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Hi so I’m back with results

On 50 mg last 3 weeks upped from 25 mg levo

Told to go to 75 now

TSH 11.7

T4 12.6

Vit d 70.8

B12 and folate 350

Folate 5.9

Ferritin 174.6

Lousey aches feeling flu like

Omg awful over a month now with constant head aches Russ

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Make sure you get tested again in 6 weeks because you will likely need increases until you are on 150mcg levothyroxine or thereabouts. You will probably need your TSH to be around 1.0 which is where most people feel well.

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rushel in reply toNanaedake

Omg I have been on 25 for 12 months as I had them increased to 50 and went down to 25 as I was feeling awful my doctor had told me I should be on 75 or try to as soon as poss is my TSH at 12.6 very high then

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Nanaedake in reply torushel

TSH 12.6 is an elevated TSH but we've seen people on this forum with TSH around 100. You probably were feeling awful on 25mcg levo as it is just enough to knock out any existing thyroid function but not enough to replace missing hormone. A starter dose should be 50mcg unless you are very young, very old and frail or with a heart condition.

If increasing levothyroxiine is making you feel ill then you need your vitamin levels testing as your symptoms may be low nutrient levels caused by low thyroid hormone.

Ask your GP to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 then post them here for best advice.

Are you taking your levothyroxine correctly on an empty stomach leaving one hour before eating or drinking anything except for water? Are you leaving 4 hours before taking any supplements?

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rushel in reply toNanaedake

If you scroll up all my readings are there Vit d and b folate etc I’ve been on 50 for about 3 weeks and will increase to 75 next week is this a normal feeling of feeling crap and bad head aches I’m Russ 44 years old

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Nanaedake in reply torushel

You haven't given any laboratory ranges and we need those to interpret the results. Lab ranges vary from lab to lab and country to country. For example, vitamin B12 could be low but it depends whether it's an active vitamin B reading or not and on what the lab range is.

You are likely to feel unwell until you are on the right dose of levothyroxine and even then it can take a couple of months to start feeling better. Everything about thyroid is slow.

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rushel in reply toNanaedake

At top of my thread

All ranges are there it’s right at the top of the thread new bloods header hope that helps thanks

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Nanaedake in reply torushel

You've given the lab reading but not the lab range. The lab range is the numbers in brackets after the reading. It looks like this TSH 11.7 (12.0 - 24.0).

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rushel in reply toNanaedake

Apologies

Tsh ranges 0.35 to 4.94

T4 9-19.00

B12 187- 883

Folate 3.10 to 20.50

Ferritin 22-275

Sorry

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rushel in reply torushel

Is this ok now

Where are the ranges.

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