After having possible hypothyroid symptoms and an ambiguous NHS blood test last year I finally had a private test done, which appears to be within "normal" parameters, apart from the cortisol. Can someone confirm please?
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.
Hi BarnyAre you on thyroid meds at the moment? If not, you won't get a prescription until TSH goes waaay over range, possibly as high as 10, given that antibodies are low - even though your free T4 and free T3 are low and you probably won't be feeling that great.
If you are taking levo, I'd try and get an increase of 25 mcg a day, as you really want your free T4 and free T3 in the top third of their ranges. At the moment free T4 is a pretty feeble 10% through range and free T3 a better but still not brilliant 49.5% ...
In the meantime, as SlowDragon says, ferritin is very low, and vit D could be higher too and boosting these will no doubt be beneficial
No I'm not on any thyroid meds. After the ambiguous NHS blood test last year, I realised that as a vegan I was getting zero iodine from the foods I was eating, so supplemented with the above mentioned vegan vits/minerals including iodine - which took my next NHS blood test into the "normal" thyroid range.
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need help understanding results please
Blood results, can anyone shed any light please?
