Hi iv been feeling more and more symptoms in the last few weeks. My doctor said the usual at my last appointment that my bloods were within range. They were in the high end of the range. I’m having a telephone conversation with her tomorrow but I’m already anticipating her still saying the same. Do you think it would be ok to go up to 100 from 75 as an experiment? Don’t want to go against the doctor but......
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What exactly is 'they'? TSH? FT4? FT3? All of them?
This sort of giving of results is meaningless. You need to know exactly what was tested and what the results were - with the ranges. Ideally, you should get a print-out, so that there's no room for human error. But, if you ask your doctor over the phone, do not let her fob you off with vague words like 'high', 'medium' or 'low'. Means nothing.
But, until you get the full numbers, I wouldn't change anything, if I were you.
Looking back through your posts, your TSH was 2.8 a month ago and the doctor said to wait 6m before testing again. 2.8 is too high for a patient on levothyroxine - most hypothyroid patients feel better when TSH is below 1.0. So yes, ideally you do need an increase in levothyroxine. Persuading the doctor may be trickier though...
Well as suspected doctor said my bloods are right we’re she would want them. Told her I was still symptomatic. The most I got was I can have my bloods done end of August but not before. Might resort to private test
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