Hi, since I last posted I’ve been taking levothyroxine 25mcg and ferrous fumarate 210mg (twice daily for the iron). I had a thyroid panel done by medichecks and also tsh done by my gp the same day. My tsh is still hovering around 3 (2.9 range 0.24-4.2) and my ferritin after nearly three months of iron tablets has only risen to 41.6 from 10. My T4 and T3 have actually fallen since starting of thyroxine.
T4 was 16.9 now 15.5 and T3 was 5.55 now 4.25. I’m still feeling pretty shattered and the weight still won’t budge. It’s so frustrating!
I’ve been strictly gluten free since diagnosis but my antibodies are still pretty high, any other suggestions?
Thanks
Sarah
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Have you had vitamin D tested? It is very often too low with Hashimoto's
Are you taking your iron tablets with vitamin C? Level is improving slowly
Folate is low, you may benefit from daily good quality vitamin B complex, one with folate in, eg Igennus Super B complex or Jarrow B-right
If you are taking vitamin B complex, or any supplements containing biotin, remember to stop these 3-5 days before any blood tests, as biotin can falsely affect test results
Definitely time to up dose by 25 mcg levothyroxin for 6 weeks then test again, and if suitable raise again. As SlowDragon says - a cautious Gp to start you on 25 mcg. See you are getting ferritin sorted, but what about ranges of Vit D, folate and B12...are they optimum in upper half of range and not just Gp's 'normal' which can be just in range near the bottom?
Well my GP has insisted that I wait until I see the endo again at the end of August before she does anything. Tried to fob me off with diet pills for the weight gain and anti depressants for my mood not being great! They just don’t get it. Unless your thyroid is off the wall they think that everything in the garden should be lovely! I take 10yg of vitamin d per day unless I’ve been out in the sun for a good couple of hours and I take 10yg of folic acid a day too. I think the GP just wants to offer me whatever they get money from the government for prescribing!
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