Any advice ahead of meeting endocrinologist tomorrow?? Hypothyroid but Levo messing with my cycle... TTC post miscarriage..

[Rubiales]

Hi there,

Trying to conceive following a miscarriage May 2021. Had been struggling with ringing in ears / muscle aches / fatigue and of course the infertility. Recently diagnosed as hypothyroid TSH awas 5.8 but consultant agreed to start Levo to bring down to 1 or 2. was n 25 mcg now 50 mcg.

Results of my latest blood test after 8 weeks on Levo 50 mcg, were

TSH 2.32 [ 0.3 - 3.94].

April was 2.94 (on 25mcg)

Feb was 5.8 (before Levo)

After a few periods of just 15 days, my GP agreed to increase my dose to 50 mcg, I then had a 28 day cycle, but now my period has vanished completely and I've had no menstrual bleeding at all. (Negative pregnancy test results too just in case you're wondering )

Starting to lose heart.. The thyroxine seems to have messed up my cycles completely.. Has anyone else experienced this??

TPO antibody test negative. Haven't had TG antibody test done yet, money is tight at the moment. Have stopped taking multi vits and trying to eat lots of iron rich foods as ferritin came back low.

I have an appointment tomorrow with an endocrinologist for the first time. If you have any suggestions of what to ask for / discuss please let me know... I'm wondering if I need to request another dose increase..

Thanks for everything, this forum has been massively helpful to me.

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Hi Rubiales, I would ask about getting your T4 and T3 tested as well as that gives more of a complete picture of what's going on then just using the TSH result. So for example, for me after years of being on Eltroxin and not feeling any better (extremely tired constantly) I figured out that my body isn't able to convert the T4 into T3 which is the usable form that gets into your cells. Throughout my TSH was coming back in normal range so it looked fine just using this result. Low ferritin often goes hand in hand with hypothyroid but should resolve when you're correctly medicated. Also make sure you're getting a natural form of folate as opposed to folic acid too. If you're eating loads of iron rich foods, they normally contain folate too though. A good source of info on it all is stopthethyroidmadness.com. Loads of info so try not and get too overwhelmed with it. I hope the endocrinologist proves useful for you.