Am I taking too much thyroxine

[Corrs]

Hi I had radio iodine therapy Aug 2017 was put on 75 mg thyroxine daily and was doing ok I am now feeling unwell shaky vomiting diarrhoea aching legs blood test came back normal

T4 12 TSH1.5 2 weeks before this test T4 was 14 TSH 4.7

I feel so unwell Gp not much help

[greygoose]

Sounds more like you've got flu. But, we cannot interpret blood tests without the ranges, which vary from lab to lab.

[Corrs in reply to greygoose]

Hi greygoose I thought I had flu but had symptoms for a long time

[greygoose in reply to Corrs]

Symptoms of flu will last a long time when you are hypo. It takes a long time to recover.

Still need the ranges.

[Marz]

How are your Adrenals ? There is a Private 24 Hour Saliva Test that could indicate low/high cortisol at the wrong times ...

[Corrs in reply to Marz]

All blood tests came back normal no glands swollen my thyroid was knocked out by the radio iodine therapy

[Marz in reply to Corrs]

I mentioned your Adrenals - not the Thyroid !

[Corrs in reply to Marz]

Sorry yes I realised after I replied where did you find the private test for this thanks

[Corrs in reply to Marz]

How do you get the test

[Marz in reply to Corrs]

Go to About Testing on the main website of Thyroid UK - see link below. I think it is Regenerus Labs that do the Private Test - the 24 Hour Saliva Test.

thyroiduk.org

[Corrs in reply to Marz]

Thank you

[Marz in reply to Corrs]

thyroiduk.org/tuk/testing/r...

[jimh111]

Could well be that there are some remnants of your thyroid that are irratically pumping out hormone, particularly T3. Ask for an appointment with your endocrinologist are you are experiencing unexpected signs and symptoms.

[Corrs in reply to jimh111]

Thanks will do

[SlowDragon Administrator]

For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4, FT3 plus TPO and TG thyroid antibodies and also very important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 as well

[Corrs in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks

[pennyannie]

Think an urgent referral back to endocrinology might be worth considering.

You might still have some thyroid remnants - also having had RAI the side effects of which you may now be experiencing.

[Corrs]

Thanks wasn't aware RAI had side effects especially after 15 months