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Hi fellow RLS people. Can anyone suggest a private neurologist in UK preferably South of England who will prescribe opioids? My doctor didn’t want to prescribe codeine (although had done so in the past). In the past I have also tried DA, gabepentin, clonazepam, amitriptiline, and some sleeping tablets

shown that my dreaded cholesterol is back where is should be, LDL is still bit higher at 4 but huge improvement as two months ago it was 6.

So recently I had a " basic " CT scan done, however I was told I needed a CT scan done with a contrasting dye, I've had the OK on a small growth on my adrenal gland and need to give 24 hours of urine samples, just to make sure everything is working OK, however I've a large growth in my pelvic region

hi all - I had my appointment with a thyroid U.K. recommended doctor. I’ve been worried for a while about availability of thyroid S and the changing strengths between batches amongst other things. Felt more comfortable being under someone that can prescribe NDT or T3 going forwards. Especially as

I wonder if obese people need more or less T4 . Would anyone know how to calculate this? thank you.

I recently started to reduce my thyroxine from 100mcg as my t4 was still a bit high in range (I’m taking T3 also ) I’m doing it gradually but my mercury pharma 100mcg pills are very crumbly so finding it hard to split them daily so have reduced 2 days to 50 mcg so an on 85.71 per week , is there

I purchased a 2 pavk of clear blue pregnancy test the first one had a very faint line almost making think was it an early positive. I decided to take the second test first thing the following morning. Within 3 minutes it wasn't a perfect + sign but I literally swore I had to be pregnant. I looked online

Hi I have had a horrible time with two infections and antibiotics .I thought it was better to increase injections while I was on these but still feeling awful .getting bloods done at doctor today as feeling very anxious .I'm not sure if it's all the other vitamins like iron magnesium folate that could

I am taking Apixaban 5mg bd and iron bisglycinate 60mg. Is the iron reducing the effectiveness of the Apixaban and vice versa? If so, what is the solution to raising the ferritin levels?

Morning! I’m so confused atm. My pregnancy test line today had faded significantly from yesterday. At the 3 minute mark it was undeniably faded. Now it’s less conclusive (30 mins on). I’ve attached the image of yesterdays and todays tests together as they look atm. Top image is yesterday’s test. I would

tsh- 4.49 (0.27-4.2) Free T3- 4.6 (3.1-6.8) T4- 18.4 (12-22) Folate- 35.8 B12- 81.5 Vit D- 92.6 (50-250) Ferritin- 90.1 (30-169) CRP HS1 5.53 (less than 3). I’ve put 3 stone on over the last 4 months which I needed to do as I was so underweight from anxiety. my hair has been falling out daily

Today I had a phone consult with my haematologist who informed me CLL has progressed and that at my next appt in 6 weeks’ time he’d discuss with me my options I have to confess to being largely ignorant about the disease (call it burying my head in the sand) and wondered what these options/treatments

Hi all, I took my pregnancy test on Monday (my OTD) and managed to wait without any prior testing and to my shock it was a clear positive. I’m obviously over the moon but still in utter disbelief as I 110% believed it hadn’t worked.L and was shaking when doing the test, braving myself for a BFN. Before

I have just returned from my 6 monthly appt with my Rheumatologist. She was talking ‘at me’ before I’d even sat down. Maybe I was rude but I interrupted her and said “Good Morning”. I have reduced to 4.5 mgms Pred and thought she would be pleased by this, but she asked why I was not off Pred altogether

hi evertone I started with T July 2023 and over the last year it’s got progressively worse. I’ve started to habilitate a couple of time where I was not hearing it for odd times (but not many) but it seems to keep getting worse. My sensitivity to sound is pretty much every sound, which is causing my

Have any of you gotten worse after an IV Iron Infusion? I got Infed 1,000mg iron. For the past 2 weeks my RLS has been worse and I'm getting up to pee 4 times during the night. (No, I haven't changed my liquid intake). Is this a normal reaction? Will things improve ? Is it temporary or am I permanently

Labs weren’t too bad, but will be curious to see what they say. Wbcs 1.9, hct 39.5, PLT 176, neutrophils 1.1, lymphocytes 0.6. Alk phos was a little high, but not near double, other liver enzymes were good. I figured it is because my thyroid needs adjusting as it was totally fine in June. But lipids

Hi, thanks for reading my post. I have Hashimoto’s, am on T4/T3 combo and get migraines. Have been told I can’t move onto migraine preventative injections etc unless I try 3 prophylaxis meds first. Propranolol and Amytriptaline no help, so now they say try Candesartan. I have enough bad reactions with

Hello lovely people, Further to my previous post I wrote about my sister being diagnosed with thyroid cancer, because of that the doctor agreed to refer me to have an ultrasound scan, my sister is having her thyroid removed later this month. My ultrasound was carried out on Sunday 11th August, the

https://healthunlocked.com/thyroiduk/posts/151096015/chronic-insomnia Above is a link to my previous post from 3 weeks ago. I've now asked my husband to communicate in the group on my behalf, as my condition has worsened significantly. I'm struggling to function, walking is difficult, my speech is