Private blood result

[Trendywends]

Well forced myself to pay for a thyroid check as doctor wouldn’t do bloods until end of August at the earliest. Not surprised to see that my TSH is 8.7 ( 0.27-4.20). Now to get an appointment with doctor and try to convince them to let my meds go up.

[Scazzoh]

If you look at your last post and the response from Jazzw, who said that most people feel better with a TSH below 1 and yours was lower then than it is now. Your TSH is out of range so on that basis your doctor should agree to increasing your Levothyroxine.

[Trendywends in reply to Scazzoh]

Can’t get appointment untill the 30th with doctor so tempted to increase by 25 untill then.

[Hashi-Monster]

Well your TSH is obviously high. Did you get the FT4 and FT3 tested as well they are more important markers than TSH?

[Trendywends in reply to Hashi-Monster]

Yes I did they were free, 16.600 ( 12-22)

And T3 4.45 (3.10-6.80)

[Hashi-Monster in reply to Trendywends]

They are not terrible but definitely room for an increase of 25.

Good luck with the GP

[Trendywends in reply to Hashi-Monster]

Well managed to get an appointment this morning for a locum doctor our surgery is short of doctors. Well she was reluctant but put med up by12.5 and retest bloods in 6 weeks. She hasn’t put it on repeat as wants my own doctor to make that decision she says. I may add my doctor has retired and haven’t as yet managed to get an appointment with her replacement.