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My latest TSH level

Posted by KaraS on April 5, 2005, at 19:45:12

I got my latest TSH reading yesterday. It was 1.8. The lab that did the test listed the upper range of normal as 4.7. (How long will it take before the medical establishment readjusts these maximums downward?????) Anyway, I told the doctor that I'm always cold (not to mention quite depressed). He said he wouldn't change my dosage since I was in the normal range. I've been treating my own thyroid condition in the recent past so I could always try adding a little more to the prescription I was given in hopes of getting more energy and a decrease in depression. I've read that between .5 - 1.0 is a more ideal TSH for those of us with depression. I've been taking 50 mcg of T4. I'm considering adding a little Cytomel or just increasing the T4 a little bit. The fact that I'm taking a small amount of doxepin has me thinking that maybe I should stick with the T4 (I've read in a few places that T3 can increase the cardiotoxicity of the tricyclic antidepressants.) What do you think?


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