Today's results

[Carolyn1964]

Hi can someone please advise

Feb

T4 15

TSH 5.33

June

T4 14

TSH 6.27

July

T3 3.6

Today

T4 16

TSH 7.94

T3 Doctors words 'just below normal'

[bluebug]

Hello,

Can you edit your post:

1. To put in the lab ranges (Click on the arrow near your post and select edit)

2. State what medication you are on

3. Say what actual help you want

Then someone can help you.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

I see you have PA

You need to check levels of vitamin d, folate and ferratin. These all need to at good (not just average) levels for thyroid hormones (our own or replacement ones) to work in our cells. B12 also needs to be high, but obviously your are supplementing/injecting

have you ever had thyroid antibodies checked? There are two sorts TPO Ab and TG Ab. (Thyroid peroxidase and thyroglobulin) Both need checking, if either, or both are high this means autoimmune thyroid - called Hashimoto's, the most common UK cause of being hypo.

NHS rarely checks TPO and almost never checks TG. NHS believes it is impossible to have negative TPO and raised TG. It's rare, but not impossible, there are a few members on here that have this.

Make sure you get the actual figures from tests (including ranges - figures in brackets). You are entitled to copies of your own results. Some surgeries make nominal charge for printing out.

When you get results suggest you make a new post on here and members can offer advice on any vitamin supplements needed

If you can not get GP to do these tests, then like many of us, you can get them done privately

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...

Blue Horizon - Thyroid plus eleven tests all these.

This is an easy to do fingerprick test you do at home, post back and they email results to you couple of days later.

Usual advice on ALL thyroid tests, (home one or on NHS) is to do early in morning, ideally before 9am. No food or drink beforehand (other than water)

( If you are taking Levo, then don't take it in 24 hours before take straight after)

This way your tests are always consistent, and it will show highest TSH, and as this is mainly all the medics decide dose on, best idea is to keep result as high as possible

PA is autoimmune, so it's quite likely that you have Hashimoto's too - high thyroid antibodies.

If you have Hashimoto's then you may find adopting 100% gluten free diet can help reduce symptoms, and lower antibodies too.

You will see, time and time again on here lots of information and advice about importance of good levels of B12, folate, ferritin and vitamin D, leaky gut and gluten connection to autoimmune Hashimoto's too.