Hi everyone...I'm here to get some advice please. Yesterday, I spent 7 hours in the medical assessment unit of my local hospital. Long story short, I was told that a tsh of 5.89 and tpo of 978 was "fine"....am I completely loosing the plot here or is that NOT fine. 2 weeks previous my tsh was around the 1.9 mark...I feel absolutely terrible. I won't bore you all with my endless list if symptoms. Alongside my thyroid issues I have been diagnosed with pernicious anaemia, but was also told that my level at 317 was fine and the consultant couldn't see why I was getting shots.
Ive to see my GP in the morning and I'm wondering what I should say to her??? She's a good GP and I can talk to her (thankfully) unlike the previous ass I had. Does anyone know in Ireland, is there any other option to eltroxin???? I am having really bad palpitations...maybe from the hashi's or I'm thinking the meds.
Oh my previous free t4 was 16 and free t3 was 21 sorry I haven't ranges to hand.
All advice/suggestions are more then appreciated....I feel like I'm loosing my mind here....thank you all.
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So you are still getting Eltroxin over there are you as it has not been available over here for months now - the substitute Mercury Pharma brand is but this is causing heart problems (namely palps) and there has been quite a few questions asked on here about it.
Can i ask where you are? Im in co mayo..you should ask to be referred to an endo by your gp, im asking cos there is meant to be a very good new one in mayo general hosp. I know there is also a recommended private guy in dublin, if you email thyroid uk they will send you the details x
Hi =) im living in Mullingar, co westmeath. I have already seen an Endo here in the midlands regional hospital and a referral has been sent "urgently" for him to see me again. I know hes supposed to be good at his job but hes yet to help me so I would be open to seeing someone else...thanks xxx
Yes I'm on the mercury pharma brand of eltroxin levo thyroxine....serious palps that have me pretty much sofa bound yes my ft3 was 21...sorry I have no range for that I just caught a glimpse of the result off the stupid consultant yesterday. Sounds high to me but I'm not too sure....sorry my mistake my ft4 was 19.6 and I have the ranges for that 8.5-23. Thanks for your reply, much appreciated,
Think you might have misunderstood me - do you still get your Eltroxin in a box that actually says Eltroxin?
And if you really do have a FT3 of 21 it's no wonder you have palps (that's is your ranges over there are the same as here - which your FT4 range roughly is). I would be making an appt with my GP urgently and asking her opinion as this really doesn't seem right. Does your GP know that you are having bad palps and that your TSH seems to be fluctuating so much?
Also moggie, I'm having what can only describe as adrenaline rushes which in turn cause me to panic...heart palps with chest pains (ECG was fine I'm due a holter monitor next week), I feel unsteady/ dizzy all the time...sounds weird but I feel like I'm being pushed down, if that makes sense. Very anxious all the time. Hot sweats then freezing cold to the point of shaking uncontrollably...totally worn out both physically and mentally. My body feels heavy, my limbs ache. I don't mean to be dramatic but I feel like I'm fading away....my tsh when I got diagnosed in March was off the chart, couldn't be read in the lab so it was greater then 150 and my t4 was 2...I got bad hyper symptoms when starting on eltroxin so it gas to be upped very slowly...8 months later I'm no better
Sorry our posts over lapped yes the box says eltroxin on it. I have only changed GP and my new one is just getting to grips with everything that's going on...she trained under an endo so I'm hoping she's clued in with everything. I'm very nervous
I would not jump the gun here to be honest, she 'caught a glimpse' of this result off the consultant screen, hardly in stone.....what I mean is: there could be a simple explanation of having glimpsed the wrong line or having missed a dot or whatever.
Hazeljane needs to get a print out of her results that is what she needs as a first step. Also I think she is being taken care of for any immediate 'emergencies', she spent hours in a medical assessment unit, has had an ECG and is having a Holter next. i don't think 'we' can do much more than that for now it sounds like she has bad Hashis and possibly very bad adrenal fatigue, the two will make it tricky and lengthy to get to recovery but it can be done.
I have been diagnosed with hashimotos and recently with pernicious anaemia...the only reason my t3 was checked was because I requested it under the advice of a fellow member on here...I only caught a glimpse yesterday on the chart and it was defo 21 it was actually 21.???? But I didn't see the numbers after. I have seen an endo, and an urgent letter was sent to his secretary for he to be seen ASAP...I just don't know how long I can take I'm just feeling so sick and gave 2 young children to look after...I'm finding it impossible
I may be silly but how can you have a free T3 of 21 with a Free T4 of 16 - and a TSH of 5.89? There is something completely skewed about these figures unless you are taking T3 as well?
Remember that heart palps and chest pains are also hypo signs. and with a T4 of 16 it is more likely to be hypo than hyper. Just a small point - many, many more people turn up at A & E with heart problems/strokes due to under-treatment than over-treatment.
I tried asking that yesterday and was fobbed off...a request for an appointment with the endo was sent off...unless you're a private patient over here they don't care...I'm debating weather or not to borrow from the bank and go see an endo instead of getting married. I couldn't walk down the aisle like this if I tried lol I look like crap
My t4 us 19.6 sorry I read the print out wrong when I first posted...I'm hoping I'm wrong in what I read yesterday at the hospital regarding my t3 but I'm more then positive that's what it said. I'm not taking t3 at all...I am in no mans land at the moment I just don't know what I'm supposed to ask for tomorrow...do I want my medication upped??? Lowered????
I do know something needs to change very quickly I just want to be prepared when I'm going into see her tomorrow...for warned is for armed I've been to A&E twice in the last month with palps and feeling like I'm going yo pass out...sent hone with an anxiety label and an antibiotic just in case....I feel like they think I'm making all this up, it's so frustrating
Re your palpitations and heart monitor etc., it sounds exactly what happened to me whilst on levothyroxine plus ECG's and always 'heart is fine'. I felt much worse on levo than I did before diagnosis. The only thing I can think of is a sensitivity to the binders/fillers plus maybe my body didn't like synthetic levo.
The more I reduced levo and increased T3 (I know it is a difficulty for you) the better I became.
To see if you maybe allergic to the meds Dr Lowe advises taking an anti-histamine one hour before meds. I am not sure if this will help you.
Thanks so much for your reply....I'll mention this to my GP tomorrow...I just want my life back now...as I know so many on here do. I'm willing to try anything at this rare xx
On re-reading your post I have just realised you have been diagnosed with Pernicious Anaemia with a B12 level of 317 and you have been refused B12 injections - I am horrified. If you definitely have pernicious anaemia you must have regular B12 injections, otherwise serious problems can arise. I have injections and have been beween 1,000 and 2,000 at times. You can buy sublingual B12 vitamin from Amazon and it must be methylcobalamin as that is the preferable one.
Your stomach cannot absorb Vitamin B12 which leads to much more serious consequences. Your GP must send you to a Specialist or if the one you saw said no need for injections - forget him. A link:-
Hi Shaws...yes I've been diagnosed with PA and I'm getting (after battling with my GP) a shot once a week for 4 weeks and then "we will see" because I am within range I feel so disappointed and hurt that the system us letting me down...I'm convinced a huge amount of my problems are PA related. My dad gad PA and his levels where never below 300 and he spent months in hospital trying to figure out what was wrong....I'm too scared to self inject but I will however get the sublingual b12....does it work???? Thanks for the video it's very informing. Wish I could get a doc like him xxx
go on the pernicious anaemia society forum, loads of info there...also there is plenty of research that says if your levels are less than 350 you can still be very much full blown 'deficient', so it is 'atrocious' if your levels are not higher than 350 your GP says you are 'cured'!! Also if you had NEUROLOGICAL symptoms they should have given you shots every other day until all neurological symptoms stopped improving and then put you on 2 monthly shots (it is even written on BNF, british national formulary).
Thank you nobodysdriving...i know I should be getting the loading dose of a shot every 2nd day but my gp didn't give it because im within range...im so frustrated. I have an appointment in the morning at 8am and I intend to get some answers because I cannot continue like this...i really appreciate your help, thank you xx
What medication dose are you on? How long? Some more background might help people to comment. It is obviously driving you to despair but I am sure someone will come up with some ideas. X
Hi girls I had no internet, sorry about the delay in replying....my doc is re-requesting my t3 levels as she hadn't a copy of the results!!!!????? So I'm playing the waiting game I just posted a question, would appreciate all your knowledge xxxxx
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yes my ft3 was 21...sorry I have no range for that I just caught a glimpse of the result off the stupid consultant yesterday. Sounds high to me but I'm not too sure....sorry my mistake my ft4 was 19.6 and I have the ranges for that 8.5-23. Thanks for your reply, much appreciated,
yes the box says eltroxin on it. I have only changed GP and my new one is just getting to grips with everything that's going on...she trained under an endo so I'm hoping she's clued in with everything. I'm very nervous 
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