Recent Test results. Thoughts appreciated.

[mb008]

Hello

I'm on NDT. 2 grains in morning and 1.5 grains afternoon.

Results

Tsh <0.005 mIU/L (Range: 0.27 - 4.2)

FT3 6.16 pmol/L (Range: 3.1 - 6.8)

FT4 12.800 pmol/L (Range: 12 - 22)

I'm low on Vit D and have ordered more with vit K and magnesium.

Your advice very much appreciated.

Thanks

M

[NWA6]

How do you feel? What are your concerns? Those results could be absolutely fabulous for one poster and yet another could say, I don’t feel right.

[mb008 in reply to NWA6]

Hi, fair point. feel okay. Tired and achy due to vit d being low.

Really, wanted people's thoughts on results. Whether readings look good...or slightly over.

[NWA6 in reply to mb008]

I think they look good 🤗 Certainly not over but that’s not the point. Are you new to NDT? Could this be a reason to doubt yourself? I think once we all get in tune with our own bodies we know when we feel good or not and can separate our thyriod symptoms from other deficiencies and/or illnesses. For example I have symptoms which I know are thyroid and then along came new symptoms that were very loud and then I found I had very low VIt D and voila! Now I know I can separate those. Blood tests are only a backup, like a recipe we refer back to when really we should be tasting the cooking to see what’s needed, if we rely too much on the recipe we don’t hone our taste buds to make it delicious for us. And ofcourse what’s delicious for one person isn’t for another 🤗

[waveylines]

Dont understimate the effects of low vit D. This happened to me & my intial thoughts were thyroid but like you my bloods looked good -though we all know thats not everything!! Have you checked your temperature & pulse first thing before you get up? A great little back up to the blood test when looking at thyroid.

Low vitamin D can cause really disabling symptoms, extreme fatigue, aches, pains, unrefreshed sleep, viral infections that last longer (& for me a major bone broke in my leg but my blood test result was a pitiful level of 3!)

These days GPs are more enlighted and should prescribe a loading schedule of treatment. A repeat blood test should be done after three months of treatment.

In your shoes I would tackle the known factor -low vitamin D first & see where that leads you.