Hypothyroidism - Am I over medicated?

[Sarahlouiseis33]

Hi All,

I’m looking for a bit of advice...

I’m hypothyroid, diagnosed in my early twenties so nearly twenty years ago! Recently (over the last five months) I’ve been having a few symptoms of hairloss and intolerance of heat. The odd bit of breathlessness on exertion. I had a blood test on Monday and my results show :

TSH < 0.005 (0.38-5.33)
Free T4 17.0 (7.0-16.0)
Free T3 5.8 (3.8-6.0)

Am I taking too much Levothyroxine? I’m on 125mcg a day. Please advise if you can. The symptoms particularly the hairloss are really getting me down xx

Looks like it, but your endocrinologist should tell you how to adjust your daily dose. Do you have an appointment booked?

Thank you for replying! I have a telephone consultation on Monday coming.

Ah best to wait then
They’ll probably do a tiny adjustment and you’ll feel better within a week.
When I was over medicated I had a terrible time with tiredness and palpitations.

They’ve already recommended I drop down to 112.5mcg daily previously. Does that sound reasonable?

I was like 7 when overmedicated, terrible palpitations and fatigue.

I dropped 25mg off my dose and felt better fairly quickly after that.

I think so, I was told to alternate (eg 100 one day, 125 one day) which comes up the same.
I know the feeling of wanting to adjust dose now but if you can wait til Monday you’ll be on the safe side

@7Worfs were you results when over medicated similar to mine?

The TSH was 0.05 I think, it was a result of upping my dose earlier in pregnancy.