Hi -
I'm desperately trying to figure out what's wrong. I'll post bloods then symptoms. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I finally have an appointment with an endo but no idea when.
Date TSH Free T4 cortisol Folate VitB12 Ferritin Vit D3 Bilirubin
Ref level (.35-4.94) (9-19) Above 400 (3.1-20.5) (187-883) (10-204) (above 90) (0-21)
Apr-13 .57 13.6 10.3 468 27 79.6 21
Feb-14 .45 13.4 5 387 19 71.4 19
May-15 .33 13.2 5
Oct-15 .47 13.3 90.9 40
Jun-17 358 2.8 244 31 33
Jul-17 4.9 320 23
Sept-17 371 10.7 446
Eosinphils 1.0 (0.01-.7)
I've had changing symptoms over the course of the years when I've been tested but they're could fit with so many different conditions I think the Docs have given up. I’ve been labelled a hypochondriac! I’ve been dx as fibromyalgia but I don’t believe this at all. I’m currently experiencing fatigue, brain fog, weakness, dizzy spells, always cold, low blood pressure, headaches, easily annoyed, crave salty and sugary things. I had tingling,pins and needles, memory problems, dropping things etc but those seem to have gone away once I managed to get my Vit B12 up.
I have lost my peripheral vision in both eyes so went for an MRI and they found an asymmetry of my pituitary but didn’t seem too bothered. They also tested FSH and LH which were FSH = 35, LH =13.1 – I don’t have reference ranges. The following month they were FSH=2.37 and LH=1.33. My cycles are all over the place so no idea what it actually means.
Over the years since 2008 onwards I’ve felt my symptoms matched Hashimoto’s, adrenal fatigue, addison’s, diabetes, Pituitary tumour, MS but am now pretty certain I’m it’s adrenal/ pituitary/ thyroid linked as most symptoms not linked to those things have gone once Vitamin levels were increased. I have days of crazy hyper as well as the usual fatigue. I’m just fed up of being thought of as an annoying patient and want to get to the bottom of it all.
My nice GP, I have a horrible one I try to avoid, has agreed to a referral to an endo and a synacthen test. I’m also thinking of doing a saliva cortisol so I have the results with me when I see the endo. Not sure if they’ll consider them but it probably can’t hurt.
I’d welcome some ideas/ thoughts from anyone who has any idea what it could all mean. PS I added the bilirubin in there as I’ve been dx with Gilbert’s syndrome but there was a query re: liver disease. My kidneys aren’t great either and my potassium is always up around 4.5-5 (ref 3.5-5.3) with sodium high end around 144 (ref 133-146). Oh calcium is reasonably high at 2.48 (ref (2.03-2.45) and finally eosonphils are up lately??
I started Vit B12, Folic Acid, Iron, Vit D3, Goats milk Kefir on 15/07/17.
Thanks so much and apologies for such a long post!