Results in from last week. I'm on 37.5 t3 and 75 t4. I understand that I'm seeing some of the t3 implications here (low tsh and t4) but is the t3 high enough? I left out my morning dose of meds, which would make it about 24 hours between last dose and blood draw.
Ft3 5.7 pmol/L (3.8 - 6.8)
Ft4 7 pmol/L (7.5 - 21.1)
Tsh 0.05 mlU/L (0.34 - 5.6)
These results look okay to me. Feeling PANTS though. Recent b12 and ferritin results are low, so maybe that's why I'm not well?
When I felt really well in Oct, my results looked like this (note different ranges as test was done by a different lab):
Ft3 5.7pg/mL (2.0 - 4.4)
Ft4 8.5 ug/dL (4.5-12.0)
Tsh <0.005 (no units specified) (0.45 - 4.5)
Also worth noting that if I remember correctly, the latter test had to be taken unexpectedly when I had already taken my morning dose of meds, thus the high/low results. I was taking 125 t4 and 25 t3. Later that month I returned to the UK from a long trip abroad and seemed to go hypo again (constipated and tired), and I haven't felt well since.
Any thoughts? All contributions welcome. x
Maybe you feel better with a suppressed TSH? Dr Toft says some of us feel better with a suppressed TSH.
Thanks for your reply shaws.
Can I ask what is considered a suppressed tsh? Is that when it barely shows up at all? Cos my current tsh is quite low (too low for gp, I've been asked to make an appt, bleurgh) but maybe it doesn't qualify as suppressed - ?
Gp appt will give me the opportunity to grill a new locum, so maybe I should be glad of it.
I believe it when it has < in front of the numbers.
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