So what do I do now?

[Jamiekim]

I posted my results the other day but didn’t show all my results these are all my thyroid test I’ve been tested for (t3 doesn’t get tested in UK unless you demand)

Vitamin D 51 range 50-200

THS 1.24 mu/L 0.35-5.00

Serum ft4 14.9 pmol/L 9.0-22.00

Blood results

Mean corpuscular volume 78fl range 84-98

Mean corpus haemoglobin 24.8 pg range 27.5-32.0

Red blood cell distribute width 16.6% range <14.5

So I contacted my doctor to ask them about my test results, because some say on my medical records that they are abnormal on the range, the attachment shows their reply

I know that some people

May have the reverse effect of taken t4 hormone and I’ve been taken t4 since 10 years so I’m

Not sure that this is happening to me- maybe it’s the brand

Of tablets I’m taken I’m not sure

I’ve recently started taken d3, b12, zinc, selenium (1 week) I’m not sure whether just to test out taken vitamins and not take levothyroxine it seems like

It’s not working for me.

I’m just sick and tired being lied to and I just like to see someone that specialised in this because This isn’t helping my mental health and my doctor won’t refer me to anyone because my test results always come back normal but I’m not feeling well at all

[Singoutloud]

Mean corpuscular volume 78fl range 84-98

Mean corpus haemoglobin 24.8 pg range 27.5-32.0

Were these MCV & MCH tests done at the same time as the other tests. They are nowhere near optimal or normal. Both are well below the reference ranges and could indicate iron deficiency. It could probably explain some why you feel so unwell. I would definitely question this with your doctor to see if your ferritin/iron levels have been tested.

Also as you have just started taking supplements, are you spreading them separately through the day or taking them all at the same time as your thyroxine?

[Jamiekim in reply to Singoutloud]

These where all done on the same day, I take d3 and b12 in the morning and zinc and selenium after I eat dinner

[vocalEK in reply to Jamiekim]

You might want to switch and take Vitamin D3 after dinner. That works for me because dinner is my fattiest meal and D3 is a fat-soluble vitamin.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

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How long since you stopped taking T3

You need to get FULL Thyroid and vitamin testing after 6-8 weeks on constant unchanging dose

List of private testing options

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Medichecks Thyroid plus ultra vitamin

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Medichecks often have special offers, if order on Thursdays

Thriva Thyroid plus vitamins

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Blue Horizon Thyroid Premium Gold includes vitamins

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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)

Working on improving low vitamin D to at least around 80nmol

[SlowDragon Administrator]

See/contact GP to discuss low MCV and MCH

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[fuchsia-pink]

Are you sure you have the TSH range right? - Looks more like a free T4 range ...

[Jamiekim in reply to fuchsia-pink]

You are right I got mixed up the range for tsh is 0.35-5.00

[Angel_of_the_North]

RDW is also outside range - how can they not notice all those pointer to anaemia? And your vitamin D is just barely adequate. NHS won't help if it is over 50 but it needs to be nearer 100. I don't think your doctor knows the meaning of the word "optimal", but they don't need an English exam past GCSE to study medicine.

[serenfach]

This is why we always advice to get the results - I too have had results outside the ranges and nothing done. Phone the surgery and ask for a telephone appointment, and then ask why, with those results outside the ranges, you were told all is fine. Record or write down the answer if they try to brush you off, and if push comes to shove, ask them to put it in writing why they are not treating you. This usually gives them the necessary push to actually look at your notes. Good luck.