Hi everyone
Ive just joined and its really imformative reading your posts im struggling a bit to be honest understanding my results
I was diagnosed with underactive thyroid many years ago infact can remember when and because its always been in the parameters they say it fine but i can honestly say ive never ever felt fine !!!
In 2014
Reaults were :
TSH 0.82
ANTI-TPO 949.00 H
FERRITIN 38
FT4 18.0
VIT D <20.0L
FOLIC 3.2
B12 240
Can anyone help they gave me vitD over past 2 years feel no better worse if anything will all the symptoms
Thank you
Understanding my blood results
Help to understand results.
Help understanding results
Understanding blood test results
What sort of vit d did they give you? And how much? Doesn't seem to have made much impression, does it.
How about your B12? Did they say that was fine? Because it's far from fine - in fact, it's dangerously low, and is probably causing a whole heap of symptoms.
If I were you, I would supplement with 5000 mcg sublingual methylcobalamin daily. At the same time, take a b complex, with methylfolate, and that will bring your folate up, because that is very low, too. Optimal for B12 is 1000, so you have quite a way to go.
Your ferritin is much too low, too, and will doubtless be having an effect on your thyroid health. You need to supplement that, plus 1000 mg vit C to help absorption.
Your TSH and FT4 look ok, even without the ranges (please post ranges, in future
) but you have high antibodies, which means you have Hashi's, and that in itself will mean you feel bad. Have you tried a gluten-free diet, to bring the antibodies down? Taking selenium can also help.
However, the one number that is missing, is the most important number : the FT3. That could be low, and would mean you are hypo, despite the TSH and the FT4. The NHS is very reluctant to test that, so most people get it tested privately.
So, in conclusion, I would say, no, you are not fine! But I wouldn't expect any doctor to know anything about all that.
Ah thank you for replying much appreciated i just ordered the thyroid testing from blue horizon i cant seem to locate recent test results so im hoping to get a proper work up very soon, am i best off doing nothing until the results are in ? I want to try gluten free piling on weight cant sleep no energy what so ever having problems over heating at min 😥
Depends what you've had tested, and what you plan on doing. But, judging by those results above, you need to supplement your nutritional deficiencies as soon as possible.
You didn't answer my question about the vit D.
Cholecalciferol several thousand units for a couple of weeks then they lowered the dose
2014 results with values
Ferritin 38 (10-204)
Tsh 0.82 (0.35-4.94)
Ft4 18.0 (9.0-19.0)
Anti-tpo 949.00 (<5.61)
250HVITD <20.0L (>75)
B12 240 (187-883)
Folic acid 3.2 (3.1-20.5)
Sorry not explaining myself very well have 150mcg levo thyroxine daily and the dose has never changed in 15years maybe more seen endo when my anti tpo was < 1000.00 but he never changed anything saying it was fine sorry even got brain fog trying to type this 😶
OK, so those labs are two years old! It's certainly about time you had some new ones!
No, there is no treatment for Hashi's, just as I explained above. But an endo wouldn't know anything about that.
So, you're still taking vit D, ok, are you having that tested now? Just post the results when you get them, it really isn't very helpful to post two year-old labs. lol
Sorry
Will post new results as soon as complete thank you
You're welcome.
Please could you have a look at my labs on screen under "the results are in"