Igennus Super B is good quality and cheap vitamin B complex. Contains folate. Full dose is two tablets per day. Many/most people may only need one tablet per day. Certainly only start on one per day (or even half tablet per day for first couple of weeks)
Or Thorne Basic B is another option that contain folate, but is large capsule
If you are taking vitamin B complex, or any supplements containing biotin, remember to stop these 7 days before ALL BLOOD TESTS , as biotin can falsely affect test results
With such low B12 result taking a B12 supplement as well as a B Complex (to balance all the B vitamins) initially for first 2-4 months, then once your serum B12 is over 500 (or Active B12 level has reached 70), stop the B12 and just carry on with the B Complex.
Rather than taking folic acid (which isn’t helping improve your low folate) you may find it better to take a GOOD quality vitamin B complex instead. This contains folate instead of folic acid
Never supplement iron without doing full iron panel test for anaemia first
Eating iron rich foods like liver or liver pate once a week plus other red meat, pumpkin seeds and dark chocolate, plus daily orange juice or other vitamin C rich drink can help improve iron absorption
This is interesting because I have noticed that many patients with Hashimoto’s disease and hypothyroidism, start to feel worse when their ferritin drops below 80 and usually there is hair loss when it drops below 50.
Thyroid disease is as much about optimising vitamins as thyroid hormones
thank you, I've ordered a test for thyroid Inc antibodies from medichecks. Have already increased iron rich foods as you suggest. Got fobbed off yesterday re my labyrinthitis!
So you have room for small dose increase in levothyroxine
Getting all four vitamins optimal may help improve conversion of Ft4 to Ft3
But likely to need to look at adding small doses of T3 alongside levothyroxine
Email Dionne at Thyroid UK for list of recommend thyroid specialist endocrinologists who will prescribe T3........NHS and Private
tukadmin@thyroiduk.org
The aim of levothyroxine is to increase dose upwards until Ft4 is in top third of range and Ft3 at least half way through range (regardless of how low TSH is) ...important to have optimal vitamin levels too as this helps reduce symptoms and improve how levothyroxine works
Resistant depression can be treated with T3 by psychiatrists
just spent £50 the other day on replenishing my supplements! Now it seems it might be a waste of money. Feeling overwhelmed and depressed as well as lousy cos of labyrinthitis. I will try to look at all these links . Thanks for your time
Great thanks. Have just ordered that. I've ploughed through all your advice and made notes. Thank you so much for all the time you've taken to help me. Its much appreciated x
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Thyroid bloods if anyone can have a peep?
New Bloods - Very Confused
Medicheck advanced thyroid function results back, advice please 
Folate supplement/Test results
