Noa24

But the saga continues... Because it works that way when you have a "normal" feedback loop. Unfortunately, when you have Cushing's, the excess cortisol tends to suppress the TSH. So, it may look like you are becoming HYPERTHYROID when you may instead be HYPOthyroid. Often the FT4 will be low, but it's hard to "catch." Many Cushies have a hard time finding the right dose of thyroid meds b/c their numbers (TSH & FT4) fluctuate so much. Hypopits have similar problems, except it's due to the pit not putting out the TSH. They tend to have low FT4, as well. I also learned that "normal" people with hypothyroidism will try to get their TSH between 1-2 when they are medicated. Those with pit problems will tend to suppress their TSH to practically nothing while on thyroid meds. If you go on thyroid meds and suppress TSH to zippo, it should be a red flag to the doc that there's something fishy going on with the pit. Too bad we don't fit the easy profile. We wouldn't have so many problems with the docs if we did!!!! Noa