I saw my GP this morning to tell him I had increased my Levo dose from 75mcg to 100mcg since the beginning of December as all through November my usual hypo symptoms had returned; fatigue, spaced out, foggy brain etc. During October I’d seen another GP to discuss my intrinsic factor antibodies and asked for a thyroid blood test. She requested the absolute bare minimum and told me not get it done until just before Christmas which is why I waited/ put up with symptoms until the end of November.
NOVEMBER 2017 the results were,
TSH 0.52 (0.30-4.20)
Folate 7.3 (3.0- 20.0)
B12 432 (180-640)
JUNE 2017
TSH 0.05 (0.35-5.5)
FT4 19.4 (11-23)
FT3 5 (3.5-6.5)
Folate 17.1 (3.0-20.0)
B12 412 (180-640)
The GP this morning was flapping about my TSH was too low, I was over-medicated, it could lead to osteoporosis, blah, blah and my Folate was within range. I didn’t stand my ground as best I could but raised the point that it was my FT4 and FT3 that were more important than my TSH and that I felt normal when my TSH was 0.05 and in November I very much did not. He’s requested another blood test which includes FT4, FT3, B12, Folate which I shall do tomorrow morning (fasting).
It’s always the way that you think of things to say afterwards and I’m kicking myself that I didn’t have Dr Toft’s paragraph 6 article with me.
Could someone please explain/remind me why low TSH does not lead to osteoporosis?
Many many thank you's.