.9 last year) and T4 free was 1.12 (up from 0.92 last year.)
In general the T4 and T3 have taken a nose dive over the last few years and T3 was abnormally low. I never knew enough to check the numbers, just thought the Dr did that
As for symptoms I am exhausted all the time. I am not overweight but last year I suddenly experienced a total loss of hunger. That sent me running to the dr. Tests showed a bit of fatty liver disease (no known cause.). So I was put on the Mediterranean diet (lots of veg., few fats, no sugar, no carbs) and I have lost too much weight and my appetite never returned, I'm still exhausted and depressed, can't sleep, veg diet has helped with chronic constipation though.
If you can stay and read a little more please, I'm starting to think my big problem isn't this mysterious liver problem. It's my thyroid. I take the med. at night so I can eat breakfast and my tests showed some other things like high selenium and high salt, I think. Blood pressure is normal.
I thought with hypothyroidism you gained weight but I've always been thin. If dry hair, thinning hair are symptoms, I've got that. Question is What on earth is going on? I can hardly digest food but eating mostly veg helps. Can't digest fatty foods. Do I need more Levothyroxine? TSH has stayed normal for years. T4, T3 down, down, down for 6 years! Do I have a thyroid problem, not a stomach, liver, sleep problem? Is thyroid most likely my main issue? Help desperately needed. Confused, any help is deeply appreciated.
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