Recent thyroid results advice needed on iron and D

[sbadd]

So thyroid results improving however t3 not tested

Ferreton results were 37 range 30-200

Vit D was borderline low

74, range low between 50-75

My question is can I take iron and d together, im aware to take 4 hours apart from thyroid?

Doct has said to take 1 x iron and 1 x vit d daily for 3 months at this stage.

[greygoose]

No, you can't take iron and vit D together. You should take iron two hours away from everything, other than vit C.

[sbadd in reply to greygoose]

Thankyou as doct said I could take together x

[greygoose in reply to sbadd]

Yes, but doctors know nothing about nutrients. They just don't learn about them in med school. There are even doctors I've heard of that have told their patients they could take vit D/iron with their levo! lol

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Was dose levothyroxine increased after Feb test results?

You need to test TSH, Ft4 and Ft3 together at next test

Low ferritin

Look at increasing iron rich foods in diet

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

List of iron rich foods

dailyiron.net

Links about iron and ferritin

irondisorders.org/too-littl...

davidg170.sg-host.com/wp-co...

Great in-depth article on low ferritin

oatext.com/iron-deficiency-...

drhedberg.com/ferritin-hypo...

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

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

restartmed.com/hypothyroidi...

Post discussing just how long it can take to raise low ferritin

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Post discussing why important to do full iron panel test

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Why low ferritin needs improving

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

[sbadd in reply to SlowDragon]

No increase was done after feb results as doct wanted to retest 6 weeks later so im still on 75mcg, I have had more hair loss recently so the low ferreton probably explains this.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to sbadd]

So your levels are very variable. TSH of 4+ and then TSH of 1.8 and no dose change between the two

We’re both tests done as early as possible in morning before eating or drinking anything other than water and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test

[sbadd in reply to SlowDragon]

Yes both fasting around same time in morning and levo taken day before