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My blood results, please can anyone explain what the results mean

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Recently asked my doctor for my blood test results as I have been diagnosed with underactive thyroid. TSH 7.11 and T4 10.8

I am on levothyroxine and have been on 100mcg for two months now. Still feeling yuk and nauseas, no energy and generally just not right, does this ring any bells with anyone?

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Philly2748, TSH 7.4 is quite high and FT4 10.8 low (hard to tell how low without lab ref ranges). 100mcg is a decent dose to start with but I would have expected you to have some improvement in that time.

You should have a thyroid blood test 8 weeks after starting Levothyroxine and the same after any dose adjustment as your dose may need tweaking. Leave 24 hours between your last dose and the blood draw so the results aren't skewed.

Ask your GP to check vitamin D, ferritin, B12 and folate as they are often low/deficient in hypothyroid people and cause fatigue, musculoskeletal pain and low mood very similar to hypothyroid symptoms.

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Hi Philly2748,

Are these your most recent results, i.e. after 8 weeks on 100mcg levothyroxine? If so, even without you posting your ranges, your TSH is still very high and higher than most UK ranges.

Has your GP arranged an increase in your levothyroxine, if these are your most recent thyroid bloods? Going off these results, you need another 25mcg levothyroxine adding. Then retesting after 6 weeks and possibly another increase in meds.

Re: nausea, yes ! I had nausea & vertigo before being better treated and starting to recover. For me, it was similar feeling to morning sickness . Horrible :( !! xx

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Tweetypie28

Agree with all these replies, you need some further tests to determine where your vitamin and iron levels are as these can affect how you feel. You also need another test to see where your thyroid levels are now since taking Levo. For me though it took a while until I started to feel better, the Levo needs to build up in your system. And yes, I too had sickness which felt like morning sickness. Hope you start to feel better soon x

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Thank you all for your help. My doctor wants a repeat blood test after three months, so at the end of April and yes I asked if she could please also check for deficiency in Vit B12, Iron, Ferritin & Folate. Here's hoping that given more time, the levothyroxine will build up in my system and I will start to feel better. I have been to my nutritionist who has given me a super multivitamin liquid called 'source of life gold'. Should I take that last thing at night then (take my levo at 7am) so I am thinking that if I take multivitamin last thing at night then I have a better chance of my body being able to absorb the multivitamins as levo won't disrupt its absorption by then !

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