Blood test advise for graves

[Rush2112]

Been a while since I posted but I think my graves is back I had trouble getting diagnosed as my T-shirt was only just 0.6 so they never did t3 or t4 I note for most hypo patients advise is early in morning and do not eat so that’s what I used to do do you think if I do reverse it will show lower

[Rush2112]

Lol tsh not t shirt

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Test early morning before eating or drinking anything other than water

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[Rush2112 in reply to SlowDragon]

I have antibodies for both hash and graves and I think that’s why I sometimes don’t drop low enough to get the lab to do do t3 t4 but I find the hyper much harder to deal with so I don’t want my tsh to be at its highest

[tattybogle]

Theoretically TSH lowers through day , so an early am blood test may be higher, and a late afternoon test may be lower. I have read that this circadian rhythm is less pronounced once taking replacement hormones, so it might not be much lower if patient is already taking Levo.

[Rush2112 in reply to tattybogle]

Thanks that what I thought I think I may go mid morning after breakfast it was 6 years ago when I was diagnosed and have been in remission for 4 years

[ling]

Do what u used to always do, so u can compare with past results to gauge if u are going hyper again.

Best wishes.

[Rush2112]

That’s the thing I dont remember I kept getting tsh of 0.4

Before I got one of 0.1 which then meant they checked t3 and t4 and discovered I had raging hyperthyroidism later diagnosed as graves

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Rush2112]

These days you likely have to test privately to get full testing done