Hi everyone!
Thanks for reading. Il try and keep this short!
I have been diagnosed for about 6 years now, following a miscarriage. After dealing with infertility for 5 years, I found out I also had low progesterone and with treatment in early pregnancy I was able to have my son (yay!).
I have no sex drive at all. I only have sex to please my husband (very rarely) and to conceive (sad truth). When I hit puberty i had the usual urges, and when I hit 15 I had sex for the first time. I have not once enjoyed sex. It has never felt good, and slowly over time the desire has disappeared. Maybe as Iv given up hope now?
I was also recently diagnosed as having moderate depression and severe anxiety, but that's a completely different story.
I am currently taking 50mcg levothyroxine (t4). My last blood test was in November:
T4 - 20.3 pmol/L. (Range 10.30 - 24.50 pmol/L)
Tsh - 2.17 mIU/L. (Range 0.3 - 5.50 mIU/L)
I have been told I have been requesting a blood test too often and unless there are any changes then to wait 6 months at least. I do have pretty much all the symptoms of untreated hypothyroid, and have since I started levothyroxine in 2000, but I'm pretty sure they believe it's all in my head.
Would love to hear your thoughts and/or experiences with 'treated' hypothyroid and no sex drive.
I know depression and anxiety play a big part but this was happening before I was diagnosed with them. Also not taking any medication for these, as having counselling instead.
Thank you xx
Most people who do well on Levo have a TSH around 1.0. When my TSH was over 2 I was already suffering symptoms although I had to wait till it was much higher before I got a diagnosis.
The problem with your tests is that they are testing the wrong thing. Free T3 is the measure of how much active hormone is available to your cells to enable them to operate properly. T4 is the storage hormone, with little effect until it is converted to T3 and measuring T4 does not tell the whole story. Not everyone converts T4 to T3 very well.
'Depression' and anxiety are both symptoms of undertreated hypothyroid. Furthermore long term undertreatment often results in the adrenals trying to make up for the lack of thyroid hormone. And an excess of cortisol causes anxiety. So you may well recover if your thryoid is properly treated.
In your position I would get a private Free T3 test (you can get a discount via TUK) to get a better idea of what is actually going on.