Over active thyroid

[Durrow]

Have had over active thyroid 15 years

Lately feeling anxious/tired as my medication has reduced from 30mg to 5mg a day over last 3 years

Is this unusual or normal?

Also getting lot migraine and sensitivity to noise

[Buddy195 Administrator]

Do you have your latest blood tests to share? Why was your medication reduced?

Feelings of anxiety and fatigue are very common with thyroid conditions and will improve when thyroid medication and key vitamins are optimal.

[Durrow in reply to Buddy195]

Taking neomercozole 5mgGP reduced as bloods showed tsh 1.5

Recommended amytriptaline for migraines?

Thanks

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Durrow]

Just testing TSH is completely inadequate

What vitamin supplements are you currently taking

Presumably you have Graves’ disease?

For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 tested.

Also EXTREMELY important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Low vitamin levels are extremely common with Graves and Hashimoto’s

Ask GP to test vitamin levels

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 .

This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip)

Is this how you do your tests?

Private tests are available as NHS currently rarely tests Ft3 or thyroid antibodies or all relevant vitamins

List of private testing options

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

Medichecks Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins

medichecks.com/products/adv...

Thriva Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins By DIY fingerpick test

thriva.co/tests/thyroid-test

Thriva also offer just vitamin testing

Blue Horizon Thyroid Premium Gold includes antibodies, cortisol and vitamins by DIY fingerprick test

bluehorizonbloodtests.co.uk...

If you can get GP to test vitamins and antibodies then cheapest option for just TSH, FT4 and FT3

£29 (via NHS private service ) and 10% off down to £26.10 if go on thyroid uk for code

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

monitormyhealth.org.uk/

Also vitamin D available as separate test via MMH

Or alternative Vitamin D NHS postal kit

vitamindtest.org.uk

[Durrow in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks so muchGP only ever tests for TSH

I started asking for copy of results and that’s all is on them

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Durrow]

Are you in the U.K.?

If so, use the private test options listed

You will see thousands of members on here forced to test privately

[Durrow in reply to SlowDragon]

Wool doNo in ireland

[Durrow in reply to Durrow]

SorryWill do

I am in ireland

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Durrow]

Republic or N?

[Durrow in reply to SlowDragon]

Republic

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Durrow]

Testing kit

letsgetchecked.com/ie/en/ho...

And vitamin test kit

letsgetchecked.com/ie/en/ho...

[Durrow in reply to SlowDragon]

ThanksJust send for kit

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Durrow]

Come back with new post once you get results

DIY finger prick test tips

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

What vitamin supplements are you currently taking

Remember to stop taking any supplements that contain biotin a week before ALL BLOOD TESTS

[shaws Administrator]

In quite a number of posts on this forum, when their dose has been adjusted according to their TSH result alone, symptoms can arise again.

I have never read that someone who had hyperthyroidism had their dose reduced so drastically. If you felt well before reduction I'd request an increase.

Do you have your results of your latest results, with the ranges that you can post?

TSH = thyroid stimulating hormone is from the pituitary gland and rises when thyroid gland is struggling.

It's amazing that so many doctors adjust dose i.e. reduce/increase upon a TSH result alone.

[Durrow in reply to shaws]

Just tested for tsh and result was 1.5

[shaws Administrator in reply to Durrow]

That would tell the doctor that you're o.k. as TSH is good and you shouldn't need an increase. I will add in SlowDragon as she is more knowledgeable than myself. As stated above only testing TSH isn't sufficient.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Come back with new post once you get FULL thyroid and vitamin testing done