Can anyone shed light on my results pls?

[Eliota]

Hello,

This is my first post. I am amazed by what a kind and helpful forum this is for people suffering from thyroid dysfunction. So heartening in a world where such conditions are tremendously confusing and lonely making.

I wonder if anyone would be kind enough to shed some light on my not-so-urgent case? I feel guilty even asking for help in this forum when people are truly suffering but I’m not sure where else to turn.

My story is that I went to see an endrocrinologist (I’m British but I live in Barcelona) after having and breastfeeding two babies in succession plus 1 miscarriage. I had lost a lot of weight, I had insomnia, horrible pms and mood swings and fatigue issues - but what really bothered me was the steady thinning of my hair. It had become thin in my late twenties but after having kids, it became very thin. I expected the private endo to say I had too much testosterone or something (I was pretty ignorant) but after she received my blood results she sent me an email with a prescription for 25mg of Levothyroxine, 0,266mg Vitamin D tablets and 80mg of iron tablets. I couldn’t get another appointment with her (she’s very popular) and I was in a state of confusion from her email. I googled Levothyroxine to find out what it was and that was how I discovered it treated hypothyroidism. I called the doctor and she told me I was hypothyroid and to make an appointment with her in 6 months. I didn’t though I was confused and I felt she was maybe a pill pusher and I thought I was fine and just run down after babies. Instead I concentrated on eating and sleeping properly. Fast Fwd 2 years and my symptoms haven’t disappeared so I have only now started on the regime the doctor prescribed 2 years ago. I do feel dizzy a lot and my vision is blurred. Could this be the Levothyroxine? The question is do I even need these meds? I don’t know. My Spanish GP thinks I’m totally fine. But my mum has just been diagnosed with SLL and told she’s had an undiagnosed thyroid problem for much of her adult life so I want to understand this as best I can. For a long time, I ignored it mainly because I have two friends who are hypo and they are profoundly effected by their disease. In comparison to them, I felt vain worrying about my insane PMS, mood swings and chronic hairloss. But the hairloss is huge.

Here are my results from 2017:

TSH: 3,317 mU/L [0,4-4,0]

T4: 1,04 ng/dL [0,80-1,76]

TGAb: 15 Ul/ml [0-60]

TPO: 28 Ul/ml [0-60]

Vitamin D (Serum Calcidiol): 19.3 ng/mL [20-80]

Magnesium (serum): 1.9 mg/mL [1.9-2.5]

Ferritin: 47 ng/mL [25-250]

Vit B12: 483 pg/mL [211-911]

Folic acid: 12.5 ng/mL [3.4-24]

—- Here are my results from last month:

TSH: 2,26 mU/L [0,3-4,2]

FT4: 0,84 ng/dL. [0,61-1.12]

T3: 0,7 ug/L [0,7-2]

TGA: <15 Ul/mL [<60]

TPO: 2,8 Ul/mL [<9]

Magnesium: 1,74 mg/dL [1,6-2,6]

Ferritin: 47 ng/mL [10-120]

Vit A (serum): 0,4 mg/L [0,3-0,8]

Folic acid: 15,7 ng/mL [>4]

Vitamin B12: 409 pg/mL [180-914]

Vitamin D 25OH (calcidiol): 24,6 ng/mL [30-100]

Vitamin E (Alfa Tocoferol): 13,1 mg/L [5,2-18,1]

Vitamin H (Biotin): 103 ng/L [100-250]

Thank you for any insights you might have. I can’t tell if I’m fine or not.

Thank you...

[radd]

Eliota

Welcome to our forum.

If you can advise exactly how many weeks you have been medicating Levothyroxine, members will be able to give more informed comments.

[Eliota in reply to radd]

One month. I just started. These results are from before I started the medication. Thank you so much