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@chickenfarmer I have suffered with my thyroid since 2010 myself and it’s always been on a higher side considered hypothyroid well recently. My doctor checked it and it was down to .9 and he told me to stop taking my 88 µg of levothyroxine since I was starting to lean towards hyperthyroid so that could have an effect here and I might need to research that because I was taking it for years and I switched PCP’s and maybe he didn’t realize I don’t know. Maybe I needed to come off of it because it did get to hyper level but maybe it’s gone too far the other way I’m not sure what to do so I’ll ask him next time I go in and have that rechecked, but I was very surprised. The number was so low because I’ve always been on the higher side for my thyroid even on medication.

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@kpryor1982 0.9 is way too low. Get it up to around 5.0 and see if your symptoms ease. Also 0.9 should be contributing to your weight loss. In simple terms Hyper = slim, hypo = fat. Another challenge in finding the right level for TSH. However 5.0 is still borderline and shouldn't be too high. I dont have a thyroid it having been removed for cancer nodules 35 yrs ago. Last year I found that my doseage of 175 microg was too much whereas 150 was too little so I found a sweet spot at 162.5 (daily). My PCP has worked with me on Rxs plus TSH tests but I took the lead on this one as he seemed clueless as to the relationship between thyroid and Arrythmias. EP didn't have much to add other than 'keep your TSH as high as possible' ; he didn't give me a target number.