What can cause elevated dopamine, histamine, glycine but specifically glycine in urine? My copper level (rare) , ceruloplasmin, vitamin D levels are low.
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The search below gives about 24 abstracts which mention hyperglycinuria:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?te...
No - I have not read them all - but they might just help as pointers.
Sleep problems can be low vitamin D
drgominak.com/sleep/vitamin...
Vitiligo is autoimmune so you might consider testing for Hashimoto's also called autoimmune thyroid disease. Diagnosed by high thyroid antibodies
Once we gave one autoimmune disease it's more common to get more
In both vitiligo and Hashimoto's gluten can be a problem.
Read susan Blums book
The Immune system recovery plan
My Anti-nuclear antibodies were normal
You need thyroid antibodies testing
TPO and TG antibodies
Link about antibodies
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Link about thyroid blood tests
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For full Thyroid evaluation you ideally need TSH, FT4, FT3, TT4, TPO and TG antibodies, plus vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 tested
See if you can get full thyroid and vitamin testing from GP. Unlikely to get FT3
Private tests are available
thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...
Medichecks Thyroid plus ultra vitamin or Blue Horizon Thyroid plus eleven are the most popular choice. DIY finger prick test or option to pay extra for private blood draw. Both companies often have money off offers.
All thyroid tests should be done as early as possible in morning and fasting.
If you are taking Levothyroxine don't take Levo in the 24 hours prior to test, delay and take straight after. This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results