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[Denne]

Hi everyone,just got my bloods bk,b12&folate (normal no action) B12 360ng/L 191.00-663.00ng/L folate 4.2ug/L 3.89-26.80 Ferritin (normal no action) 113ug/L 15-200ug/L These are the results after my liothyronine was abruptly stopped at the beginning of lockdown. What sort of supplements do I take myself please,doctor is worse than useless.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

B12 and folate very low

Do you have any Low B12 symptoms ?

b12deficiency.info/signs-an...

Ask GP to test for Pernicious Anaemia before starting on any B vitamins

You also need vitamin D tested

Insist GP does this, as they stopped your T3, they are responsible for subsequent vitamin deficiencies

Obviously you need TSH, Ft4 and Ft3 tested too

After full testing for low B12

Supplementing a good quality daily vitamin B complex, one with folate in not folic acid may be beneficial.

chriskresser.com/folate-vs-...

B vitamins best taken after breakfast

Igennus Super B is good quality and cheap vitamin B complex. Contains folate. Full dose is two tablets per day. Many/most people may only need one tablet per day. Certainly only start on one per day (or even half tablet per day for first couple of 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

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Many Hashimoto’s patients have MTHFR gene variation and can have trouble processing folic acid.

thyroidpharmacist.com/artic...

Aiming to keep B12 well over 500 and folate over half way through range

Other useful supplements

Selenium

Zinc

Vitamin C

[Denne in reply to SlowDragon]

I’m drained most of the time,keep having too sit down,falling asleep anywhere,dizzy az a duck and many more symptoms,thought it was my hypo symptoms back after T3 was took off me,

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Denne]

Vitamin levels frequently crash right down after T3 is (inappropriately) stopped

Good gut function needs good Ft3 levels. Low Ft3 frequently results in low stomach acid...this leads to low vitamins

Be a pain at GP’s ....keep insisting on testing and treatment for vitamin deficiencies