What tests???

I hope you find a good endocrinologist. Other tests B12, iron, ferritin and folate if you haven't had them.

I don't think T4 and T3 (usually referred to as Total T4 and Total T3) are particularly useful, but the rest of your list is good - TSH, Free T4, Free T3, reverse T3, antibodies (TPOAb & TgAb), B12, iron, ferritin and folate

For future reference, you can get blood tests done in the UK without getting a doctor's permission. See this page and follow the links for more info, and if it interests you, you could ask for advice on the forum about which are the best tests to get done :

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...

If money isn't an issue, then it would be a good idea to get the things listed on this page, in addition to the ones you've already mentioned :

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/treatm...

For information on diagnosing different kinds of anaemia :

irondisorders.org/Websites/...

The table at the bottom of the page is particularly useful if you have lots of information. Be aware that it is perfectly possible to have more than one kind of anaemia, just to make life more complicated than it already is. Then interpretation of blood tests get extremely challenging indeed!

Good luck.

Have you changed doctors ? As I went through about 6 at my practice(small Welsh village) and then I found the one that actually listened and knew a bit about this condition and believed what I was telling her she has since got me an appointment with a decient endo at another hospital a bit further away as I had sacked the previous 3 as I knew more than them ,they did not want to know just kept saying come back in 3 months, they were arrogant and would not listen or act on any of my symptoms, I am now on t3 and armour and feel a lot better but live in constant worry they will stop meds due to cost. Think I'm on over £500 a month ! You have to exhaust every option, I was determined to get the nhs to work for me.

wow Agik, I am very worried now as I have been referred to an Endo whom I am seeing next week and may also be in a position of having to find someone who can help me. I am trying to arm myself with as much info as possible, mainly to see if he/she knows what they are talking about, especially the basics ie. required blood tests!

If you see another doctor outside the UK again, you might take a look at the doctors recommended/mentioned by people like Mary Shomon and Dana Trentini. Kent Holtorf and David Borenstein come immediately to mind. I know that Shomon has lists of doctors she has interviewed, on thyroid.about.com and other sites.