Thyroid results.

[WildBlueberry]

Hello Ladies, I am wondering what you all think of these results, I would be grateful.

Blood drawn apprx 11.5 hours after 135 NDT + 5 Cytomol. I am away from home (no local compounder ) so switched to armour yesterday (2.5 grains ). I think I like it better . I have the Dio2 Polymorphism x 1.

I am suffering from chronic infections, soon to be addressed- thought is that this could 'perhaps' be skewing results .

b12, folate, and vitamin D all decent levels.. Iron is a constant battle due to blood loss /infections.

Local Endo wouldnbt even look at anything other than TSH...

Scratching my head with these results, I still carry weight around the waist, dry skin, sparsely populated eyebrows, cold intolerance.. always thought I would need to get rid of the infections to find my goldie locks zone of thyroid.

Scared of drastic change as going to have surgery.

Any thoughts /sharing your own experiences would be appreciated.

God bless

WB.

[greygoose]

Lot of useless testing, there:

T4

T3 uptake

Free Thyroxine index

rT3

T3

None of those give you any useful information. All you really need is:

TSH

FT4

FT3

and antibodies if you've never before had an over-range result.

So, TSH is low, but that's to be expected on NDT and T3. T4 is 53.68% through the range, which is also to be expected on NDT and T3. Whether or not it's right for you, only you can tell. And, of course, the most important number - FT3 - is missing. So, how do you feel?

[WildBlueberry in reply to greygoose]

Hi - Thank you for response, FreeT3 is second from bottom- high. I feel good and bad throughout day, depends on the level of sickness... Feel particularly bad (mentally, breast pain) last few days after switching to armour, I hope it doesnt last... I will tough it out a week or two..

I was concerned the compounding pharmacist may have added too much t3 to my capsules ,I dont need as much anymore or more than likely my results are skewed because of illness. Endo got me spooked out a bit... and now i feel even worse because I switched to armour. They really are the worst people to discuss thyroid with!!

Thank you.

[greygoose in reply to WildBlueberry]

FreeT3 is second from bottom- high.

Oh yes! Sorry. No, not really high. Only slightly over-range, not enough to matter. I would have said 'good'.

I will tough it out a week or two

Good. These things take time, and you have to give them time to work. Changing too often really isn't good for you.

I am suffering from chronic infections, soon to be addressed- thought is that this could 'perhaps' be skewing results .

If your infections were skewing results, they would be skewed down, not up. Infections can affect conversion, so FT3 would be low.

I was concerned the compounding pharmacist may have added too much t3 to my capsules ,I dont need as much anymore

Why would you think you don't need as much anymore? Do you feel hyper-ish?

Endo got me spooked out a bit

Oh, they love doing that! What did he say that spooked you?

They really are the worst people to discuss thyroid with!!

They certainly are!!! I avoid them like the plague!

[WildBlueberry in reply to greygoose]

Thank you very much- yeah, i am kicking myself for changing... Endo spooked me out with this: "elderly dont need as much t3" "having too much thyroid medication can cause a depletion or inability of the liver to metabolize glucagon, therefore running the risk of a hypoglycemic event that wouldnt respond to glucagon" I have reactive hypoglycemia due to gastric surgery, not diabetes. Sounds like complete nonsense to me, I cant find any research that supports this.. have you come across this?I dont know if I felt hyper at all... I definitely feel hypo now, but it is early days with the change over.

[greygoose in reply to WildBlueberry]

Well, he's singing from the NHS hymn sheet, isn't he. They don't want to give anybody T3! And, this idea that 'the elderly' don't need as much is just another way of depriving people of correct treatment.

If we are talking about a perfectly healthy 'elderly' person - although it would be helpful if they could define 'elderly'! - then they probably don't need as much T3.

But, whatever your age, YOU are not perfectly healthy person. You are hypo. And hypos have different needs. The need more than a healthy - euthyroid - person. But doctors always have - and probably always will - insist on comparing hypos with euthyroid people, and refuse to admit the differences. It's like comparing apples with oranges: there's no comparison. A hypo needs what s/he needs, and that's all there is to it.

I've never heard the 'having too much thyroid medication can cause a depletion or inability of the liver to metabolize glucagon' thing before, although I do know that levo does how some sort of effect on blood glucose, can't tell you what it is. But, that just sounds like scaremongering. Always look them in the eyes when they start spounting this sort of thing. If they look you straight back in the eyes, then they are either a good actor or totally believe what they're saying. If their eyes go wandering off to the top right corner, then they're making it up as they go along. lol