Reduced Armour Possible Long Term Overmedication
I was is prescribed 60 mg of Armour am and 30 mg Armour pm and taking 50 mg levothyroxine once weekly. For years had low TSH. I started feeling really tired in the evenings and hot and sweaty so asked my doctor for labs. The results: TSH is 0.186, free t4 is .9, free t3 is 2.8, total cholesterol is 251, ferritin is 151, alt is 49, ast is 40, I am is a 59 year old female with small thyroid and osteopenia with the lowest T score being -2.2 at the left femoral neck. 3 weeks ago after these labs i self discontinued the evening 30 mg of Armour. I am feeling less fatigue but have slight hand dryness, a fuller face, and very mild constipation as well mild dry eye. . At 2.5 weeks after changing the Armour dose my tsh is 2.68 and I have mild and hip and shoulder feelings of weakness. How to proceed? My dr wanted me to stay on the original dose but I feel better without the afternoon 30 mg of Armour.