Here's my report

[Mehrz]

I don't have hypothyroidism alhumdulilaaah 🙏, but m still worried then wht are those symptoms when not thyroid 🤔😣

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Are you currently on levothyroxine?

[Mehrz in reply to SlowDragon]

No dear, july 2019 my tsh was 6.54.. then i took medicine for two months only.

Now i today i testing alhumdulilaaah reports are normal..

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Mehrz]

You mean you took levothyroxine for 2 months?

On levothyroxine thyroid levels will return to normal, that’s what’s supposed to happen. It replaces the missing thyroid hormones

But if you stop levothyroxine, then hypothyroidism returns. It would take 2-3 months ...or longer for TSH to slowly rise

How long since you stopped levothyroxine?

[Mehrz in reply to SlowDragon]

It's been a year now

[greygoose]

Well, actually, you do have a thyroid whatever. You are hypothyroid. You are hypo when your TSH reaches 3. Yours is just slightly over, but that's enough to feel hypo.

And, whilst your FT4 is 53.13% through the range, your FT3 is only 37.37%, which is low. And, it's low T3 that causes symptoms.

Was that your first thyroid test? If not, what other results have you had?

[Mehrz in reply to greygoose]

This is the only test i have done today..

I have hypothyroidism 🤔🤔, but doctor said report is normal...

N m confuse why i have symptoms of hypothyroidism. Front neck pain, back pain, hip pain, knee pain, urine issues, gas problems,

[greygoose in reply to Mehrz]

But it isn't normal - the results are in-range, yes, and for most doctors that equals 'normal'.

But, a euthyroid - hate that word 'normal' - a euthyroid TSH would be around one - never over two. Over two and it shows your thyroid is struggling. And, once you get to 3, you are hypo.

So, that's why you have symptoms of hypothyroidism: you are hypo.

It's less confusing if you accept that the average doctor, be he GP or endo, knows next to nothing about thyroid. They just don't learn much about it in med school. And, for them, if something is in-range, then it's got to be fine. They aren't very good at interpreting blood test results, either, they don't understand the subtilities.

[Mehrz in reply to greygoose]

So true, 😣 i have thyroid that's why m having hypothyroidism symptom what should i do now, nobody gone give me med for thyroid now wht to do.. my eyebrows are thinning and severe hairfall

[jimh111]

These results are normal and show your thyroid gland is OK. It is still possible to be hypothyroid with normal blood hormone levels but difficult to convince a doctor.

What are your symptoms? If we know your symptoms it may be possible to judge whether you are likely to be hypothyroid.

[Mehrz in reply to jimh111]

Eyebrow thinning, eyelashes fall, severe hair fall, back pain, knee pain, stomach pain, chest pain, hip pain, gas problemsx urinary incontinence, headache, front neck pain where thyroid gland, foot pain, heel pain, toe pain, 🥵

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to jimh111]

Jim,

I would not say the results are "normal". For two reasons.

First, I don't think they are - even though they fall within the reference intervals.

Second,

The normal range: it is not normal and it is not a range

1. Martin Brunel Whyte

2. Philip Kelly

Abstract

The NHS ‘Choose Wisely’ campaign places greater emphasis on the clinician-patient dialogue. Patients are often in receipt of their laboratory data and want to know whether they are normal. But what is meant by normal? Comparator data, to a measured value, are colloquially known as the ‘normal range’. It is often assumed that a result outside this limit signals disease and a result within health. However, this range is correctly termed the ‘reference interval’. The clinical risk from a measured value is continuous, not binary. The reference interval provides a point of reference against which to interpret an individual’s results—rather than defining normality itself. This article discusses the theory of normality—and describes that it is relative and situational. The concept of normality being not an absolute state influenced the development of the reference interval. We conclude with suggestions to optimise the use and interpretation of the reference interval, thereby facilitating greater patient understanding.

dx.doi.org/10.1136/postgrad...

pmj.bmj.com/content/94/1117...

[jimh111 in reply to helvella]

I’m familiar with this paper although it is a bit academic for many patients. The blood test results are typical of healthy people although as I say some people are hypothyroid with normal blood hormone levels.

When people are hypothyroid with similar blood test results I noticed they don’t get better when given a little thyroid hormone, enough to bring their TSH, fT3 and fT4 to mid-interval, or even a little better. This tells me that the problem wasn’t due to the blood hormone levels being less than perfect.

[jimh111]

I’m so sorry, so much pain. This could be thyroid related or due to another cause. Did all this come on suddenly or over a long period of time?

Magnesium deficiency can cause sensitivity to chronic pain so it’s worth trying a magnesium supplement or eating magnesium rich foods such as tomatoes and green vegetables. There is no useful blood test for magnesium deficiency, you just have to try supplementing.

[Helcaster]

I would say they are very typical hypothyroid symptoms. Are your temperatures low? Put a thermometer by your bed when you wake, take your temperature before you get out of bed. It's one of the things I did to help get diagnosed, my temperatures were in the 35's degrees. Also you could go through the list of symptoms on the thyroid UK main site, print them off and tick the relevant boxes. It was clear from my GP's face that she didn't know what the symptoms are, but she did take an interest, tested me and then diagnosed me. We worked together for me to try and get better, she admitted she didn't know much about the thyroid.

[Mehrz in reply to Helcaster]

In india if i would tell them i have hypothyroidism they gonna through me out of the hospital... they'll say can't u see it's in range 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[Helcaster in reply to Mehrz]

That pretty much happens here too, there is so much ignorance where thyroid disease is concerned.

[Mehrz]

I m so worried now, can't take medicine also 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Ask your doctor to test vitamin d, folate, ferritin and B12 levels. Plus thyroid antibodies