Thyroid Question - Parker,CO

My husband and I were both diagnosed with Hypo in the last couple years. We hadn't gone to the Dr much before that & both had always explained our symptoms as other things. I was sub-clinical at first, meaning my TSH was low but my T3 & T4 were in the normal range. Because I was having hypo symptoms they decided to treat and check my levels every 3 months. They had to up my dosage at the last visit. I can definitely tell a difference on the new dosage because I was freaking out at the dumbest things right before.
There is a lot of good information online, but if you don't understand something make a list and ask your Dr. Good luck!

Have them run the full gammet of tests, not just the TSH level. There are T3 and T4 and all of these other things that come into play. You may not have hypo or hyper, but a combination, which is even harder to control. Because the thyroid is basically like the clock of your body, it needs to get under control, which may mean stopping its use alltogether and using supplemental thyroid hormone.

Perhaps you are confusing Hypothyroid and Hyperthyroid. "Hypo" means your thyroid is UNDER active. "Hyper" means your thyroid is OVER active. LOW numbers mean low activity (Hypo). High numbers mean high activity (hyper).

SOME of the symptoms are the same for both conditions. Tiredness for example.

Does this help?

Victoria is right. The lower numbers mean you are hypo. I have Hashimoto's and I go back and forth. Hyper/Hypo. Some days I have so much energy I don't know what to do with it and other days I have little to no energy and just want to sleep. Also one of the symptoms is that you have a thick neck. Sometimes pregnancy will make your numbers lower cause the baby draws from your thyroid. That is why during my first pregnancy and now my second they check my thyroid every 3 months instead of the usual 6. This way they can adjust my meds accordingly.
Go to webmd.com and read up what you can. If you don't understand something make a list to ask the dr so that you don't forget anything. If he/she is good dr then they will give you all the info that you need and where to find more information. Everyone is different so you have to go by what the dr says about you. Good Luck!

You can flucuate between high and low with either condition. I have Grave's Disease (Hyper). What happens is that my thyroid works overtime for so long and then "burns itself out", so it goes the other direction for a while. This is one reason finding the right dose of meds for Grave's Disease is so hard to do, it changes...

Your thyroid issue can also be hormonal based. My sister in law had issues with her thyriod (on meds) after the birth of her second daughter...about 2 years later it worked itself out...

I can't speak to the enlarged Thyroid, but I'm also hypo, and there is a definite range (within the "normal" range) where I feel good vs. crappy.
For me, I need to be between 3.5 and 3.8 to be feeling good. Anything else, and I feel terrible - as if I'm not adjusted at all.

So it may just be that your sensitivity is very specific.