Bob 3450

[3450]

Sorry

My results:

TSH 4.98 (.27-4.2)

Free thy 17.5 (12-22)

Total Thy T4 78.5 (59-154)

Free T3 4.83 (3.1-6.8)

Rev T3 19 (10-24)

Rev T3 ratio 16.55 (15.01-75)

Thyg ant 274 (0-115)

Thy per ant 96.9 (0-34)

B12 211 (0-115)

Folate 10.03 (2.91-50)

Vit D 59.8 (50-200)

Ferritin 89.7 (30-400)

[Nanaedake]

I think you're right, your meds need increasing. 50mcg is a low dose. What does the lab state next to the vitamin D result? It looks low to me.

[3450 in reply to Nanaedake]

Supplement 400-800 Iu vit D

per day for 22 weeks.

[3450 in reply to 3450]

Sorry 12 weeks

[Nanaedake in reply to 3450]

I would go for the higher dose of vitamin D if I were you. You might need more but if you test in 12 weeks you'll know if you need to increase or not. You might need a maintenance dose over the winter but you'll have to experiment and retest at least every 6 months to find out what you need. People synthesise or utilise it with different levels of efficiency.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Your B12 and folate are also on low side. Supplementing a good vitamin B complex might help.

Remember if taking vitamin B complex, or any supplements containing biotin, to stop these 3-5 days before any blood tests, as biotin can falsely affect test results

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Going strictly gluten free for 6-9 months ....see how you feel and monitor TPO antibodies to see if they reduce

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[Treepie in reply to SlowDragon]

something wrong with B12 range?

[3450 in reply to SlowDragon]

Should be (103-185)insufficient

>535 consider reducing dose

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to 3450]

So B12 is on low side

[Nanaedake in reply to 3450]

B12 is best top of range but your lab range is low. Less than 500 is considered insufficient by the Pernicious Anaemia society so please post your results with the correct lab ranges on the Healthunlocked Pernicous Anaemia society for advice.

[humanbean in reply to Nanaedake]

I think the B12 result given is probably Active B12 rather than serum B12 based on the reference range given. Either that or the units of measurement are something I'm not familiar with for serum B12.