Thyroid blood results

[shuils]

hi just wondered if anyone could tell me what my blood results mean please...the first set of results were from June 2016 when I was first told I have hypothyroidism and was put on 50mcg of levo....and the second set of results from April 2017 after being on 100mcg for a couple of months

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Shuils - there's only one set of results there, showing over range TSH at 11.1 and under range FT4 at 11 confirming hypothyroidism. Presumably those are from when you were diagnosed.

What are the other results? Better to type them in, I had to almost stand on my head to read those in the photo.

[shuils in reply to SeasideSusie]

sorry about the photo 😊 the second results were TSH 6.45 and T4 14.0

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to shuils]

Shuils - the second results show that the Levo is working, its reduced your TSH and improved your FT4. However, you still have a long way to go and need an increase of 25mcg Levo based on those results, retesting in 6-8 weeks time and another increase of 25mcg, and repeat, and repeat, until your symptoms abate and you feel well.

The aim of a treated hypo patient generally is for TSH to be 1 or below or wherever it needs to be for FT4 and FT3 to be in the upper part of their respective reference ranges when on Levo, if that is where you feel best.

[shuils]

thank you 😊