Aussiemom, The confusing thing about the TSH test is that the higher the number the more HYPO thryoid you are and the higher the dose of medication needs to be. Where I get my blood work done the "normal range" is .04 through 3.5. Your number of .08 if below the normal or putting in into the more hyper area. I have found that I do better when I am above the 1.0 but I have a hard time getting the doctors to listen to me.
When the number is low then you are HYPER and your dose needs to be decreased. It sound like you doc has got things under control. Never worry about lowering a dose or raising the dose the one number. I have been on everything from .112, 125., 137, and 150 and have had to change back and forth a lot. It is strange how this can happen. I would bet that your body is going to be a little bit that way as it adjusts to being without the thyroid gland.
I would think that eventually you will be able to be on one dose without changing so much. Out bodies are so fine tuned to all these hormones, etc that I find it hard to figure out. I don't really know if the tsh put out by the body has the ability to be stored in other tissues to be called upon to be used later. You will be able to educate us on that point by in a short period of time.
There is something else that I am mulling over in my head also. It seems like I have been having a lot of tremoring inside my body the past few years and I keep thinking it is from my TSH that is below the 1.0 level. After starting the Plaquenil and finding that I am starting to feel some better and also noticing that I am not tremoring lately I am thinking this. What if the tremoring was a reaction of my body to the amount of inflammatory response that was going on. Was the inflammation causing my body to "stress"? My psychologist wanted to increase my medication for depression and I have refused repeatedly as I felt that something was going on that was physical. Time will tell. Irish
