Help with test results please

[Olisha]

Help. I feel so weak and tired. What is going on?

My symptoms: extreme tiredness. Severe depression. Burning hands/feet. Complete memory losses. Brain fog. Emotional, crying everyday. Brittle hair/nails. Impossible to lose weight even tho I'm on a very strict coached diet program. Extremely deep muscle and bone pain!

Help. I'm so tired of feeling this low.

Here are my test results.

B12 is 263 153-655 pmol/L

Ferritin 47 15-247 ug/L

Hemoglobin A1C 5.3

AST 15

Magnesium 0.94 0.64-0.98 mmol/L

Cholesterol 4.38 2.00-5.19 mmol/L

LDL Cholesterol 2.80 1.50-3.40

HDL 1.26

Chol/HDL 3.48

Non HDL 3.12

Tryglycerides 0.70

TSH 0.82 0.32-5.04 mU/L

T4 FREE 11.6 10.6-19.7 pmol/L

T3 FREE 2.96 3.00-5.90 pmol/L

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Your results show you are hypothyroid.

FT3 is below range

FT4 is at bottom of range

BUT normally then TSH would be high above range

So this suggests you have central hypothyroidism where the problem is caused by pituitary not sending TSH correctly

pituitarydisorder.net/centr...

GP will only really look at TSH. You need referral to an endocrinologist.

You may have high thyroid antibodies- this is Hashimoto's also called autoimmune thyroid disease.

Low vitamin levels affect thyroid hormones

For full evaluation you ideally need TSH, FT4, FT3, TT4, TPO and TG antibodies, plus vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 tested

See if you can get full thyroid and vitamin testing from GP. If not private tests are available

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.

All thyroid tests should be done as early as possible in morning and fasting. This gives highest TSH and most consistent results

Link about antibodies

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_...

Link about thyroid blood tests

thyroiduk.org/tuk/testing/t...

Print this list of symptoms off, tick all that apply and take to GP

thyroiduk.org/tuk/about_the...

Your ferritin is too low. Eating liver once a week will help improve the level

B12 is low, Folate needs checking as well, they work together

[Olisha in reply to SlowDragon]

Oh man...thank you!!! Seriously thank you!!! I'm looking forward to finding some solutions now that I have an idea. It's been a long time coming! Thank you for your knowledge and time. Blessings