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[Twilks01]

Hi there, thanks to the advice received in here a few weeks back I’ve had a deeper thyroid test - results attached - would be very grateful for your thoughts. Many thanks

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Twilks01

Ferritin is still high, did you stop supplementing as previously suggested?

Folate : 6.78 (>3.89)

Although this is "in range", I would want mine in double figures.

Active B12: 149 (37.5-188)

This is good.

Vit D: 67.1nmol/L = 26.84ng/ml

The Vit D Council recommends a level of 125nmol/L (50ng/ml) and the Vit D Society recommends a level of 100-150nmol/L (40-60ng/ml).

To reach the recommended level from your current level, the Vit D Council suggests supplementing with 3,700iu D3 daily

vitamindcouncil.org/i-teste...

Retest in 3 months.

A good quality D3 at a very reasonable price is Doctor's Best softgels. Check out Dolphin Fitness as they are usually the cheapest.

When you've reached the recommended level then you'll need a maintenance dose to keep it there, which may be 2000iu daily, maybe more or less, maybe less in summer than winter, it's trial and error so it's recommended to retest once or twice a year to keep within the recommended range. You can do this with a private fingerprick blood spot test with an NHS lab which offers this test to the general public:

vitamindtest.org.uk/

There are important cofactors needed when taking D3 as recommended by the Vit D Council -

vitamindcouncil.org/about-v...

D3 aids absorption of calcium from food and K2-MK7 directs the calcium to bones and teeth where it is needed and away from arteries and soft tissues where it can be deposited and cause problems such as hardening of the arteries, kidney stones, etc.

D3 and K2 are fat soluble so should be taken with the fattiest meal of the day, D3 four hours away from thyroid meds if taking tablets/capsules/softgels, no necessity if using an oral spray

Magnesium helps D3 to work. We need Magnesium so that the body utilises D3, it's required to convert Vit D into it's active form. So it's important we ensure we take magnesium when supplementing with D3.

Magnesium comes in different forms, check to see which would suit you best and as it's calming it's best taken in the evening, four hours away from thyroid meds if taking tablets/capsules, no necessity if using topical forms of magnesium.

naturalnews.com/046401_magn...

Check out the other cofactors too (some of which can be obtained from food).

TSH: 2.72 (0.27-4.2)

This is a bit above what one might expect to see in a normal healthy person, that might be no more than 2. But as we're not tested for a baseline when we're well none of us know what our normal levels are. It might be worth keeping an eye on because in some countries hypothyroidism is diagnosed when TSH reaches 3, here in the UK we have to wait until it reaches 10, although some doctors will consider prescribing if it goes over range (but ot many).

FT4: 16.4 (12-22)

This is 44% through range, a little low possibly for a normal healthy person, one might expect this to be 50% +.

FT3: 5.19 (3.1-6.8)

56% through range which is OK.

Thyroid antibodies are low so don't suggest autoimmune thyroid disease with those results.

So your thyroid results will be classed as euthyroid (normal).

[Twilks01 in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thanks so much. Incredibly useful. My last TSH was 2.97 so yes will keep an eye on it. I certainly feel like I’ve a number of hypo symptoms so will need to think about my next steps in that regard.

Vit D needs a boost by the looks, thank you for all that info - so useful

Iron wise I stopped taking all supplements 3 weeks ago so not sure if they linger that long?

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Did you find out if your sister had autoimmune thyroid disease diagnosed by high thyroid antibodies

Obviously your thyroid antibodies are not high. Though 20% of Hashimoto's patients never have raised antibodies (just to be confusing!)

Suggest you improve folate and vitamin D and consider retesting in 6 months

If your sister doesn't have high antibodies.....perhaps you both have DNA issues

Many thyroid patients have DIO2 gene variation

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...

bluehorizonmedicals.co.uk/t...

[Twilks01 in reply to SlowDragon]

Hi there. No she doesn’t have it