90 mg of Armour contains 13.50 mcg of T3 and 57 mcg of T4
120 mg of Armour contains 18 mcg of T3 and 75 mcg of T4

So your average daily Armour dose would be 15.7 mcg T3 + 66 mcg T4
So he has decreased your T3 by 5.7 mcg and increased your T4 by 34 mcg.
Supposedly, T3 is about 4x stronger than T4 so that you would replace mcg
T3 with 20 mcg of T4.  So you have an increase of about 14 mcg total above
what you were taking before but the T3 to T4 ratio is different with a
higher amount of T4.  This could raise your TSH even though the dose is
higher, but it may not.  Only time will tell whether this is a good
solution.  Your symptoms are what is most important.  Some people claim to
feel best if they can get both free T3 and free T4 into
 the upper quarter
of their ranges. This can also be done by adding T4 to Armour to balance
out the T3:T4 ratio a bit.  Much of how you feel will depend on whether
your body converts T4 to T3 normally.  Keep us posted on how this compares
with your previous symptoms on Armour.

Time released Cytomel is only available from compounding pharmacies.  They
custom make it for you by combining cytomel with methylcellulose and
putting it in a capsule.  This is probably more expensive.  I have used
both plain cytomel and the slow release while doing the Wilson's protocol
in which higher and higher doses of T3 are taken in an effort to shut down
all T4 production and interrupt abnormal T4 to RT3 (reverse T3)
conversion.  In that circumstance, slow release T3 is essential because
when the dose of T3 is wearing off, there is little if any T4 floating
around to be converted into T3, so hypo symptoms can get bad intermittently




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