Help please...advice needed

[Mbax]

Hi..thyroid problems run in female side of my family throughout.

I have felt awful,for years and fought to get treatment.

My T4 is 16.8

My TSH is 1.52

Doctor says your fine....????

Anyone help?

My t4 is not normal?

[greygoose]

We would need the range to see. Every lab has its own ranges, so you need the range of the lab that analysed your blood. Even then, without an FT3 and antibodies, it's impossible to say anything for certain. All I can say is that your TSH is too low to get you a diagnosis, but that on its own, means nothing much.

[Mbax in reply to greygoose]

Doctor refused to get a T3 analysis done unless she deemed it necessary.

I have a lot of the problems associated with underactive. I have a goitre on my thyroid , carpol tunnel, calcific tendinitis, joints hurt, weight can't get down . The list goes on .....

Thank you for replying .

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Mbax]

Why do you say your T4 is not normal? What's the range, if that's FT4 it seems to fit into most ranges we see here.

You should get vitamins and minerals tested -

Vit D

B12

Folate

Ferritin

[greygoose in reply to Mbax]

The don't do FT3 a) because it's expensive, and b) because they don't understand T3.

One thing, though, you don't have a goitre on your thyroid, the goitre is your thyroid which has expanded in an effort to make enough hormone.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

If you can't get full thyroid and vitamin testing from GP

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

Medichecks Thyroid plus ultra vitamin or Blue Horizon Thyroid plus eleven are the most popular choice. DIY finger prick test or option to pay extra for private blood draw. Both companies often have money off offers. DIY finger prick test or option to pay extra for private blood draw or

All thyroid tests should be done as early as possible in morning and fasting to give highest TSH