THYROID ULTRAVIT 22 FEB 21 : 8.20AM
CRP HS 1.07 mg/L (Range: < 5)
Ferritin 16.4 ug/L (Range: 13 - 150)
Vitamin B12 - Active >150 pmol/L (Range: 37.5 – 187.5)
Vitamin D 86.2 (Range 50-175 nmol/L )
Thyroid Hormones
TSH 9.05 mIU/L (Range: 0.27 - 4.2)
Free T3 3.75 pmol/L (Range: 3.1 - 6.8)
Free Thyroxine 11.3 pmol/L (Range: 12 - 22)
Thyroglobulin Antibodies 21.7 kIU/L (Range: < 115)
Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies 9.53 kIU/L (Range: < 34)
Doctor’s Comments:
"I understand that you stopped your T3 treatment on the 11th of January due to an adverse reaction and at the time of this test you were not taking any thyroid replacement therapy.
Your thyroid stimulating hormone level has increased whilst your free thyroxine is now low. This suggests that your thyroid is becoming underactive and should be reviewed by your doctor as you may benefit from thyroid medication. This may require input from a specialist if you are unable to take both levothyroxine and liothyronine therefore I advise discussing this further with your GP.
Your thyroid antibodies are normal revealing no evidence of autoimmune thyroid disease.
Your vitamin D and vitamin B12 level is normal.
Your ferritin, which is a good measure of your iron stores, is normal but towards the lower end of the normal range. I understand you have only been able to increase this in the past by improving your thyroid health. I advise discussing this further with your doctor. There is scope to improve it by increasing your dietary iron intake (beans, lentils, tofu, dark green veg, and chicken & lean beef if you eat meat). Orange juice will help you absorb dietary iron better. Over the counter lysine supplements can also help with this.
If you are feeling very tired you may wish to have a check of your full blood count to see whether you are anaemic.
Your CRP level is normal, suggesting no significant inflammation within the body."
I should explain, I was on 68.75 in early January and dropped down to 62.5mcg T3 on 11 January when I had a severe “pooling” reaction and I had to suspend my T3 dose in its entirety and since then I have not reintroduced it. I am currently unmedicated and was not on any medication when I did my testing. My test was done at 8.20am under fasting conditions. I have been taking Igennus Super B complex [2 per day] since the summer but stopped it for a week prior to testing; not taking the B complex reduced me to a state of non-functioning. I have the full range of hypo symptoms - too many to list here - and am getting progressively worse. I also tested cortisol in early December and it came back low which, along with too low ferritin, could have contributed to the "pooling" episode in January. I posted my results for that test here: healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...
My ferritin was 28 in early December 2020, while I was still on T3. I had to stop T3 in January after the “pooling” reaction and have not re-introduced it. My ferritin has reverted to the levels I formerly had before taking T3, of just below the bottom of the range (previous levels were in the 13-16 bracket). 28 (December 2020) is the highest I have ever managed to get it and obviously I only achieved that because I was taking T3. Since I stopped taking T3 my consumption of iron rich food has been higher than ever but for whatever reason my body cannot absorb or use it and record a decent ferritin score.
I posted the results of my iron panel in December here: healthunlocked.com/thyroidu....
My CRP remains stable from the 1.07 value which I recorded in a test in December 2020.
My Vitamin D status has improved – I take 2000iu per day [along with vitamin K2] and plan to continue with this.
My TGB has gone up slightly from 16 to 21.7 and my TPO has gone down slightly from 10 to 9.53.
My T4 and T3 figures have also dropped.
I take vitamin C, magnesium at night, and additional vitamin B1 and choline/inositol and taurine.
In an ideal [non pandemic] world I would book an appointment with my GP but I can tell you how that would play out. I would have to wait 3 weeks to get to speak to her on the phone (she only works on a Tuesday), she wouldn't accept the medichecks results, would insist she runs more NHS tests (this was what happened last time), so I'd need to wait for a nurse appointment for that, then I'd need to wait for them to come back, then make another appointment with her which would take another 3 weeks and only at that point would she be prepared to get her prescription pad out - so a wait of 8 weeks if I am lucky (I'm not overstating that timeline) and then would only get a script for T4. Meanwhile I have T3 in my drawer at home .... to those of you who have continued reading to this point of what is a long post, I say thank you and apologise but felt it was important to include as much detail as possible. Things are getting worse for me with each day that passes and my brain really isn't working so if anyone has any advice I would be very grateful.