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That was the same for me. My Afib was found almost my accident. I am asymptomatic and I was being prepped for cataract surgery on my right eye and when they hooked me up to the oxygen/pulse device it showed that my heart was in Afib. I was then hooked up to the multi-lead EKG machine and they took blood. The EKG showed Afib and the blood work showed hypothyroidism (low TSH numbers). I had had cataract surgery on my left just 2 week prior and the work-up to that surgery included some previous blood work and the day of the surgery I was hooked up the oxygen/pulse device and no heart problems and no thyroid problems. I have annual physicals and have never had thyroid or heart issues. I am taking levothyroxine once a day in the morning (going on 7 weeks) and next week I have another blood draw to check the thyroid.
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I had my thyroid out plus 5 years ago.
Low TSH shows HYPER not HYPO.
High TSH shows HYPO not Hyper.
You take Levothyroxine to bring down your TSH.
Sound like you have HYPO and high TSH.
For instance end of last year my blood pressure went low and I had consequences.
At the same time my taking 125mg levo.. daily was taking down my TSH from 1.7 to 1.3.
I made a call to take only 100mg levo daily early 5-7am and breakfast at least 1 hour later. Where I have my CCB Diltiazem.
I had merrily been taking 100 only for 3 weeks! Without checkin!
At the next blood test I showed TSH 9.1! So I had risen from TSH 1.3 - TSH 9.1 over 21 days. REALLY HYPO!
So immediately increased it back to 125mg first week.
Increased it to 150mg every other day for the next 2 weeks.
Next TEST.. TSH 2.0. So I decreased TSH from TSH 9.1 to TSH 2.0 by my changed regime.
Carefully remember high TSH over 4.2 you need MORE THYROXINE. You will learn.
With me I approximately go down 0.3 TSH for each adding 25mg on. How much thyroxine is dependent on your weight.
I lost 3-6kg and dropped thyroxine from 125mg and 4 times a week each month removed adding on 1 day each week.
Now it appears that I take a 100mg only dose 4 days in each month.
I changed to Synthroid because it comes in a baby proof container, easy to tip out from the 90 in each bottle, expiry date, condensation pellet in side. Much more reliable than the bulk buy that Chemists dish out. You need to rely on your dose to be exact from day to day.
Rules, empty stomach 4 hours, pop your pill, I take water and place pill/pills under tongue to dissolve it. Wait 1 hour. No soy milk or tofu. No milk or iron for 4 hours.
A blood test from way back reads TSH 1.9.
To do with asorption. I am deficient of B12. I take SOLGAR Gold Top B12 1000ug sublingual a nugget 5 days week. I WANT MY level as 700-800. Get your score.
I can have a test when I need it. Dr prints 6 copies of blood test. Your TSH and T3 are most important. 1 per month.
Hope this helps.
cherio JOY. (tuckie)
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My husband had no idea either when he was first diagnosed at an annual physical a few years ago. Glad you can feel and see better!