Getting my t3 down..was 24.2..now 28.4""

[birkie]

I just want some kind person on here to clarify what a locum GP told me about my hyperthiyroidism my first blood test showed that my t3 was 24.2..I was on carbimazole but as I said on here in a post I vometed on it I was so sick I was bedridden then rushed to hospital and taken off it,,,then I was put on PTU the same thing I vometed 😫I was taken off that and left for over a month,now the GP and consultant as put me back on PTU with anti sickness pills...and u guessed it I'm heaving my stomach up they tast like poison,I'm just going to have to put up with it I can't leave the house because as soon as I get on my feet it starts the heaving and borking...anyway the GP said I needed to get my t3 down as the consultant will not see me because she can't do anything whilst my t3 is 28.4 is that true.....confused.....😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[Valarian]

Do you know what the range was for T3? The numbers don’t mean much without the ranges. What else has been tested ? (Your surgery should be able to give you a printout of all your results). You should have had FT 4, FT3, TSH, and ideally TPO and TRAb.

Typically people who are hyper have regular endo appointments - probably every two or three months. In between, they need you to take the medication regularly. Before the next appointment, you will usually have a blood test so the endo can decide whether to adjust your medication. You may also have additional blood tests in between appointments.

You say you can’t take the taste of the tablets, which I find surprising as in more than eighteen months of taking carbimazole, I cannot say I’ve noticed the taste. The tablets are tiny, with a big slurp of water they should go straight down without really touching the tongue.

Some people do have reactions to one or other of the drugs, or sometimes to a particular brand . The problem is, if you can’t take either carbimazole or PTU, they will need to find some way of getting your thyroid under control, which is likely to mean either surgery or radioactive iodine treatment (RAI).

Are they sure it’s the medication causing the vomiting, and not the hyperthyroidism itself ?