Serum tsh level

[Linnyloo2256]

Just wondering is a serum tsh level of 0.04 OK, I'm on 150 mcg levothyroxine a day

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Linnyloo

It depends on what your FT4 and FT3 levels are. You can't take TSH in isolation (despite what doctors think).

[Linnyloo2256 in reply to SeasideSusie]

Hi, my ft 4 is 20.2 (range 12-22)

He didn't do ft3 blood test

[bantam12 in reply to Linnyloo2256]

Your TSH and T4 are fine but you need T3 tested.

[Linnyloo2256 in reply to bantam12]

Thank you I'm seeing go today, I'm falling asleep everywhere, cinema, hospital waiting room, friends houses, I feel like my feet are glued to the ground so something is not right

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Linnyloo2256]

Linnyloo2256

So TSH and FT4 look good. But as Bantam has mentioned, you need FT3 testing. Your symptoms suggest that you possibly don't convert T4 (a storage hormone) into the active hormone T3 which every cell in our bodies need. If your FT3 comes back low in range that would show poor conversion.

There is every chance that your GP won't or can't get FT3 tested, as even when requested it's the lab that makes the decision to do it - I'm not sure who gave labs that god-like status!

You can do a private test with Medichecks or Blue Horizon but you must have TSH, FT4 and FT3 all done at the same time, not FT3 in isolation. If your GP can't do the test, come back and we can suggest which private test to go for.

[Linnyloo2256 in reply to SeasideSusie]

Seen gp today he's testing me for sleep apnia, I asked him to test adrenal glands and he said in 30years he's never done that....

[Linnyloo2256 in reply to SeasideSusie]

So if you don't mind could you send me a link for private tests

TIA

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Linnyloo2256]

Linnyloo

I think testing FT3 would have been a better first step rather than sleep apnea.

If you want a thyroid panel and adrenal test then these are good options, all can be fingerprick tests or venous blood draw at extra cost if you think you can't manage the fingerprick test which requires 1 x microtainer for the basic thyroid panel, plus the one including antibodies, and 2 x microtainers for the test including vitamins and minerals, each containing 0.8ml of blood.

Basic thyroid panel:

medichecks.com/thyroid-func...

or

bluehorizonmedicals.co.uk/t...

Full thyroid panel including antibodies:

medichecks.com/thyroid-func...

or

bluehorizonmedicals.co.uk/t...

Full thyroid panel, antibodies plus vitamins and minerals:

medichecks.com/thyroid-func... (best value)

or

bluehorizonmedicals.co.uk/t...

Adrenal saliva test: thyroiduk.org/tuk/testing/r...

[Linnyloo2256 in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thank you I will have a look

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Linnyloo2256]

Sorry, I messed up listing the last bit, have edited now and it makes better sense