Lastest results to look at please,anyone?

[Dee8686]

Following feb tsh of 4.1 indicating dosage increase (no t3 checked) then an early March reading that showed a hashi flare and confirming an autoimmune diagnosis with high anti bodies and suppressed tsh, here are my latest results done last week.

I have been strictly AIP for 1

Month and have been off medication as advised by my endo until flare subsides. I feel awful still. Can anyone please advise? Obviously I know I need to start meds again but the high t3 and t4 confuses me as does the raise in antibodies from my hashi flare test where They were 578.

I will be speaking to my endo next week but would appreciate advice. Fatigue is awful, no energy.

Generally feeling very unwell.

More info in profile and previous posts.

All tests done early. No meds taken and fasting before blood draw.

Thank you

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Your ferritin level is not brilliant. Eating liver once a week should help improve

Your Thyroid results are odd in that TSH is extremely high, but FT4 and FT3 are too. I guess that the hashi flare is fading, but you still have remnants of high FT4 and FT3

Do you know your vitamin D levels? Are you supplementing vitamin D?

Your B12 is very high. Assume you are supplementing. You could reduce B12 supplements Do you also supplement a vitamin B complex, one with folate in. Your folate is not very high

TG antibodies seem to increase when TSH increases. TPO seem to respond to gluten and diet.

[Dee8686 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you SlowDragon

I’ve been taking iron to try and improve ferritin and am supplementing vitamin D which wasn’t great 4 weeks ago but taking 5000iu a day now.

Yes supplementing vitamin b12 and also taking a b complex.

Not sure what to do about medicating 😕

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Dee8686]

Suspect you will need to restart soon, but you made need to retest again first.

[Dee8686 in reply to SlowDragon]

Do you think this explains why I feel so poorly?!!

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Dee8686]

I think rapid changes it Thyroid levels really put strain on adrenals, leaves us washed up

Vitamin C daily can help support adrenals

Obviously you also have had massive diet change too. Can take a while to balance

Do you take selenium?

[Dee8686 in reply to SlowDragon]

Yes I take selenium and have been for a month now. I honestly don’t think I’ve ever felt as unwell as I do now.

[JennaShi]

Is t4 the storage? It looks like that is on the higher end and so is your tsh (which is actually low/ hypo) it looks to me like you are not converting naturally?

I agree with slo dragon about ferritin. Do you know what is causing the low iron?

Also you had mentioned that your antibodies were lower before. I wonder why they are higher now. Do you react to any foods you are eating/ are you getting anough b12 in your diet that extra supplementation is making it over?

[Dee8686 in reply to JennaShi]

Hey I managed to get an appointment with my endo via Skype today. I’m

Not converting or my pituitary isn’t instructing properly so I’m going on t3 only. My antibodies are higher because of what I’ve just found out is in my gut!

[JennaShi in reply to Dee8686]

Thats great, i hope they are able to figure out whats going on and why you are not converting. What happened, what is in your gut?!

[Marz in reply to Dee8686]

Yeah ! - what is in your gut preventing conversion ? Do tell

[Dee8686 in reply to Marz]

Have messaged you x