Recent blood tests

[Hippyhappy234]

Hi everyone

I posted on here a few weeks ago as I was having problems with weight gain. In March of this year I switched to NDT & lost 44 lbs.

My symptoms have returned with weight gain being the biggest. I am putting on about 2lbs on every week.

I had a private blood test done where my t3 wasn’t optimal.

I went to the GP last week requesting bloods & he agreed to test TSH T3 & B12 etc.

I will post the results.

TSH 0.01 (0.2-4.0)

Free T3 8.2 (3.5-6.5)

Free T4 27.2 (11-22.6)

Folate 6.3 (3.0-14.4)

Vitamin b12 502 (211-911)

What explains the weight gain ?

[Nanaedake]

The weight gain could be caused by T3 being over range - too much thyroid hormone can cause weight gain. As you know, thyroid meds are not a weight control device. Any thyroid imbalance can affect your metabolism.

Could you alter diet to low carb, high fats (good fats) as suggested on diabetes.co.uk website and reduce meds?

[Hippyhappy234 in reply to Nanaedake]

Thank you for your reply. I am on a very low carb diet.

What I don’t understand is my private blood test that was done 3 weeks ago my results didn’t suggest I had to much t3

T3 was 5.43 (3.10-6.80)

T4 104.0 (59.00 - 154.00)

The only thing that changed was I increased my ndt to an extra 150mg capsule for 6 days to see if that would help with the weight gain but instead I gained weight with it.

[Kell-E]

RT3 possibly.

[Hippyhappy234 in reply to Kell-E]

Thanks for replying

The results are incorrect as I increased my thyrogold to 5 capsules about a week before having the test & then went back to 4. I just realised earlier when I opened my diary hence they seem to suggest I’m overmedicated

[Kell-E in reply to Hippyhappy234]

I read that about the labs. The more T4 you add into the equation, the more RT3 you add at this level. (either 4 or 5 thyrogolds) Personally, I would reduce to 3x thyrogold and add the T3 until things hopefully got better.

[Hippyhappy234 in reply to Kell-E]

I think that’s a good idea & will try that from tomorrow.

[Kell-E in reply to Hippyhappy234]

It's going to take at least 6 weeks for the T4 to settle down from the 4x thyrogold. Don't be disappointed if things don't improve too quickly!

[Hippyhappy234]

Good advice as I’m very impatient but will definitely see how I go with 3 thyrogold & some t3. To lose 44 pounds & then start putting it back on is so so depressing