Thyroid- TSH is (.085) Dropped Medication Dose?!

Thyroid- TSH is (.085) Dropped Medication Dose?

First off, this is a wonderful site with useful information! Thanks to all the yahoo participants! As you can see, my throid level was low--which produces high levels of hormone which made me the medical term :hyperthyroid. I was on .1 synthyroid..and now dropped to .5 to make my levels more normal. 1) I have been having major eye muscle problems, headaches--just came back from eye dr and he said I am seeing double due to my muscles in right eye not functioning..is this related to thyroid? 2) I see it like this-the .085 is very very low--was that dangerous? 3)What makes my thyroid level flucuate so much when I am 38? Thanks! Doctors comments very much welcomed. Eye doctors too! Scared in Chicago!

The TSH really does tell the whole story, as it changes throughout the day . For many people, they don't feel well until TSH in the hyper range. To tell if they are really hyper, a free t4 and free t3 is done.

Testing of TSH can be different first thing in the morning verses an afternoon reading. That's why you always want to test for it first thing in the morning/

Your headaches could be related to the thyroid. Headaches are a symptom of both too little and too much hormone. About your eye muscles, that may be thyroid related too.

Have you ever been free of symptoms? The reason I ask this is because if you are still having hypo symptoms it may be because you are a poor converter of T4 into T3. You can find this out by having a free t3 test. The reading should be at least midrange. If it isn't, then you could do better with a T4/T3 medication like Armour.

I'll post a link to a thyroid forum below.