My ferritin level has been rising since 2011 and was 293 (range 13-150) when tested on 1st April. My GP has half-heartedly established (over many many months) only that my liver function is within 'normal' limits and my haemoglobin is fine.
I was taking one 20mcg T3 on waking and one at bedtime. My blood results were TSH - less than 0.015 (range .35-4.5 ), T4 - less than 0.5 (range 10.5-26) and T3 - 6.7 (range 3.9-6.8). My GP has told me to reduce my T3 to 20mcg a day (half my previous dose) based on these results.
He had spoken to a Biochemist at the hospital (just before I spoke to him on 4April) to ask whether my high ferritin is linked to too much T3. She didn't know she said but was going to look into it. I told my GP that I couldn't see how it was linked as I had not been taking thyroid meds when it first went over the 'normal' range for a woman. I have yet to hear any further about this line of thought.
It was me who asked for my ferritin to be tested after reading about it here on ThyroidUK.
It was also me who put myself on thyroid medication in the first place after my TSH went up over 4 after being 2 in previous thyroid tests. I did this with the help of Dr P and it has been a long, hard road convincing the NHS that it was my thyroid NOT M.E./Fibromyalgia. The symptoms were/are numerous and unmistakable and I come from a family of diagnosed hypothyroid sufferers!
I have reduced my T3 by half a tablet, not 20mcg as the GP told me to, and already after about 3weeks feel pretty awful, achey, ragged and fed up.
I am hoping that someone on Health Unlocked can throw some light on the ferritin issue and share their thoughts on my dosage and blood results.