Results back any insight advice well come!

[sophia17]

Serum tsh level 86.46 miu

Serum free T4 level 3.7 pmol

Any advice??

[Angel_of_the_North]

Good grief! Are you on medication? Those results indicate severe hypo if your lab ranges are anywhere near the usual UK ones Please post ranges as well as results, as they vary from lab to lab.

[sophia17 in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

Hiya yes they put me on 200mg of levothyroxine I'm not sure what my first blood test came back at slightly lower then this they said. The doctor said this is an improvement also is high cholesterol related to this? X

[Angel_of_the_North in reply to sophia17]

Yes, hypo and high cholesterol (and a host of other problems) are related,

[sophia17 in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

So I'm hoping these levels sort me out the cramp I'm getting is hurendeous and my hands are seizing up if you know what I meen x

[humanbean in reply to sophia17]

Cramping could be low iron and/or low magnesium. Have you ever had mineral and vitamin testing done? People with thyroid issues need to ask their doctors to test :

iron,

ferritin,

vitamin B12,

vitamin D,

folate

Are you taking any supplements?

[sophia17 in reply to humanbean]

Hello I did ask today if my vitamins where ok he said yes I'm new to this so struggling a bit I will ask next time I have my bloods took in 2 months it's the cramp and my hands seizing up I can't cope with the extreme tiredness doesn't bothere as much x

[Marz in reply to sophia17]

Never accept OK from your Doc. Ensure you always have copies of ALL tests and their ranges and then post here. Docs often think things are OK when just in range - when they need to be at the TOP of the range....

[Marz in reply to sophia17]

This could be LOW B12 as well....

[sheenah]

Struth! Yes please post your full results! XX

[sophia17 in reply to sheenah]

They where my full results they didn't test for everything this time now they know what is up they just do the thyroid test my first yes where lower then this x

[sheenah]

It would be worth asking your Doc for a copy of your full results - there would probably be more than just these two - and posting them on here for others to have a look at xx