As you have Hashimoto’s Are you on strictly gluten free diet?
What vitamin supplements are you currently taking
For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested. Also EXTREMELY important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12
Low vitamin levels are extremely common, especially with Hashimoto’s
Ask GP to test vitamin levels
How much levothyroxine are you currently taking
Always get same brand?
Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and before eating or drinking anything other than water .
Last dose of Levothyroxine 24 hours prior to blood test. (taking delayed dose immediately after blood draw).
This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip)
If/when also on T3, make sure to take last third or quarter of daily dose 8-12 hours prior to test, even if this means adjusting time or splitting of dose day before test
Is this how you do your tests?
Private tests are available as NHS currently rarely tests Ft3 or thyroid antibodies or all relevant vitamins
If your calcium is high despite Vit D being low then that sounds like a potential parathyroid problem. parathyroid.com/high-calciu... Ever been tested for that? Symptoms are chronic fatigue, body aches, difficulty sleeping, bone pain, memory loss, poor concentration, depression, and headaches...
Hi Adam1805, had also experienced feeling low energy in the morning and fine later on so divided my dose of levothyroxine and take part at night and the balance in the morning, so far so good, have much more energy.
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