I am getting so stupid these days that I managed to write a post half an hour ago, and then lost it! Anyway, I'll try again....
I am getting more and more confused and would be very grateful if somebody could have a look at the blood results below and let me know what they think.
Briefly, I was diagnosed just before the summer last year with hypothyroidism and given 25mcg of levothyroxine. Very quickly, I began to feel ill with lots of symptoms. My dose was increased to 50mcg and I was sent to an endo...still feeling rubbish. After more blood test, the Endo said that I had other autoimmune issues and sent me to a Rheumy without changing my thyroxine dose.
Eventually, I have been diagnosed with Lupus, sjorgrens as well as Hashi's. I am taking meds for the other things.
At the beginning of December, my GP added 20mcg of t3 to my meds (I reduced my t4 from 75mcg to 50mcg and added 20mcg of t3) and I began to feel almost normal most days. However, last weekend I started to feel really dreadful again..and still am....lots of symptoms.....but also really hot, tingly hands and feet (especially at night) and painful, aching and tingling legs and arms. I saw my GP last week who took thyroid bloods (below) and am seeing endo and rheumy later this week.
My question is, from the bloods below, does it look like it's my thyroid causing the problem? I don't know whether it's one thing or the other and the doctors pass me back and for the to each other.
Any advise on whether these bloods look ok would be very gratefully received. If they do, then at least i'll know that the problem lies elsewhere.
total thyroxine (T4) *52 (range 59 - 154)
TSH 1.53 (range 0.27 - 4.2)
Free thyroxine *11.1 (range 12.0 - 22.0)
Free T3 4.9 (range 3.1 - 6.8)
Thyroid peroxidase antibodies *285.8 range (0 - 34)
I would be incredibly grateful for any thoughts.
Many thanks.
Lx