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What Causes Elevated TSH Level Despite Taking Eltroxin?

Posted on Thu, 22 Dec 2016

Question: Hello , My wife is suffering from hypo thyrodism for more than 12 years. it often fluctuates according to the tablet that she takes. last year the tablet was changed from 123mg electroxin to 100 mg electroxin. Yesterday we took blood test to see the thyroid level we found the TSH level has increased to 18.952. please advice we are much worried we have never seen this much increase in level. I have also attached the blood test reort

Answered by Dr. Minal Mohit (8 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Dose reduction was a wrong decision

Detailed Answer:
dear friend, hi and welcome to HCM. your wife is hypothyroid and on replacement . the story is clear and simple . reports fluctuate and so does the dose. probably the decision of changing the dose is becoming wrong.
first , please make the dose back to 125 Mcgraw from tomorrow.
second, please send the report at which the dose reduction decision was taken.
third, repeat test after 6-8 weeks and see me again.
Regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Minal Mohit (13 minutes later)

cause of irregular periods she ha found hypothyroid problem. now she hasn't got her periods for laat month because of this increase what shall we do for it.

Answered by Dr. Minal Mohit (48 hours later)

Brief Answer:
no immediate intervention i would suggest.

Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXX, hi! if periods have become irregular due to thyroid dysfunction , they will normalize with thyroid becoming normal. so relax and allow hormones for auto correction. if your wife is facing a lot of physical or psychological stress due to delayed periods do let me know.
regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Minal Mohit (54 minutes later)

yes often her mood swings i mean she gets angry for silly reason and at times memory loss.

Answered by Dr. Minal Mohit (14 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Imbalance thyroid again.

Detailed Answer:
Dear sir, yes , this is bound to happen. another feature of imbalanced thyroid function. So let it get corrected.
regards!

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar