Thyroid

[chris48]

This is what I was given when I asked for a printout of my thyroid function. I am not sur if this is normal or would I benefit from thyroid3. I take at the min 150g of thyroxine.

[Angel_of_the_North]

You can't tell anything much from TSH alone. If you still have many hypo symptoms, you need to get free T3, free T4 and ferritin, folate and B12 done. NHS won't do T3 (unless you are exceptionally lucky). You might have B12 deficiency (should be around 1000, not just in range), which often looks like a thyroid problem.

Raise GGT (glutamytransferase) indicates a possible problem with bile system or liver. Some symptoms are quite like hypo:

Weakness, fatigue

Loss of appetite

Nausea and vomiting

Abdominal swelling and/or pain

Jaundice

Dark urine, light-colored stool

Itching (pruritus)

See labtestsonline.org/understa...

[Heloise]

Hi Chris, Your TSH could be lowered if you still have symptoms. But, the TSH is a pituitary test and it can be altered by the adrenal gland which tries to regulate it according to other factors so you really need to see what your free T4 and free T3 levels are as well. Also, with hypothyroidism, the cholesterol level is usually over range and yours is not. Perhaps a slight raise in your thyroxine would be sufficient. If that doesn't help, I would still try to find what your FT3 level is before adding T3 but that certainly has benefited many others.

It may be difficult to get the doctor to agree with the testing and some people do it privately through Blue Horizon.

[Clutter]

Chris, If you're symptomatic a dose increase will help. Many people are comfortable with TSH just above or below 1.0. Read Dr. Toft's comments in Treatment Options thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_... Email [e-mail] for a copy of the Pulse article if you would like to show it to your GP.

Impossible to tell what FT4 and FT3 might be with TSH only or whether T3 will help. You can order private thyroid tests from Blue Horizon and Genova via thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...