Fastest way to lower TSH levels 🤗

[Klndmr]

Hey my lovely ladies 😍🤗☺️ Hope you are all well!

Im flying to Turkey on the 7th September aiming for transfer around 20th. Something was bugging me and I've decided to check my TSH levels as I've got a history of slightly elevated levels. . With my luck they are quite high which would at least explain the unexplained weight gain in the last two months .... Doc wants them ideally under 2 for ransfer and mine came back at 3.6 😠😠😠

So I'm starting some levothyroxine tomorrow and ordered some selenium supplements, any advice on how to help reduce the levels would be greatly appreciated 🤗😍

Lots of smiles, love and positive vibes to you all 😍😍😍🤗🤗😍❤️❤️❤️❤️

[MrsBless]

Hi good news for you, as it happened with me as well. In levothyroxine my TSH dropped off from 4.6 to 1.54 in 27 days. So Levothyroxine is the right away correct it.

Good luck in your journey x

[Klndmr in reply to MrsBless]

Thank you for your reply and phew good to hear it reduced so significant in such a short time. What dose were on? I'm starting on 25mg wondering if that night enough dose 🤗🌻❤️

[MrsBless in reply to Klndmr]

I'm on 50mg.

[Klndmr in reply to MrsBless]

Thank you. I've just confirmed with doc and he said to start on 50 too, instead of 25. Thank God I've asked again 🤗

[Seren0119]

They normally reduce VERY quickly with levothyroxine - mine dropped from 3.5 to 1.5 in a week! x

[Klndmr in reply to Seren0119]

Omg that's absolutely brilliant! Probably that's why doc didn't sound too bothered by the news 🤣🤗🙈 Hope you are feeling better! Xxx 🤗

[Skittles11]

Hey

My advice would be to make sure you take the levothyroxine away from all other medications, supplements, food and caffeine. It is a medication that works most effectively if taken only with water and with nothing else. I only found this out on this forum, no doctor ever mentioned it until some lovely person did and then my new clinic reiterated this and said take it at 6am. In fact I take it even earlier than that.

Good luck xx

[Klndmr in reply to Skittles11]

Heyyy lovely Skittles ☺️ Thank you for your reply. Doctor has advised me to take it in the morning before breakfast but from my job I already knew it needs to be taken first thing in the morning on an empty stomach with water only. How are you? Hope you are doing well ❤️❤️❤️ Have you decided on transfer or another round of stims xxx

[troupe in reply to Klndmr]

I now take mine in the middle of the night to make sure there is four hours of ‘nothing’ either side. For years I was blindly taking them first thing then having tea/coffee and breakfast and I was getting nowhere with lowering my levels or feeling better. Now my levels hover between 1.5 and 1 where before between 4 and 5. I also eat lots of spinach and Brazil nuts.☺️

[Klndmr in reply to troupe]

I did make an alarm for 6 o'clock in the morning to make sure I get it on time too 🤗❤️

[Pnw2020]

Hi.Have a read on thyroid uk forum. There are probably some similar posts and very good information on there.

Can be worth checking vitamin levels and full thyroid function including antibodies etc to see if cause of raised TSH is autoimmune. TSH only part of the picture. Medichecks do such tests if interested.

Good luck with your FET x

[Klndmr in reply to Pnw2020]

Thank you for your reply. I do have a history of slightly elevated levels of TSH, I did the extended TSH test from Medichecks and had some of my other vitamins checked a month ago. I'm also on a low dose of steroids in preparation for the FET.Let's see what happens when I go next month 🙂🤗🙏🍀❤️

[WaitingTee]

Hi! I was on the same boat with almost identical numbers only 10 days before transfer… and levothyroxine lowered it in only a week. I’m pregnant now and get TSH monitored every month - had to lower dose on my week 14 control actually!Good luck