Blood tests Hashimotos

[ellatiti]

Hi everyone, can anyone help me with my blood results. I was diagnosed with Hashimotos in December and I’m on levothyroxine 100 daily.

My tsh was 27 (0.4-5.0)

Free t4 8 ( 9.0-19.0)

Antibodies anti tpo 20

AntiTG 1000

A week ago:

Tsh 2.11

Free T4 :13.7

Free T3: 3.36 (2.6-5.7)

Thank you

[Peanut31]

Hi ellatiti

The experts will be along shortly to help, but, can you add a bit more information.

Are you on medication for thyroid, Levothyroxine or NDT, if so how much.

Best wishes

Peanut31

[ellatiti in reply to Peanut31]

Thank you

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to ellatiti]

Are you now on strictly gluten free diet?

Have you had vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 tested

Your FT3 is still very low

Article about high prolactin and Hashimoto's

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

Dr Toft, past president of the British Thyroid Association and leading endocrinologist, states in Pulse Magazine,

"The appropriate dose of levothyroxine is that which restores euthyroidism and serum TSH to the lower part of the reference range - 0.2-0.5mU/l.

In this case, free thyroxine is likely to be in the upper part of its reference range or even slightly elevated – 18-22pmol/l.

Most patients will feel well in that circumstance. But some need a higher dose of levothyroxine to suppress serum TSH and then the serum-free T4 concentration will be elevated at around 24-28pmol/l.

This 'exogenous subclinical hyperthyroidism' is not dangerous as long as serum T3 is unequivocally normal – that is, serum total around T3 1.7nmol/l (reference range 1.0-2.2nmol/l)."

You can obtain a copy of the articles from Thyroid UK email print it and highlight question 6 to show your doctor

 please email Dionne at

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Professor Toft recent article saying, T3 may be necessary for many

rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/fi...

[ellatiti in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you

[silverfox7]

Has your doctor given you an increase? It's usual when starting out to retest in 6-8 weeks and if levelsare low increase by 25. The aim is to get FT4 and FT3 in the top third or even the top quarter of their respective ranges. You aren't even halfway yet so you should have had an increase and then a. All back in another 6-8 weeks for another retest. This cycle repeats until you are on the correct dose for you.

[ellatiti in reply to silverfox7]

Thank you