Hypothyroidism Blood Results

[Sherriscribbles]

Hello everyone - I’ve decided to get a yearly test as i still have hypothyroid symptoms of fatigue, weight gain, breathlessness and joint ache. Anyone have any tips or observations on the attached? (Blood test done at 7:30 am and I take 150 mg levothyroxine and 100 mg DDAVP, and hypothyroidism comes from a poorly functioning pituitary).

[fuchsia-pink]

I'm sorry you're still not right - your thyroid bloods look pretty good to me - free T4 and free T3 both nice and high in range, but not over ... vit D is perhaps a bit low, so maybe try and boost it? Betteryou do a nice spray which you don't need to worry about fitting in with your meds ...

Don't know what your over-range of hs-CRP means - maybe SeasideSusie or SlowDragon can add their wisdom in a bit x

[Sherriscribbles in reply to fuchsia-pink]

Thank you x

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Sherriscribbles

CRP is an inflammation marker, so if you have an infection, or inflammation anywhere, that could be why it's raised. It's non-specific so it can't tell you the cause of the inflamation.

Ferritin is just about OK as this should be half way through range.

Whatever thyroid meds you are are, your results appear to be good.

* When did you take your last dose of Levo before the test, it should be 24 hours before the blood draw.

Vit D could be a bit better, the Vit D Council/Vit D Society recommend a level of 100-150nmol/L so if you don't already supplement you could take 2000iu D3 daily and retest in 3 months. If your level hasn't improved by then I'd try 3,000iu daily and again retest after 3 months. When taking D3 we need Vit K2-MK7 and magnesium as important cofactors.

Your B12 could be higher. According to an extract from the book, "Could it be B12?" by Sally M. Pacholok:

"We believe that the 'normal' serum B12 threshold needs to be raised from 200 pg/ml to at least 450 pg/ml because deficiencies begin to appear in the cerebrospinal fluid below 550".

"For brain and nervous system health and prevention of disease in older adults, serum B12 levels should be maintained near or above 1000 pg/ml."

Maybe consider a good quality, bioavailable B Complex such as Thorne Basic B or Igennus Super B.

[Sherriscribbles in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thank you everyone- i will see what i can do with increasing vits as suggested. Just for info my inflammation has been this high for many years - try as i might i haven’t managed to get it down. But giving up gluten gradually this year - who knows?

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Sherriscribbles]

Strictly gluten free diet does need to be exactly that ......absolutely strictly gluten free

Watch out for cross contamination...no shared cutting boards, separate jam, butter etc