I recently read this statement on the STTM blog.
"The one thing researchers do know is “thyroid treatment isn’t optimal–and may not work–if you do not have adequate vitamin D for the crucial final metabolic step, which takes place at the site where thyroid hormone actually works. This happens inside the nucleus of the cell. Vitamin D needs to be present at sufficient levels in the cell in order for the thyroid hormone to actually affect that cell. That is why vitamin D is so crucial.”
Can anyone with knowledge or experience confirm this? I've been struggling with hypo symptoms for about four years. I gained 50 pounds last year alone, despite watching my diet and working out 3-4 times per week. I've been on various doses and combinations of t3 and t4. Ranging from 35mcgs of t3 moving up to 125mcgs, and 125mcgs of t4 only to a combination of 180 mcgs of t4 and 25 mcgs of t3. But throughout this whole ordeal, I've struggled with low vitamin D. It's been as low as 18, and as high as 27, with a reference range of 30-100 NG/ML. Could it be that simple? Also, I recently had test for TPO antibodies, and it came back 12IU/ML, with a reference range of 0-30. At what point is one considered to have Hashimotos? Thanks.
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Not everybody needs high vitd, I for one always have low levels and that's where my body likes it, I'm not able to take any form of vitd supplement and any attempt to raise it makes me very unwell.
Hi bantam 12, could you let me know how vit D makes you feel unwell? I started taking 25mcg on Friday on the advice from my GP and I feel a bit off
All supplements make me totally yuck, nausea, headache and so on, long time since I've tried Vitd but I'm fine with my levels being low, that's where they want to be 🤷♀️
Thank you bantam12. I seem to be the same, I felt rubbish after taking magnesium and I’ve just started vitamin D, GP‘s advice as I’m low, Only started on Friday 25mcg daily, I’m not sure if it was the tablets but 20 minutes after I felt really strange
Maybe try the Better You spray, I could tolerate that for slightly longer than any tablets but still had to give up. Perhaps it's your body telling you it's happy with your levels where they are, have you had your calcium checked ?
My Vitd level is usually around 12 in the winter and at most 30 in the summer and I don't try to increase them.