Hi , please could you take a look at my thyroid results with ranges ? I’ve been suffering with back to back miscarriages and I’m trying to find the cause , while waiting to be seen by the recurrent miscarriage clinic.
The aim of Levothyroxine is to increase the dose slowly in 25mcg steps upwards until TSH is under 2 (many patients need TSH significantly under one) and most important is that FT4 is in top third of range and FT3 at least half way through range
Do you always get same brand of levothyroxine?
Always take levothyroxine on empty stomach and then nothing apart from water for at least an hour after?
How much levothyroxine are you currently taking?
NHS guidelines on Levothyroxine including that most patients eventually need somewhere between 100mcg and 200mcg Levothyroxine.
Also note what foods to avoid (eg recommended to avoid calcium rich foods at least four hours from taking Levo)
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)
Is this how you do your tests?
All four vitamins need to be regularly tested and frequently need supplementing to maintain optimal levels
Yeah I feel like the almus ones are much stronger, when I run out of 25’s, I take a 50 and a half of the almus and I notice it being much stronger.
I would have stayed on the higher dose had my doctor not frightened me half to death saying I was at risk of a stroke caused of my throws levels. But it’s very clear I did need that dose ! My GP needs to retire
SlowDragon just a quick question, does taking it at the same time everyday make a difference at all? Since we’ve all been on lockdown I’ve been off work and been taking it just when I fancy getting up instead of the usual 6am
Be careful. Your TSH is already very low and we need detectible TSH. Too low will affect your hormones and you need your hormones to sustain a pregnancy.
This is exactly my fear !!!!! Last time when I increased the dose by 25 I miscarried the next day and it was the worst of all of them. Please do you know anything else about the TSH being too low ? What does that cause ?
I don't think that's necessarily true Peaceluvva . Some members here have apparently managed OK with suppressed TSH for years! SeasideSusie said recently that she has. Though there is apparently a risk of downregulating (a bit like turning down your body's "Thermostat") if TSH is suppressed for a long time.
There is no conclusive evidence for the medical scare stories of increasing the risk of heart attacks and osteoporosis, especially if you supplement vitamin D (with K2 to direct calcium to the bones and Magnesium to support its conversion to the active form)
Sometimes it becomes almost impossible to raise TSH without dropping thyroid levels to a stage where you become very ill. Which seems to be what is happening to me.
Adding sufficient replacement hormones will often cause dislocation of the feedback mechanism so the pituitary stops responding to need for more thyroid hormone.
I am certainly not the right person to comment on your results, and am sure you will receive a lot of help on this site. But it might also be of use to get a test for Hughes Syndrome, aka Antiphospholipid Syndrome. All good wishes.
I did see those pop up while I was researching. Thank you !! I’ve got a little list of things I’d like to ask the clinic to test me for and those are on it
Thank you if you hear of anything else please let me know !! 😃
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