Newbie please help me to understand symptoms

[Jess40]

I have so many problems I don't know how to deal with them or why I have them. I have cold hands, cold feet, dry skin, acne, hair growth on face and body, heavy periods, cysts on ovaries, hair loss from head, pins and needles, sugar cravings, dizziness on standing, loss of appetite, goitre at front of neck, joint pain, memory loss, dry eyes, tinnitus, weight gain. If anyone could advice I would be grateful thankyou

[Clutter]

Welcome to the forum, Jess40.

Can you post your recent thyroid results and ranges and any results you have for ferritin, vitamin D, B12 and folate?

Facial hair and cysts on ovaries may be due to PCOS.

[Jess40 in reply to Clutter]

TSH 6.5 (0.2 - 4.2)

FREE T4 13.1 (12 - 22)

FREE T3 2.5 (3.1 - 6.8)

LH 9.3

FSH 3.4

TESTOSTERONE 2.0 (0.5 - 1.7)

[Jess40 in reply to Clutter]

FERRITIN 27 (30 - 400)

MCV 80.6 (83 - 98)

MCHC 367 (310 - 350)

MCHC 28.1 (28 - 32)

HAEMOGLOBIN 114 (115 - 150)

HAEMATOCRIT 0.41 (0.37 - 0.47)

RED BLOOD CELL COUNT 4.44 (3.80 - 5.80)

WHITE CELL COUNT 7.13 (4.00 - 11.00)

PLATELETS 252 (140 - 400)

IRON 5.8 (6.0 - 26.0)

TRANSFERRIN SATURATION 13 (12 - 45)

FOLATE 2.1 (2.5 - 19.5)

VITAMIN B12 223 (190 - 900)

VITAMIN D 25 OH TOTAL 28.8 (25 - 50 DEFICIENT)

Taking 3x ferrous fumarate and 800iu D3

[Clutter in reply to Jess40]

Jess40,

3 x 210mg Ferrous Fumarate is the usual treatment for iron deficiency anaemia. Take each tablet with 1,000mg vitamin C to aid absorption and minimise constipation. Take iron 4 hours away from Levothyroxine.

800iu is insufficient to treat Vitamin D deficiency. Your GP should refer to local guidelines or the cks.nice.org.uk/vitamin-d-d... 800iu which is a maintenance dose prescribed after vitD is replete >75.

B12 is very low. If you have symptoms of deficiency in b12deficiency.info/signs-an... go to healthunlocked.com/pasoc for advice.

Folate is deficient. GP should prescribe 5mg folic acid but check with PAS whether B12 needs treatment before taking folic acid.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

PCOS and autoimmune thyroid disease often occur together

Getting the thyroid sorted will help improve the PCOS

Once you post you most recent results and ranges members can advise

Very common for vitamins to be very low, especially if you are under medicated

[Jess40 in reply to SlowDragon]

TSH 6.5 (0.2 - 4.2)

FREE T4 13.1 (12 - 22)

FREE T3 2.5 (3.1 - 6.8)

LH 9.3

FSH 3.4

TESTOSTERONE 2.0 (0.5 - 1.7)

TPO ANTIBODY 673 (<34)

TG ANTIBODY 355.6 (<115)

[Jess40]

Taking 100mcg levo diagnosed 2011.

[Clutter in reply to Jess40]

Jess40,

You are very undermedicated to have TSH 6.5, low FT4 and fT3 below range. Ask your GP to increase dose.

The goal of Levothyroxine is to restore the patient to euthyroid status. For most patients that will be when TSH is 0.3 - 1.0 with FT4 in the upper range. FT4 needs to be in the upper range in order that sufficient T3 is converted. Read Treatment Options in thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_... Email [e-mail] if you would like a copy of the Pulse article to show your GP.

Thyroid peroxidase antibodies are positive for autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto's). There is no cure for Hashimoto's which causes 90% of hypothyroidism. Levothyroxine treatment is for the low thyroid levels it causes. Many people have found that 100% gluten-free diet is helpful in reducing Hashi flares, symptoms and eventually antibodies.

chriskresser.com/the-gluten...

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