I’m 34 and for months I have been feeling so ill and not myself.
I’ve been to the doctors and can’t get to the bottom of why I feel like this, it’s making me feel anxious and depressed and quite frankly desperate.
I feel so tired but ill tired. My head feels full of fog, my eyes sting, my skin is dry and feels like it’s aged especially my eyelids that are currently dropping onto my eyelashes, I get hot flushes, when I try to exercise I feel terrible after, my sex drive has completely dissapeared the list goes on.
I’ve had some blood tests done but supposedly they are normal -
Cortisol morning 288 nmol/L
Growth hormone <0.1 ug/L
Testosterone 0.9 nmol/L
Fsh 5.9iu/L
LH level 3.1 iu/L
Anyone have any ideas, the doctors are putting all of my symptoms down to anxiety which I know can make u feel poorly but I feel like I can’t do anything. Please help x
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Yes that is the result for the Thyroid Stimulating Hormone. This is only part of the story - and a small part too. You also need the FT4 and FT3 along with the Thyroid Anti-bodies tested - TPO & Tg. Are you in a position to have Private Testing through Thyroid UK - used by 100's on this Forum. The NHS rarely test the important ones needed to diagnose a Thyroid issue - sadly ....
The TSH above is in range - but .... you need the other results. A bit like saying the accelerator in your car is working but there is no petrol in the tank
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.
Medichecks do offers on Thursdays
Blue Horizon often towards end of month
All thyroid tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and fasting. This gives highest TSH and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip, GP will be unaware)
If antibodies are high this is Hashimoto's, (also known by medics here in UK more commonly as autoimmune thyroid disease).
About 90% of all hypothyroidism in Uk is due to Hashimoto's
You can test vitamin levels at same time as full Thyroid
Or cheapest test for just vitamin D is vitamindtest.org.uk £28 postal kit
Essential to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12. Always get actual results and ranges. Post results when you have them, members can advise
Thank you SlowDragon. I’ve had Vitamin D on most recent blood test. It was 30 so I have been given supplements. Can Vit that is only classed as insufficient not deficiency cause me to feel this bad? X
After your loading doses I would ask for a re-test. 800 iu maintenance dose is rarely enough to keep the levels good. Check out VitD Guidelines for your area ...
That happens here too. Many docs think if they check my T3, T4, and TSH that covers it. Wrong!. I was even told re my latest labs which showed reasonably normal T3 and 4 but a TSH that was at the very top of the normal range that everything was fine,I had the previous TSH result which was still high but a bit lower than the current one-which meant it was drifting higher as time passed. I suggested that we up the dose and was (really!) actually told "we don't like to change the dose until the TSH gets closer to 12." I was already tired and insisted so she reluctantly raised my dose from 100mcg to 125, This one reason I am making changes.
No, there was never any question of you going mad! But, the sad truth is, very few doctors know anything about GH. Many of them believe it's only a problem for children. It's doubtful he would know, or care to, do anything about it. GH has to be injected, it's not just a matter of taking tablets, like thyroid. And, the injections are very expensive, and impossible to self-treat with.
So, if the problem stems from low T3, the best you can do is optimise your FT3, and hope that helps. The important thing to do is to get your FT4 and FT3 treated, now. You cannot know anything about your thyroid status without knowing those. Although doctors think you can! It could be that you have some sort of pituitary problem. Both TSH and HG are pituitary hormones, and if your pituitary is struggling to make hormones, both TSH and HG will be low. And so will your Frees be low, because you're not producing enough TSH to stimulate the thyroid to make them. But, you won't be able to tell any of that just by looking at the TSH. Doctors' education in hormones - and, specifically thyroid hormones - is so limited.
I completely agree, I know my body and I know I don’t feel right at all. I thought maybe pituitary since a lot of my symptoms seem to hormonal....ish. I was losing about 1lb a week aswell until I started eating 24/7 and it’s stayed up. I’ve looked at thyroid check on medichecks,
TSH
Ft4
Tt4
Ft3
Tgab
Tpoab
B12
Folate
Crp-hs - inflammation marker
And ferritin
Do you think this would be a good test to get done and is a finger prick reliable enough?
Most of those are sex hormones - doctor thinks it is is menopause. You need TSH, Free t4, Free T3, ferritin, folate, B12, D3 all done at the same time. Id there is a possibility it's a cortisol problem you need a short synacthen test. Serum cortisol is pretty useless test and is only even vaguely useful when taken first thing in the morning.
I do use non stick pans. I tried drinking bottled water for a couple of months and it made no difference to how I feel. I eat fairly well, red meat, white meat, veg, fruit and maybe have takeaway once a week or fortnight. X
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