Armour thyroid low blood pressure
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My TSH has Never EVER been this low. Endo has told me that my low TSH level is caused by Armour Thyroid and that now I am hyperthyroid (she WILL NOT prescribe Armour because it is 'unregulated' and other ridicules claims). I agreed to switch back to Synthroid because I'm tired of my voice not being heard and arguing with docs and office staff about why I take Armour.
I don't have a real answer but I can tell you I've lost my thyroid 2 yrs ago and been on Synthyroid and Synthyroid with Cytomel and now Armour thyroid since August of last year and EVERY blood test and I've had many have my TSH super low .....and my Endo rips a little med each time and still my TSH is low along with FT4 & FT3. It's my understanding that t3 containing meds will cause a low t4 level as it pulls to make t3.....But again im not sure if this is correct.
Are you taking thyroid hormone? If so, that is why your TSH is low. Someone on another board said that TSH should be 0.0 to be fully optimal on thyroid hormone replacement. My TSH last month was 0.013 something like that and my FT3 was 4.6 and flagged high from my lab as their range goes to 4.0. However, other labs go as high as 7.0 for FT3.
My blood pressure was 138/85 (I think). I don't usually take my blood pressure, so I don't know what it is. This was the second time though they said it was high (last time was in June). I have been on thyroid meds for 18 years (since birth of my daughter). My med is Thyroid (USP) 120 mg. It is compounded. As for symptoms, well I don't have a lot of energy. I weigh 173, having gone down from 205 (June).
By the way, the medication can also raise your blood pressure, too. I have been taking thyroid meds for six years now, I have numerous side effects from all types of thyroid meds, and I am constantly thyroid toxic.
You should call your doctor and report the symptoms and you may need your does adjusted or perhaps be switched to another type of thyroid drug.
Best of luck to you.
I asked for the change since Armour caused my blood pressure to go up to 160s-170s/78, my A1C increased from 6.3 to 6.8, and I had more incidents of afib. Since taking the new meds, my BP has gone down to 144/68. I sleep better and feel less jumpy. I still have brain fog.
Blood work results received yesterday. Doctor now wants to change my compounded meds from Liothyronine/thyroxine 4/40mcg to 4/50mcg. I’m concerned about the increase in T4 since I presume I don’t convert well.
I did the blood pressure test and just doing that stressed me out. My blood pressure was 127/82 pulse 75 laying down and 124/87 pulse 89 standing. I did the eye pupil test and to me it looks like my pupil flutters, but I'll get my husband to look at it when he gets home. Anyhow, I want to learn what I can do to feel better fast! Any suggestions or advice is so greatly appreciated. Blessings to you all!
1 vs. 14:1 T4:T3 ratio). In fact, when people take Armour their RT3 will usually be lower and their FT3 much higher most of the day. So I just give such patients Armour thyroid until/unless Armour does not seem to be effective at strong doses and they seem to still overconvert T4 to RT3. Again, one has to then reconsider whether their body may be right and they cannot tolerate strong thyroid effects for some other reason.
What is your daily dosage of Armour Thyroid? How long have you been on that dosage/ Do you defer your morning Armour dosage until after the blood draw for thyroid tests? What were your typical thyroid test results (and reference ranges) from the time before starting on the thyroid medication? What was the diagnosed cause of your hypothyroidism? Was it primary (Hashi's), or central hypothyroidism?
30a.m. with blood pressure up to 178 from 120 and anxiety. I am off the medication and am taking kelp and doing yoga and exercises at the gym every day except weekends. They want to see me back in another month or so and if it is still low she will refer me to an endocrinologist. Could this problem with blood pressure elevating when on medication be anything other than an adverse reaction to the medication? I am allergic to soy..break out in a rash and Ciproflaxin..
I, probably, had to tell you my thyroid history first. A year and a half ago I was a healthy person living without any pills. It so happened that during a check up they found a noddle on my thyroid. The result of the biopsy was: "Suspicious for papillary carcinoma". The surgery which I had last February showed that the noddle was much smaller than they had told me (1/2sm instead of 1.5) and it was benign.
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