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Hi all, my tsh as of sept was 1.4 and as of today 4.4 normal markers 0.5 to 5. Why? Stress? Also my vit d is really low

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Can see on previous posts you are on levothyroxine and had RAI

How much levothyroxine are you currently taking

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)

Is this how you do your tests?

How low was vitamin D

How much vitamin D are you currently taking

Essential to test B12, folate and ferritin too

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Contra21 in reply toSlowDragon

I'm taking no vit d , read so many retorts is poisonous it's at a low of 29. Im on 100mg so why in 3 weeks such a high jump. Stress?

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helvellaAdministrator in reply toContra21

Many people, like me, can knock back vitamin D in amounts of several thousand units a day with no obvious effect whatsoever.

Some people find they cannot take even 100 units a day.

But the intolerant are much fewer in number. I keep shouting for them because otherwise they will, and do, get totally ignored.

I don't know where you are reading that is is poisonous?

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Contra21 in reply tohelvella

I couldn't tolerant gave me heart palps i dont know what to do scared of it going lower

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SlowDragonAdministrator in reply toContra21

Is your vitamin D result in nmol or ng/ml units - can see you are in Australia

Look at supplementing magnesium first

Vitamin D needs magnesium as cofactor

Palpitations are often symptom of being under medicated

Are you taking levothyroxine everyday, on empty stomach and no other medication or supplements within 2 hours?

Vitamin D, magnesium, iron, calcium must be Four hours away minimum

Time gap doesn’t apply to Vitamin D month spray

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Contra21 in reply toSlowDragon

I do magnesium spray 50 sprays a day

So you say take additional magnesium supplements see if vit goes up?

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SlowDragonAdministrator in reply toContra21

What units is vitamin D result in?

No magnesium won’t increase vitamin D, but is needed to help vitamin D work.

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Contra21 in reply toSlowDragon

29 nmol

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SlowDragonAdministrator in reply toContra21

So yes it is low

Have you tried Better You vitamin D mouth spray...not sure if available in Australia...which would be ironic as it’s made from lanolin from Australian sheep

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Contra21 in reply toSlowDragon

I was given ostelin drops

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Contra21 in reply toSlowDragon

Better you ingredients are alot

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helvellaAdministrator in reply toContra21

OK - I thought you were basing your point on what you have read rather than what you have experienced.

I don't feel in the least qualified to answer any points about vitamin D and heart. There is much written but little that you can pick up and apply to an individual case.

29 is low for vitamin D but we have seen lower!

I hope some people who might have personal experience will respond.

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SmallBlueThing

Have you had your serum calcium tested? If it's high (due to a parathyroid gland problem), the low vitamin D could be a protective measure -- your body trying to lower the calcium level.

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SmallBlueThing in reply toSmallBlueThing

parathyroid.com/low-vitamin....

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