I'm on 88mcg of Levothyroxine daily. I still have some symptoms like IBS, losing hair, dry skin, heart palpitation, anxiety after taking levothyroxine, etc. etc. My Md finally agreed to test me for FT3. This is the only test since 1993. I'm hoping you look at my recent results and advise me on the next step. Thanks
ComponentYour ValueStandard RangeFlag
TSH0.63 uIU/mL
0.27 - 4.20 uIU/mL
ComponentYour ValueStandard RangeFlag
Triiodothyronine, Free2.7 pg/mL
2.5 - 4.3 pg/mL
Free T41.51 ng/dL
0.93 - 1.70 ng/dL
Folate19.6 ng/mL
ng/mL
Normal: 4.6- 34.8 ng/mL
Borderline deficient: 2.2- 3.0 ng/mL
Deficient: < 2.2 ng/mL
Magnesium2.3 mg/dL
1.6 - 2.4 mg/dL
Vitamin B121,367 pg/mL
232 - 1,245 pg/mLH
Hgb14.0 gm/dL .Didn't test me for Feritein???
11.2 - 15.7 gm/dL
Hct42.7 %
34.0 - 45.0 %
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Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and before eating or drinking anything other than water .
Last dose of Levothyroxine 24 hours prior to blood test. (taking delayed dose immediately after blood draw).
This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip, best not mentioned to GP or phlebotomist)
If you took levothyroxine before blood test this would explain very high Ft4 in relation to very low Ft3
Trying 25mcg dose increase in levothyroxine
B12 is extremely high. Presumably you have injections?
Thanks for the detail. I really appreciated your time.I did follow the recomendation of this group and had my blood test at 8:00 AM with no levothyroxine on the day of blood test(the last dose was 24hr. before) so I believe the result is accurate.Not sure about any thyroid antibody at the time of diagnosis, to tell you whether I was diagnosed as Hashimoto or not. Being originally from Middle East ,I'm sure I might be accurately labeled as Hashimoto. Love your recomendation of a 25mcg increase of levothyroxine tablet although when my dose was increased a little higher previously,I did experienced palpitation.I have stopped taking the B12 sublingual after the recent test. Again thanks for your help.
If you have darker skin and no longer live in sunny country or don’t spend long time outside in sunshine, vitamin D likely low ....especially with hashimoto’s
Great point. Fortunately or unfortunately,I'm very light skin person. Live in South part of Californina.Having a good exposure to sun. Thanks again for your great ideas.
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