Blood tests (historic). Diagnosed with Hashimoto's

[cheesephetamine]

Hi! So I have been officially diagnosed with Hashi today over the phone by my GP. I am doing a full thyroid panel with thriva this week with vitamins and FT3 and the rest, so I will update these results sometime this week or next week, but this is the blood tests I have up to today. They gave me a print out of my previous bloods from July 2019 but there were no TFT or vitamins at all in those, the only one relevant to Hashi's is ferritin.

29th July 2019:

•Ferritin: 72 (range 13 – 150)

30th April 2020: fasted.

•HbA1C: 35 (range: 20 – 42)

•Ferritin: 70 (range: 13 – 150)

•CRP: 3.2 (range: 0 – 3)

•B12: unable to test

due to clotted sample

•Folate: 8.2 (range 8.83 – 60.8)

•Vitamin D: 28 (range: 50 – 175)

17th May 2020: fasted. No levothyroxine. First time hypothyroidism is diagnosed. By thriva.

•TSH: 37.74 (range: 0.27 – 4.3)

•FT4: 7.7 (range: 12 – 22)

21st May 2020: fasted. On 25 mcg levothyroxine (taken 24 h previous): Hashimoto’s confirmed by GP over the phone. Unsure of ranges as number where given over the phone.

•TSH: 19.4

•FT4: 10.7

•Antibodies (unsure which?????): 49

--> GP said this confirmed the diagnosis.

[fuchsia-pink]

Good that you are starting to get treatment - but 25 mcg is a teeny-tiny dose. You should have your dose increased - slowly and regularly - until you feel well. Your blood results are still pretty grim, but not prize-winningly awful like they were!

[cheesephetamine in reply to fuchsia-pink]

I’m on 50 now and will go up to 75 in a week and then I’ll get tested two months from now

[cheesephetamine in reply to fuchsia-pink]

Sorry I though I had added that bit of information on my post my bad

[fuchsia-pink in reply to cheesephetamine]

All good - you're starting to head in the right direction

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

cheesephetamine

the only one relevant to Hashi's is ferritin.

Not particularly relevant to Hashi's, it's part of an iron panel and your ferritin level is OK with those tests (recommended is half way through range).

Your folate is low and your Vit D is dire. Are you supplementing for these now?

[cheesephetamine in reply to SeasideSusie]

Yeah I just answered SlowDragon about my vit D (see the answer to that comment please!) and I’m not supplementing folate! Can you recommend which one I should take?? Thanks!

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Has GP prescribed vitamin D?

GP should prescribe 1600iu everyday for 6 months

NHS Guidelines on dose vitamin D required

ouh.nhs.uk/osteoporosis/use...

GP will often only prescribe to bring levels to 50nmol.

Some areas will prescribe to bring levels to 75nmol

leedsformulary.nhs.uk/docs/...

GP should advise on self supplementing if over 50nmol, but under 75nmol (but they rarely do)

mm.wirral.nhs.uk/document_u...

But improving to around 80nmol or 100nmol by self supplementing may be better

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/218...

vitamindsociety.org/pdf/Vit...

Once you Improve level, very likely you will need on going maintenance dose to keep it there.

Test twice yearly via vitamindtest.org.uk

Vitamin D mouth spray by Better You is very effective as it avoids poor gut function. There’s a version made that also contains vitamin K2 Mk7

It’s trial and error what dose vitamin D we need, with hashimoto’s we frequently need higher dose than average

Government recommends everyone supplement October to April

gov.uk/government/news/phe-...

Also read up on importance of magnesium and vitamin K2 Mk7 supplements when taking vitamin D

betterbones.com/bone-nutrit...

medicalnewstoday.com/articl...

livescience.com/61866-magne...

sciencedaily.com/releases/2...

Vitamin K2 mk7

betterbones.com/bone-nutrit...

healthline.com/nutrition/vi...

Only start one supplement at a time and wait at least 2 weeks to assess results before starting another

Vitamin D and magnesium need to be four hours away from levothyroxine

[cheesephetamine in reply to SlowDragon]

No he hasn’t! I’m taking the betteryou D3 3000 ui + K2 (3 sprays a day) and one soft gel of D3 a day on top of it from “myvitamins”. I’m also supplementing magnesium via transdermal spray from betteryou. I’m waiting to get the B12 tested this week before suplementing and I just sent my blood today for food intolerances testing if I don’t take care of my own supplementation I highly doubt the GP will...

[cheesephetamine in reply to SlowDragon]

I supplement at night btw