Hi, for those who don't know me I'm a 28yr old Hashimoto's sufferer and I've been on Levo since August with the dose being gradually moved up from 25mcg to 125mcg over the course of 6 months.
Here are all my lab results here in case anyone who doesn't know me sees this:
Nov 2011 blood test results
TSH - 5.2 (0.2-4.2)
FT4 - 16.48 (11-23)
Feb 2012 blood test results
TSH - 2.2 (0.2-4.2)
Jan 2013 blood test results
TSH - 0.69 (0.27-4.2)
Anti-TPO - 84,000 (>34)
May 2013 blood test results
TSH - 22 (0.27-4.2)
FT4 - 10.9 (12-22)
August 2013 blood test results (Levo started May)
TSH - 4 (0.27-4.2)
November 2013 blood test results (Levo increased to 125mcg)
TSH - 4.3 (0.27-4.2)
FT4 - 15.3 (12-22)
Levo doses have been:
25mcg - 2 weeks
50mcg - 2 weeks
75mcg - June-August
125mcg - August onwards
I've been getting horrible internal itches in the front of my neck area, over my thyroid. I understand this to be part of the inflammatory process due to the antibodies and I can only put it down to this as I've been doing everything as directed by my GP and have not worn anything around my neck area. (if I do I don't usually get an adverse reaction anyway!!)
Anyway the GP rang while I was away to discuss the blood test results and some other things came out of my appointment today:
The letters - I recently sent 2 letters to them asking for a referral to an endo but although I have high antibodies he says that these tests are irrelevant and that a referral to an endo would come to nothing, hence why no reply.
Mentioning T3 - He also mentioned T3 and that it does play a significant part in diagnosing thyroid disease, however to be tested for this is irrelevant as well as the cost. So I'm going to order a private test for the FT3/T3.
Itchy neck - When I mentioned the itchy neck he said it could be dry skin but the dry skin I have everywhere else doesn't itch or cause problems like this!
Low Iron - He does accept however that my low iron could be due to the hypothyroidism and I did mention that I didn't get on with the ferrous fumerate and took the Spatone. He was happy for me to take the Spatone instead if I got on marginally better with that, however he did say some people do feel sick or get diarrhoea with any iron supplement. He suggested I eat more greens.
Increase in meds - I've had my Levo bumped up to 150mcg from 125mcg but he said if I had any problems or adverse reactions to come back.
I knew full well my TSH was going to be abnormal but I had no idea it didn't go up by that much.
So now I'm at a complete loss what to do next.
Thanks for any help
Jo xxx