Bloods and hope!

[ollymummy]

So admittedly lacking in the choice of bloods tests given by my gp

TSH 0.02 (.55-4.78 range)

Free T3 4.9 (3.5-6.5 range)

Taken mid morning no medication, tea or breakfast beforehand

However I was tail ending my last supply of T3 from 37.5mg down to 12.5mg over 4 weeks and was into the final week.

My gp automatically called me in with the overmedicated rubbish - which we have discussed rest pulse 45/50 without T3 (60/62 with) my in the bone feelings of exhaustion despite a not bad nights sleep, trying to keep weight stable with gluten free, sugar free diet of around 1700kcal a day and gaining around a stone very quickly! Dry itchy skin and the myriad of other rubbish that has increased 10 fold since running out of T3, anyway she supports me; she has said the sourcing own T3 thing is not ideal but of it makes me feel better they will monitor whatever I need on a 4 monthly basis, that I can keep my T4 dose with the suppressed TSH but to be mindful of osteoporosis risks esp as I am peri menopausal and that if I needed anything I could just call as I knew far more than her about what my own body needed - breakthrough!! After years of unsupported self medicating with my old practice and blatant disregard for how unwell I was finally here 2 counties away I have found what I needed .... now I just to find some poxy T3!

[Angel_of_the_North]

Your TSH would have been a little higher if the test and been done earlier. Ideally, free T3 should be in the top quarter of the range (upper 5s), so no way are you overmedicated.

[ollymummy in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

Exactly but with my old gp they reduced my dose of T4 and wouldn’t ever listen to what I was saying about symptoms still remaining.

I always used to joke that I was half lizard as I needed a hot rock to sit on to feel warm - once I started getting the T3 inside I actually felt warm from within it was most odd yet very welcome!

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Presumably you have Hashimoto's?

Essential to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 too.

Low TSH while hypo is often due to low vitamins

[ollymummy in reply to SlowDragon]

You read my mind I have come home and having had a nap as I stupidly overdid it at the gym - I am ordering some private bloods for just that and the rest of my thyroid.

I do supplement with spatone but as ferritin etc was low I do need to check again, I have been supplementing b12 and that might skew my result too.