Just got my blood test results back. Everything is worse!
I've been on 75mg of levothyroxine since the end of April. ( On meds since 2015)
Gluten free for a year. Did a Cyrex blood test in March and was told to cut out sesame, oats, rice, dairy as I was creating anti bodies to those foods. So of those foods for 9 months.
Didn't feel better so about 10 weeks ago started AIP. (AIP is no nuts or seeds, no nightshade veggies, no grains. So basically just meat and vegetables) However I stick to it rigidly for three weeks and then occasionally cheat. It's usually with egg or something else my cyrex lab test told me I was ok to eat. My joint pain is really bad so I'm taking ibuprofen, which is not AIP complaint.
So with all my dietary changes I thought I would be doing better.... But.....
TSH 0.38 (0.4-4.5) out of range-low
T4 1.1 (0.8-1.8) (gone down since June)
T3 2.4 (2.3-4.2) (gone down since June)
Ferritin 26 (10-232)
In June this was 33. Nov 2017 it was 16. I've been taking supplements for an entire year. Every day since June, without fail, I'm taking dessicated liver tablets. Before that I was taking iron bisglycinate 50mg. Why isn't it improving? I'm taking with orange juice.
Do not understand why my T3 and T4 is lower when my TSH is also lower.
I'd be really grateful for anyone's input on this.
Thanks
I am concerned that you are undereating which will reduce you thyroid levels and I have read somewhere that a low TSH, T4 and T3 can be related to starvation/very strict dieting.Have you any idea of calorie intake. Can I suggest that on the kind of diet you are having a much higher fat content might help. My feeling is though that everything is much too restrictive. Do you have hashis? Have you been tested for thyroid antibodies? Higher nature do a good vitamin C, taking one before all meals might help you digest your food better and your thyroid hormones.You have absorbtion issues by the sound of it.This sound improve when your thyroid hormone levels pick up.You are not well and need lots of rest and TLC.You sound a bit stressed, so gentle walks,some mindfulness. Buy yourself some flowers that sort of thing.
I have found aqua fit great for joint pain it has helped me no end but you need to avoid strenuous exercise for time being.
Thanks so much for responding, MandyJane.
I was doing the diet because I had been advised ( by a FB thyroid support group) that it promoted gut healing, reduced inflammation and aided absorption. My gut actually feels pretty good.
Joint Inflammation is out of control agony at the moment.
I do have hashis. I thought my antibodies would go down doing this diet. Thyroglobin should be =or < 1 and it's at 2. In January it was 1.
Thyroid peroxidase is 101 and should be less than 9. Up from 67 in January.
Cholesterol is bad, too. HDL should be >50 and it's 44. LDL should be <100 and it's 111. Total cholesterol was good though.
I'm 5' 2" and I clocked up my last two days calories- 1500 per day. I don't think I am starving myself. I keep eating a lot of plantain chips which are quite calorie dense. i'm also just substituting sweet potatoes and butternut squash for grains/potatoes. But I guess I am doing something wrong. I will keep a food diary from now on.
Thanks again for your input.