Crikey, this journey does sometimes feel like 2 steps forward and one back based on some recent blood test results.
If anyone has read my recent posts I have majored on getting supplements right and happily have the important ones now in sensible ranges: ferritin, D, iron, magnesium.
Except zinc is seen as much too high.
I have been told by GP as a result of the above to stop supplements immediately and recheck zinc again as a follow up.
I have only taken RDA levels of zinc - so this has come as a big surprise.
I have been told to :
-increase levo back from 50 to 75 and I have done so for past 3 days (not fun)
-eliminate all caffeine (shame)
-reduce salt to a minimum (shame)
When i look back on last 6 months - I assumed with all the diet/supplements etc
TSH would keep tumbling down - but I never took a test that showed it got below 4.6.
So now I will test and retest until I get a confirmed result in the right range. Then I will
Consider any other changes.
What have I learnt from past 6 months.
-Do not miss a single day of taking levo
-Build up exercise slowly and only when not putting TSH at risk
-Gluten I still think is a risk factor -‘even if blood test shows zero gilladin issues
-Be very cautious about vitamin supplements and regularly check levels with blood tests
I would love to be able to report back that I have pressed all the magic buttons - but getting this sorted is harder than I imagined!