Results

[Shekina]

Thank you

Results from 9/10/19

TSH 0.77 mU/L

free T3 3.8 pmol/L

free T4 10.8 pmol/L

TPO 54.5 U/ml

Ferritin ( was 3 last year ) 34 ug/L

serum folate 11.4ug/L

CRP 14 mg/L

Serum random glucose 5.5 nmol/L

Vit D 59 nmol/L

Vit B12 926ng/L

I take BioCare multi vitamins and mineral with vitaflavin CoQ10 Bilberry Lutein and Green tea - separately turmeric from BioCare and probiotics and ginger - no not the best I can be with gluten free - I can make excuses 3 long 12 hours in a row in the NHS you have to do what you need to get through but flattened on my days off. Some times my blood pressure 170 / 110 but cortisol saliva test

Waking 10.800nmol/L

12.00 4.030 nmol/L

16.00 3.780 nmol/L

Before bed < 1.5 nmol/L

Serum FSH - menopausal god help me as well ! 13 IU / L mid cycle

Would DHEA levels help ?

Brother has Haemachromatosis and his daughter @6 coeliac disease GP won’t go down any investigation route

LFT and Kidney functions fine

There is a pervasive family history of thyroid disease one sister fossly underactive on sertraline currently as well and another sister that was over needing eye surgery so may be you can understand my absolute consternation Mother brother and inflammation goes on .........

So appreciate any guidance/ support

Thank you

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Shekina

Can you please edit your post and add the reference ranges for each of the tests so that they can be interpreted (ranges vary from lab to lab).

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T3 and T4 look rather low, but impossible to tell without reference ranges, (in brackets, or with a small "R", after the result).

[SlowDragon Administrator]

These results suggest you are very under medicated and in need of dose increase in Levothyroxine

Were you taking your Levothyroxine everyday without fail?

Standard starter dose is 50mcg.

Bloods should be retested 6-8 weeks after each dose increase

The aim of Levothyroxine is to increase the dose slowly in 25mcg steps upwards until TSH is under 2 (many need TSH significantly under one) and most important is that FT4 in top third of range and FT3 at least half way in range

NHS guidelines on Levothyroxine including that most patients eventually need somewhere between 100mcg and 200mcg Levothyroxine.

nhs.uk/medicines/levothyrox...

Also what foods to avoid (eg recommended to avoid calcium rich foods at least four hours from taking Levo)

All four vitamins need to be regularly tested and frequently need supplementing to maintain optimal levels

Can you add the ranges on FT4 and FT3 results