Not to hijack this thread, but a question re: the thyroid levels. After many years of being stable, my hashimotos thyroid keeps going hypo (measured by tsh) and they increase the levothyroxine. I already have osteopenia and don't want the incresed meds. Why are the t3, t4, reverse t3 better than tsh? BTW, I started taking the levothyroxine in the middle of the night and brought TSH down from 6 to .4 in four weeks. I found that very interesting. I am underweight due to low carb diet, but LDL is over 130 and I wonder if the fluctuating thyroid is affecting this. I just starting eating meat a month ago so that is not the reason for high ldl.
