Recent Blood Results!!

[Crlnfly]

Please Help x

Sorry about pic, so I'll write them out x

Magnesium 1.00 (0.7-1.0)

Free thyroxine 3.7 (12-22)

Tsh 166.20 (0.27 -4.2)

Free T3 1.4 (3.1 -6.8)

B12 610 (197 -771)

Folate 13.1 (4.6-18.7)

Ferritin 51 (13- 150)

Vitamin d tested last time so not tested this time . Was normal as was supplementing.

RBC 4.11 (3.8- 4.8)

[Clutter]

Crinfly,

What thyroid medication are you taking and what dose? Has dose been adjusted since October or January when levels were good?

[Crlnfly in reply to Clutter]

Hi clutter I had reduced dose to 1 grain every 3 days and was feeling over medicated all the time, so these bloods represent that.

I have now gone back to 1 grain daily and will increase to 2 grains but slowly x

Changed from Armour to nature thyroid before Christmas

[Clutter in reply to Crlnfly]

Crinfly,

How much NDT were you taking in October and January?

[Crlnfly in reply to Clutter]

I was taking 2 grains per day and I went up to 3 grains. I started feeling over medicated so started reducing, but obviously reduced too quickly and by too much 😢

This is the problem I keep having whilst trying to find my optimal dose, but hopefully this time I will do it right x

[Clutter in reply to Crlnfly]

Crinfly,

I would resume 2 grains now and retest thyroid levels in 8 weeks. If 2 grains is close to optimal blood levels you can adjust dose in 1/4 grain increments to fine tune it.

Under medical supervision I've stopped thyroid meds for up to 4 weeks and I resumed taking it at the same dose I was taking before. Last time It took 7 weeks to reduce my TSH from 107 to 0.16, and 5 months before hair and skin stopped shedding!

[Crlnfly in reply to Clutter]

Omg!! I haven't had the hair shedding thank god.

I'm afraid of my life of going over as I hate the feeling, so that's why I was only taking 1

[Clutter in reply to Crlnfly]

Crinfly,

I kept asking what dose you were taking in Oct and Jan because those results were good.

If you do feel overmedicated skip a dose. If you continue to feel overmedicated reduce dose in 1/4 grain increments each week.

[Crlnfly in reply to Clutter]

Ya those results were when I was on 2 grains, I should have left thing alone really, but just kept thinking I needed a little bit more.

Anyway I'll start today taking 2 and see how I get on ☺

[Jazzw]

As we said when you posted last - horribly undermedicated when you were tested. That was on a grain of NDT, yes?

How much are you taking now?

[Crlnfly in reply to Jazzw]

I am taking 1 grain per day at the moment, and will slowly up to 2 grains before next bloods x

[mistydog]

Have you had your cortisol tested? Perhaps that is the issue? Ferritin looked low to me.

[Crlnfly]

Latest blood Results

Please Advise 😊

Taking 3 grains of Nature Thyroid , should I increase to 4?