advice on diagnosis

[annacharlotte]

30 years of symptoms, finally my first diagnosis..!

Hi, I live in spain so do not have a doctor to go to, so just wanted 2 nd opinions on my diagnosis.

free T3 2.53

TSH 1.93

FT4 1.13

reverse T3 0.15

ferretin 30.4

vitamin B12 336

D3 40.86

DHEA 1.90

I was advised to just up my vitamin numbers, and then see if my thyroid corrects itself,, I was wondering if this was the best advice or should I look further in to anything? thank you for any advice, i'm new to groups like this, so not too sure yet how it all works !

[RedApple Administrator]

Welcome to the forum annacharlotte.

Your post is a little confusing. If you don't have a doctor, how did you get a diagnosis? And what did you get a diagnosis of? And who advised you to just up your vitamin numbers?

[annacharlotte in reply to RedApple]

Ok , sorry for the lack of clarity, I did get my tests through a doctor, but of my own request, he does not understand the results, as few actually do , Im sure you know. I had an online call with an author of a Thyroid book, with years of experience of her own, She said I clearly had hypothyroidism, and advised me to up the vitamins first as it is a possibility this alone may fix the issue..

[AnnaSo]

You need to give us reference rages for those results otherwise it’s hard to interpret.

[annacharlotte in reply to AnnaSo]

the ranges are :

DHEA 1.90 0.9-9.5

Vit D 40.86 30-100

Reverse T3 0.15 0.09-0.35

TSH 1.93 0.35-5.5

Free T3 2.53 2.3-4.2

Free T4 1.13 0.89-1.76

Ferretin 30.4 10-291

Vit B12 336 193-982

thanks

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to annacharlotte]

What’s your diet like?

Vegetarian or vegan, organic, etc?

There’s no folate result

B12 is low. Supplementing a good quality daily vitamin B complex, one with folate in not folic acid may be beneficial. This will improve all B vitamins

chriskresser.com/folate-vs-...

B vitamins best taken in the morning after breakfast

Igennus Super B complex are nice small tablets. Often only need one tablet per day, not two. Certainly only start with one tablet per day after breakfast. Retesting levels in 6-8 weeks

Or Thorne Basic B or jarrow B-right are other options that contain folate, but both are large capsules

If you are taking vitamin B complex, or any supplements containing biotin, remember to stop these 7 days before any blood tests, as biotin can falsely affect test results

endo.confex.com/endo/2016en...

endocrinenews.endocrine.org...

Low B12 symptoms

b12deficiency.info/signs-an...

Ferritin is low, but iron is complex. You shouldn’t supplement iron without doing full iron panel test for anaemia

But you can increase iron rich foods in your diet

Vitamin D is good

[annacharlotte in reply to SlowDragon]

thank you so much for all the info, great to know about the folic acid, the b supplement I have just started taking has f.acid and not folate.. I have just B12 alone, from pure encapsulations arriving soon, should I take folate separately along side ?

4 years ago I ended a 17 year diet of raw foods, fruit and a bit of veg, my food sensitivities became so bad I could barely eat anything without feeling terrible. Then started GAPS style of eating, then 1 year carnivore, and then 2 mth keto carnivore, and now just high fat low carb, paleo style. Organic mostly for years...

I am also taking some iron pills, which also have folic acid in, so I'm assuming I should stop taking them too?

thanks again

[annacharlotte in reply to annacharlotte]

just thanking again for the folate information, I would have never known, stopped taking 2 things with folic acid in, wow !

so grateful

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to annacharlotte]

Ft4 is 27% through range

Ft3 is 10.5% through range

Helpful calculator for working out percentage through range

chorobytarczycy.eu/kalkulator

[jimh111]

fT3, fT4 look very low but we need the reference intervals.