Hi I was wondering if anyone could help me make sense of these results.i had a total thyroidectomy due to compressive goitre and have been hypo for some time before that. I'm on 300mcg levothyroxine and to out it politely feel absolutely rubbish!
Tsh 14.6 (0.4-4.5)
Free t3 2.2 (3.5-7.8)
Free t4 3.2 (9-25)
Thanks
My God, no wonder you are feeling rubbish. It really is a disgrace that people are suffering unnecessarily so due to some incompetent treatment.
First of all your TSH is far too high, your most important Frees, T4 and T3, far too low. How can you possibly function? Not at all by those results.
When did you have your thyroidectomy? If it's only a few months ago those results might have been higher.
I have my thyroid gland and found the benefit of T3 added to T4 (levothyroxine) and I believe someone like you should also have T3 added to a reduced T4. If you are on 300mcg and have such a high TSH somethings not working.
I posted yesterday about research which showed that 'rats' whose thyroid glands were removed improved when T3 was added to T4 the ones who remained on T4 weren't. Some of our members who had thyroidectomies also find a benefit.
Thanks for replying. To answer your question about functioning... I'm not. I don't feel I have much of a quality of life at the moment it's really getting me down. The weight gain, brain fog, memory problems constant aches and pains as well as fatigue. I can sleep for 18 hours at a time given the chance! I'm seeing my endo soon and he had mentioned t3 prior to my surgery so I hope that he hasn't changed his mind. I can't keep going like this it's awful 
I do hope he will prescribe - they are not aware of how unwell we can be and will remain so unless they are willing to work with us to enable a normal healthy life.
Test Results!!! Help please.
Thyroid blood test results.
Thyroid Test Results 
T3 needed? Test results 
