Hi all, I have done some tests with Medichecks after GP said no to more tests. They have come back with thyroid antibodies raised, and low ferritin, as I was expecting. The advice from the Medichecks doctors was that everything else seems 'normal', but wanted to check in here, and especially around starting to supplement iron as I read somewhere here there can be risks with this?
My symptoms are hair breakage, memory fog/loss, and I also have PMDD. I'm currently on 25mg levothyroxine after taking it for 4 weeks, and am told to review and test again with GP in 8 weeks time.
Thanks in advance xx
Thyroid Function Panel -
CRP HS 0.60 mg/L (Range: < 5)
Ferritin 23.40 ug/L (Range: 13 - 150)
Folate - Serum 10.96 ug/L (Range: > 3.89)
Vitamin B12 - Active 71.600 pmol/L (Range: > 37.5)
I’m no expert on ferritin (or anything TBH! Just another person getting to grips with a thyroid issue). However I’m aghast that the Medichecks doctor says this is all normal. You clearly have thyroid antibodies, indicating Hashimoto’s. Also your TSH is a little high, and your T3 and T4 are just scraping into their ranges. You must feel pretty awful?
In my personal opinion, you are on too low a dose of Levo and should have an immediate increase, rather than waiting 8 weeks. 25mcg is the starter dose normally given to older people or folks with heart issues. Normal starter doses are 50mcg, which are increased by 25mcg increments. It's not unusual for folks to end up on 100mcg or more as their stable dose.
Hello and thank you for your reply! The medichecks dr acknowledged my antibodies were raised and that ferritin was low, however didn’t mention TSH, T3 or T4. I asked to have my dosage raised or for a review to happen sooner and it was denied by GP, so I’m not sure how to get anywhere with that.. Yes I do feel quite low however as it’s come at a similar time to being diagnosed with PMDD it’s been really hard to differentiate between the two! Do you have any tips on getting results from reluctant GPs? It’s so hard to make any progress it seems.
humanbean and SlowDragon I wondered if either of you had any tips on iron supplementing with these results? And any advice on getting a higher Levo dosage from GP? X
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
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