Vitamin and minerals

[Marie7789]

FERRITIN 7 (15 - 150)

FOLATE 3.8 (4.6 - 18.7)

VITAMIN B12 168 (180 - 900)

VITAMIN D 16.3 (<25 severe)

Anything need sorting thank you

[SlowDragon Administrator]

See Marie7789 first post too

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

What has your GP done about these?

They are all dangerously low and need immediate action.

Make an urgent appointment and see different GP if yours has ignored these

You will need loading dose of vitamin D

Full testing for Pernicious Anaemia before starting B12 injections

Folic acid supplements should NOT be started until after first B12 injections

Ferritin- needs full iron panel and highly likely an iron infusion

Testing for coeliac disease would be good idea. Blood test is unreliable, needs to be endoscopy

You have Hashimoto's and have been under medicated, leading to these terrible levels of vitamins

SeasideSusie will no doubt give more detailed supplements advice

Eg reply to similar dire levels

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Hashimoto's affects the gut and leads to low vitamin levels

Low vitamin levels stop Thyroid hormone working

Obviously yours are dire. So bloods show adequate treatment, but you are actually severely hypo.

Poor gut function can lead leaky gut (literally holes in gut wall) this can cause food intolerances. Most common by far is gluten

According to Izabella Wentz the Thyroid Pharmacist approx 5% with Hashimoto's are coeliac, but over 80% find gluten free diet helps significantly. Either due to direct gluten intolerance (no test available) or due to leaky gut and gluten causing molecular mimicry (see Amy Myers link)

But don't be surprised that GP or endo never mention gut, gluten or low vitamins. Hashimoto's is very poorly understood

Changing to a strictly gluten free diet may help reduce symptoms, help gut heal and slowly lower TPO antibodies

thyroidpharmacist.com/artic...

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amymyersmd.com/2017/02/3-im...

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As vitamins improve, plus gluten free diet, you will be able to slowly increase dose of Levothyroxine

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Marie

Yes they do need sorting. What has your GP said?

Can you also answer the questions I asked in this thread so we can have a full picture healthunlocked.com/thyroidu... :

"TSH 0.02 (0.2 - 4.2)

Free T4 23.6 (12 - 22)

Free T3 4.1 (3.1 - 6.8)

Are those results from while you were on 25mcg Levo?

Why are you on only 25mcg Levo? Have you been on that dose since diagnosis in 2012?

If you've been on higher doses, why have they been changed? Can you post results from when you were on other doses."

[Marie7789 in reply to SeasideSusie]

I did answer on the other thread

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Marie7789]

I think there is a glitch with the forum at the moment, they weren't showing when I posted above. Same thing was happening yesterday with posts not showing unless a reply was made to it, and I'm not getting on-forum notifications via the bell icon either.

What about your vitamin and mineral results, what has your GP said - I can't see an answer to that.

[Nanaedake in reply to SeasideSusie]

Me too, no notifications on bell.