Results Advice, Anyone Please

[Judthepud]

Hello again, would be very grateful for more advice. Below are my results from Medichecks. The results preceded by an asterix are the anomalous ones. It turns out I’m hypo rather than hyperthyroid, which is not what I expected. As a reminder of my situation, in October 2017 I increased my dose of Levothyroxine from 125mcg to 150mcg as my annual blood test showed that my TSH had crept into the 2s from the 1s the previous year (I had had major surgery for a twisted bowel in March 2017 – don’t know if something like that can have an impact – but recovered from that without a problem and was back at work by June). In January this year I developed symptoms of anxiety, diarrhoea, weight loss, sweating, exhaustion. In February I realised these could be symptoms of hyperthyroidism possibly due to over-medication so I reduced my dose back down to 125mcg, then when the symptoms didn’t abate, I reduced my dose down further to 100mcg (and a couple of weeks ago I missed out a couple of doses completely). I’ve been on a reduced dose now (100mcg) for over a month, and it turns out that my blood results show that I’m hypothyroid. However, I’m still having the symptoms I described (especially the anxiety which is horribly debilitating). Does anyone have any theories? Could it be that I was over-medicated and it’s just taking time for my symptoms to abate (a pharmacist I spoke to said it can take a good while for things to level out)? Could it be that my anxiety is caused by hypothyroidism (unlikely that that would cause symptoms of diarrhoea and weight loss, but obviously these could be symptoms secondary to the anxiety)? Or, looking at my results, which are pretty marginal, is it more likely that my anxiety and other symptoms are unrelated to my thyroid? Does anyone have any theories and advice to offer? Would be very grateful for anyone’s comments. Thank you so much

Thyroid Function

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone*12.5(0.27 - 4.20)

Free Thyroxine*11.9(12.00 – 22.00)

Total Thyroxine (T4) 69.2(59.00 – 154.00)

Free T3* 2.86( 3.10 - 6.80)

Thyroglobulin Antibody 14.200( 0.00 - 115.00)

Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies 13.9( 0.00 - 34.00)

Vitamins

Active B12133.000(25.10 – 165.00)

Folate (Serum) 19.98 ( 2.91 - 50.00)

Inflammation Marker

CRP – High Sensitivity 0.74( 0.00 - 5.00)

Iron Status

Ferritin 53.9(13.00 – 150.00)

[Angel_of_the_North]

Anxiety and sweating are also hypo symptoms as you pump out adrenaline to try to keep running when you don't have enough thyroid hormones. Gut problems can be low vitamins or minerals (although folate and B12 look OK), malabsorption, SIBO - all associated with underactive thyroid (and possibly bowel problems). You are very undermedicated now.