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Newly Diagnosed under active thyroid

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Hi Guys,

My head is all over the place, after 4 years of feeling blahhh, just been diagnosed with an under active thyroid. Dr started me on 100mg of Levothyroxine...........hopefully i will start feeling better soon.

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Marz

Gosh that sounds a great deal for a starter dose - sorry I am not an expert . Others will comment. Do you have any more information for us ?

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Terri_Scott in reply toMarz

My levels are really high due to thyroid and menopause and to top it off I have around 8 fibroids in my uterus which is saping all my hormone that I have left....medical mystery I am lol......Hopefully will start to feel better soon....just waiting for a gyne appointment to have surgery and then review my levels again.

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Marz in reply toTerri_Scott

Sorry - which levels are high - the TSH - FT4 - FT3 or the Anti-bodies ?

Fibroids are often linked to being Hypo - so I would wait on the surgery to see what happens.

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Terri_Scott in reply toMarz

TSH level was 46.50 and FT4 level was 7.7...... I'm trying to understand all of this at the moment. O am also menopausal so my hormones are not normal.

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Marz in reply toTerri_Scott

Ah - that possibly explains why you are on such a high dose of T4. You must have felt really poorly. Hope you can soon lower the levels and begin to feel well....

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Terri_Scott

Thanks, it's.only day 1.... So will see in.tje next few months. Thanks for the chat.

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Ansteynomad

Can we just double check that FT4 result please?

100mcg is a proper starting dose if you're under 60 and don't have heart disease.

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Terri_Scott

I am under 60, I'm actually 45 and don't have heart disease.

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Treepie in reply toTerri_Scott

Sure about that FT4?

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Treepie

Seems very high but without the range given in brackets cannot know. Different labs have different machines and different ranges.My TSH was 102, T4 was 1.9 ( 11-22 )

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Terri_Scott

Hi There, just read my results again.......my mistake...i don't understand levels ect!!

results as read on the form

TSH - 46.50

FT4 - 7.7

FSH -72.3

B12-302

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Treepie

But what are the ranges? Shown in brackets .

On the face of it yourvB12 is low but the range would help.

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