I think I'm almost 5 weeks pregnant (not exactly sure, irregular cycles!) and I'm hypothyroid. In the nice guidelines I read that they recommend increasing the dose of levothyroxine immediately and then refer to a specialist. I also read that there may be an increased demand for thyroid hormones from 5 weeks onwards.
I saw the GP and while he is referring me to an endo, he said not to increase my dose yet. My TSH levels are ok (tested a couple of weeks ago, was about 1.4), but they didn't do ft4 levels. I obviously don't want my TSH to rise too much, so I was thinking of starting taking 2 tablets extra a week. I'm on 100 mcg per day now. Of course I also don't want to go hyper. What should I do?
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Should I increase levothyroxine dose myself?
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blamber · 21/03/2014 14:50
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