I thought I'd post this year just instead of my older thyroid thread. I've now been on Synthroid for about 6 weeks at a very low dose. I had a blood draw on Friday and just heard the results. Prior to treatment, I was in the mid 4's. Now it's at .635, which my doctor described as "normal." I'm not sure I agree. I do feel better than I did prior to treatment, but at times, I feel slightly hyper. I sense in the middle of the night the most because I've been waking up at 4 for no reason and struggle to get back to sleep.

This is where I find my doc frustrating. I'm not sure why she'd call .635 "normal," without also asking me how I'm feeling. I talked just to her nurse, and quite honestly, I'm always hesitant to get into it with her. I'm tempted to take the drug on less than a daily basis and see if that alters my symptoms a bit. I hate chasing after a number every 6 weeks or so and wish there was a more fluid way to approach it. Since I'm just swinging from mildly hypo to mildly hyper, I'm not that worried about playing around with my dose a bit on my own. My blood will be retested in early October when I see her next as it is.

Any thoughts?