hello can anyone advise on my blood results?
I have been trialing introduction of T3 for the first time (doctor advised reducing from 125mcg levo to 100mcg and taking 15mcg T3). I have found it very difficult because if I am honest if feels like i get tissue over stimulation - heart palps, chest feelings. It's hard to describe them. I did introduce very slowly and thought i'd nailed it - by the time i got up to 15mcg i wasn't getting the feelings anymore. But then I had my blood test and that day they all came back - it's as if the blood concentration was altered. I did have 6 tubes taken though, so there could be something in that. Think I will have to drop back down to 10mcg and titrate up again which is annoying but hey ho.
Also my GP told me he wouldn't do the blood test this time, and forced me to get them done with my health insurance so the latest results were taken at a Nuffield health lab. Just to complicate matters, and you know how I love an experiment (re: ferritin readings with medichecks vs NHS) - I also sent a finger prick analysis to Medichecks (TDL) on same day - albeit 8am with medichecks, 9am at Nuffield health. So in the picture the last 2 columns are the same day, just different places. All tests were done fasting, I took the last 1/3 dose of 5mcg T3 at 9.40pm. I stopped biotin a week before as well as all supplements actually, just thought i'd have a break.
Symptoms - if i ignore the over stimulated feelings, I have had mixed results - really positively I got no pins and needles almost immediately. This was amazing, I used to get them ALL the time. I also got no depression and sadness feelings around my period- this used to be awful to deal with - i got it really badly. Didn't have it AT ALL this month. Could have been a fluke, might have been the T3.
Fatigue - if anything has been worse, or at best, no improvement.
Looking at my results it is interesting that the T4 result is similar between Medichecks and Nuffield, but the T3 is hard to interpret, as one looks woeful and one looks sort of okay. I am thinking, for my next adjustment, I would really like to increase my levo back to 125mcg and give that a go - and the higher amount might help me convert more to T3.
I will also stop my B12 additional supplementation as that is really high.
I am waiting for some other results from nuffield on ferritin so will see what they say but potentially am making some progress with iron supplements.
I also got zinc tested, which was 33.4 (9.6-20.5) umolL - is this dangerous? I was advised to supplement this but given its already high, assume supplementing would be a bad idea?
Sorry for the long post - all thoughts welcome on my next steps