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TSH & T4 results , advice please

Any views please would be welcome on my recent thyroid results. Took upon myself since previous posts and private testing with Monitor my health to titrate...

Any views please would be welcome on my recent thyroid results. Took upon mysel...

Maynan17

•11 months ago

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Totally Exhausted lately due to ...

Hello I am in US and used to take 88 mcg Unithroid, and 30 MCG of Cytomel. Then the doctor discontinued my Cytomel. So I got some Grossman Cynomel from...

Hello I am in US and used to take 88 mcg Unithroid, and 30 MCG of Cytomel. Th...

jeanie245

•11 months ago

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Please could somebody help with reviewing my latest test results.

Please can somebody help to interpret my results please.I have been going through a really bad patch since an endocrinologist took me off my Armour medication...

Please can somebody help to interpret my results please.I have been going throug...

mackers63

•11 months ago

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Advice on my T3 levels please.

Hi everyone, Would somebody be able to have a look at my blood results and advise me please. I am on Levo 88 mcg (3 days a week) and 94 mcg (4 days a...

Hi everyone, Would somebody be able to have a look at my blood results and...

Bubydizer

•11 months ago

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Please help, Confusing result for hyperthyroidism

Last month, i was having a friendly chat with a doctor friend when he asked if i was growing a goitre, i laughed it off and said it can never be me, he waved...

Last month, i was having a friendly chat with a doctor friend when he asked if i...

Happy-b

•11 months ago

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Is thyroid my main issue?

UpdateJust started on Thyroxine 25mcg. I feel worse. I notice I am not able to tolerate stress especially emotional. I don't like being around stressy people...

UpdateJust started on Thyroxine 25mcg. I feel worse. I notice I am not able to t...

FinneUK

•11 months ago

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On Levothyroxine feeling ill now gone cold turkey for a week but was it a mistake?

I was taking 50mcg for 3 weeks but began feeling quite unwell, I didn’t want to get up off the settee I was exhausted. I felt better before I started the...

I was taking 50mcg for 3 weeks but began feeling quite unwell, I didn’t want to ...

ockerdoc

•11 months ago

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Anyone seen Dr Georgina Conway ?

Anyone seen Dr Georgina Conway of the thyroid clinic?. Any reviews would be greatly appreciated. Please private messages per forum guidelines. Thank...

Anyone seen Dr Georgina Conway of the thyroid clinic?. Any reviews would be gr...

AS14

•11 months ago

1 Reply

advice on latest bloods

Hi Currently taking 100mcg thyroxine and 1/2 grain ERFA daily. These are my latest bloods T4 - 23.8 (12-22) T3 - 5.5 (3.1-6.8) TSH - 0.01 (always...

Hi Currently taking 100mcg thyroxine and 1/2 grain ERFA daily. These are my la...

Spangle15

•11 months ago

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mixing brands of different levothyroxine dosage

hi there My Pharmacist has now mixed the brands of my levo. I’m on 150mg for 2 days then day 3 I am on 175mg and that’s how I am taking them. Recently my...

hi there My Pharmacist has now mixed the brands of my levo. I’m on 150mg for 2 ...

Thyroid2020

•11 months ago

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Active B12 test - how/where?

Please could you give advice on how/where to get this tested myself, not via the NHS? Anywhere near Fordingbridge (Hampshire/Dorset) would be good. Thank......

Please could you give advice on how/where to get this tested myself, not via the...

thyr01d

•11 months ago

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Statins and Malcolm Kendrick's: The Great Cholestrol Con!

I saw Helvella's post regarding the article in the Guardian on NHS checks; I did post this elsewhere, but I guess would only be visible to folk following...

I saw Helvella's post regarding the article in the Guardian on NHS checks; I d...

Lavender-Blue

•11 months ago

21 Replies

T3 ONLY - Issues - Please help

Hi all, After many years on Thyroid S, my NHS endo has convinced me to trial t3 only, I have been taking 20 mcg at 6.30am and 10mcg at 10pm. I have been...

Hi all, After many years on Thyroid S, my NHS endo has convinced me to trial t3...

dizzy1979

•11 months ago

26 Replies

2 weeks Post Thyroidectomy and feeling amazing

Hi Ive found the posts here absolutely fantastic to get context, recently i started coming back to this page because i had to have a thyroidectomy due to...

Hi Ive found the posts here absolutely fantastic to get context, recently i st...

DonnaDuck3

•11 months ago

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Neck pain, hoarse voice on on increase?

So I upped my dose to 100mcg 9 days ago. Since then, I’ve been getting pain in the front of my neck which feels like it spreads to my chest, when I swallow I...

So I upped my dose to 100mcg 9 days ago. Since then, I’ve been getting pain in t...

Cade83

•11 months ago

17 Replies

Problem with EBV

Hi all I have active EBV, but I can't take Lysine because it reduces my sleep-5,6 hours and I sleep very poorly by waking up several times during the night. My...

Hi all I have active EBV, but I can't take Lysine because it reduces my sleep-5,...

Stongwave

•11 months ago

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GP appointment postponed

My GP appointment has been postponed until 18th July, I wasn't offered an appointment with another doctor. This means I have to postpone the private endo...

My GP appointment has been postponed until 18th July, I wasn't offered an appoin...

66olives

•11 months ago

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Endos in North East

Hi everyone, I’m looking for an endocrinologist in the North East. I’d appreciate a DM if you can recommend an endo or also to let me know about ones to...

Hi everyone, I’m looking for an endocrinologist in the North East. I’d apprecia...

Dandelions

•11 months ago

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change of t3 brand

I’ve been taking Morningside t3 (small pills) for almost a year (hospital precriotion) and have been changed to large gel based Roma capsules. Has anyone else...

I’ve been taking Morningside t3 (small pills) for almost a year (hospital precri...

bikebabe

•11 months ago

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Impact of increased t3 dose on free t4

does anyone have an explanation for why my free t4 increases when I increase my tri-iodothyronine? Theoretically my congenital inherited pendreds condition...

does anyone have an explanation for why my free t4 increases when I increase my...

bikebabe

•11 months ago

2 Replies

antidepressants and the thyroid

Is there any evidence that antidepressants affect the role of the thyroid (production/conversion of thyroxine etc)? Any information gratefully appreciated....

Is there any evidence that antidepressants affect the role of the thyroid (produ...

Mothebear

•11 months ago

6 Replies

Advice appreciated...im confused

Any advice on my recent bloods? I was on 62.5mg levo and then Increased in April to 75mg...was hoping that my TSH would get closer to 1 but it seems to have...

Any advice on my recent bloods? I was on 62.5mg levo and then Increased in April...

Kimbo86

•11 months ago

28 Replies

Levo and hay-fever tablets

Any advice on the gap between taking levo and taking hayfever tablets? I am an adhoc loratadine user ...clover is getting me at the moment. Cannot remember...

Any advice on the gap between taking levo and taking hayfever tablets? I am an a...

Sleepman

•11 months ago

1 Reply

Disrupted sleep with increased T4

Hello dear Thyroid UK, I had thyroid cancer in August 2021 with part of my thyroid and a parathyroid removed. Since then, I've been trying to get an ideal...

Hello dear Thyroid UK, I had thyroid cancer in August 2021 with part of my thyr...

sweetgrapefruit

•11 months ago

3 Replies

Serum thyroid peroxidase antibody concentration 173.9 ku/L

hi there. Lovely to “meet” you all. For the last two years I’ve felt awful. I’m 56 and in that two years I’ve been diagnosed with microscopic Colitis. I then...

hi there. Lovely to “meet” you all. For the last two years I’ve felt awful. I’m ...

1967rosebud

•11 months ago

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headaches when moving from NDT to t3 and Levo.

I’ve been on NDT which hasn’t been working anymore as my t4 too low but when I increase my t3 goes too high. I dropped my NDT from 200mg to 40mg and started...

I’ve been on NDT which hasn’t been working anymore as my t4 too low but when I i...

Kitkat1982

•11 months ago

40 Replies

Thyroid and gum/teeth health

I'm sure ive read about how thyroid conditions can effect the health of gum and teeth health. I just had an appointment with my dentist who told me i have...

I'm sure ive read about how thyroid conditions can effect the health of gum and ...

metamorphica

•11 months ago

51 Replies

Switching from NDT to T3 only - what dose?

Hi, I have been on NDT since 2016, and surely had some relief when starting. Before NDT I really had no life. But as I still have a lot of symptoms (the worse...

Hi, I have been on NDT since 2016, and surely had some relief when starting. Be...

Whippets88

•11 months ago

17 Replies

Liquid Levothyroxine

Hi all My mother is 85 and she has advanced dementia and the other day I noticed she was putting her finger down her throat and making noises and I had a...

Hi all My mother is 85 and she has advanced dementia and the other day I notic...

Alisonmeredith

•11 months ago

12 Replies

any help and advice appreciated😉

originally diagnosed with hypothyroidism, now confirmed I have Graves, just had my carbimazole reduced from since originally starting in January which was 20...

originally diagnosed with hypothyroidism, now confirmed I have Graves, just had...

Forumjunkie

•11 months ago

22 Replies

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All posts for June 2023

TSH & T4 results , advice please

Totally Exhausted lately due to ...

Please could somebody help with reviewing my latest test results.

Advice on my T3 levels please.

Please help, Confusing result for hyperthyroidism

Is thyroid my main issue?

On Levothyroxine feeling ill now gone cold turkey for a week but was it a mistake?

Anyone seen Dr Georgina Conway ?

advice on latest bloods

mixing brands of different levothyroxine dosage

Active B12 test - how/where?

Statins and Malcolm Kendrick's: The Great Cholestrol Con!

T3 ONLY - Issues - Please help

2 weeks Post Thyroidectomy and feeling amazing

Neck pain, hoarse voice on on increase?

Problem with EBV

GP appointment postponed

Endos in North East

change of t3 brand

Impact of increased t3 dose on free t4

antidepressants and the thyroid

Advice appreciated...im confused

Levo and hay-fever tablets

Disrupted sleep with increased T4

Serum thyroid peroxidase antibody concentration 173.9 ku/L

headaches when moving from NDT to t3 and Levo.

Thyroid and gum/teeth health

Switching from NDT to T3 only - what dose?

Liquid Levothyroxine

any help and advice appreciated😉

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