Can someone advise on test results please.

[jaxcallo]

Serum TSH level5 mU/L Abnormal result0.27 - 4.2

Serum free T4 level10 pmol/L Abnormal result11 - 22

Free t3 3.29 pmol/ 310-6.80

CRP 5.36 mg/l 0.00 - 5.00

ug/L -high sensitivity

FERRITIN 68.6 13.00-150.00

Vit d 47.1 nmol/ 50.00-200

Thyroid peroxidase antibodies 10.1 iu/ml 0.00-34.00

Thyroglobulin <10.1 iu/ml 0.00- 115.00

Mother is hypo from 47

I have gained 4 stone over last 4 years

Very heavy periods also started 6 yrs ago resolved with coil

Loss of libido

Loss of very dry hair

Muscle aches

Tired beyond belief

Lathargic

Low mood

This list is extensive.....

Gp wrote my consultantation of blood results as anxiety I've just read!!

Said every one in Yorkshire has low vit d!!

Also said come back in 6 wks if still out of range we will start treatment,I explained I had been ill for so long so he said 6 more weeks won't hurt then...

I think I'm going mad and starting to think it must be all in my mind otherwise they would treat?? Changed my practice today incidentally..

[greygoose]

No, you're not going mad, but your very insensitive GP is just following protocol. There are other things that can cause TSH to be high, so they need to wait a couple of months to make sure that it is really a problem with your thyroid. And, in a sense, you're lucky, because most GPs say come back in three months, or longer!

With those results you're bound to feel bad, but all this hormone stuff takes a long time, and we have to learn to be patient. There are no short-cuts, I'm afraid.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4, TT4, FT3 plus TPO and TG thyroid antibodies. Plus vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12.

Ask GP to test B12 and folate

As your mother is hypo, even though you don't appear to have high antibodies, Hashimoto's is likely. Apparently about 20% with Hashimoto's never have high antibodies. Perhaps push for a thyroid scan.

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 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

Your GP should have prescribed for low vitamin D, but unlikely to prescribe anything more than 1600iu.

oxfordshireccg.nhs.uk/profe...

You can buy your own vitamin D.

[MiniMum97]

Yes pretty much everyone in the uk has low vit d in the winter which is why the recommendation is the everyone should supplement! What an idiot. Find a new GP.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Government recommends everyone in UK supplements Vitamin D from October to April.