My level had gone from 3.5 down to 0.3 , with increased levo.
Is this too low. ?
My level had gone from 3.5 down to 0.3 , with increased levo.
Is this too low. ?
How long have you been on increased dose
Do you always get same brand of levothyroxine at each prescription
Most important results are ALWAYS Ft3 and Ft4, not TSH
What are Ft4 and Ft3 results?
How do you feel
For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested. Also EXTREMELY important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12
Low vitamin levels are extremely common, especially if you have autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto's) diagnosed by raised Thyroid antibodies
Ask GP to test vitamin levels
Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and before eating or drinking anything other than water .
Last dose of Levothyroxine 24 hours prior to blood test. (taking delayed dose immediately after blood draw).
This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip)
Is this how you do your tests?
Private tests are available as NHS currently rarely tests Ft3 or thyroid antibodies or all relevant vitamins
List of private testing options
thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...
Medichecks Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins
medichecks.com/products/adv...
Thriva Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins By DIY fingerpick test
Thriva also offer just vitamin testing
Blue Horizon Thyroid Premium Gold includes antibodies, cortisol and vitamins by DIY fingerprick test
bluehorizonbloodtests.co.uk...
If you can get GP to test vitamins and antibodies then cheapest option for just TSH, FT4 and FT3
£29 (via NHS private service ) and 10% off down to £26.10 if go on thyroid uk for code
thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...
NHS easy postal kit vitamin D test £29 via
I've been at 0.03 for years, doesn't cause me any issues and my GP is fine with it.
Mine is 0.01 and my GP is ringing me about it Friday. 😱
Mine is 0.01 on MMH private test, so the test done the same day at the GP will also be 0.01. When I ask the receptionist for my results they always say I have to wait until the GP has seen it. However, this time, as I haven’t asked for the result from the surgery, I don’t think any GP has bothered to look at it.
You’re lucky.
Is this too low. ?In a word - No, how you are feeling is the most important issue.
So much better. I can actually stay awake all day ! X
healthunlocked.com/thyroidu... risks-of-suppressed-tsh-analysis?
healthunlocked.com/thyroidu... tsh-and-the-more-mature (ignore the fact is says more mature )
If you read both of these posts .. and follow the links in them to further posts discussing 'Risks' of LOW TSH.. and evidence.
These should help you have a much more useful chat with the Doctor should the subject of low TSH come up .. (it probably will, with TSH at 0.3)... basically it's all relative ... are the benefits to you re. quality of life /ability to function , worth the (alleged)'risks'
.... and once you've seen the evidence , do you even agree there is much of a 'risk' ...
I had TSH at around 0.05 for about 15 yrs and the only time i was actually overmedicated and felt better with a slight dose reduction was when TSH went as low as 0.018
Thank you so much. I love a good read! I find sometimes the gp has no real idea. My endo is good, but wants to focus on pcos far too much x
Interested in this as mine has reduced from 3 to 0.1 so I’ve just posted a similar but lengthier post! I’ve ordered medichecks to give more info, I’m sure this will help.... I feel ok ish with a little more jitters and brain fog but carpal tunnel and liver function test has improved - libido and sleep unchanged still poor even with magnesium, I guess it’s one step at a time eh!
Good Luck 🤞
My TSH is 0.02 and has been for years BUT my actual thyroid hormones are in range. So yes check your ft3 and ft4 level and if they are in range I wouldn't worry about the TSH level.
My TSH has been undetectable for years ever since I started to take T3 as well as T4. I was told by one doctor that T3 would do this. My free T4 and T3 have always been in range though so they didn't worry about it until a year ago when my GP wrote to the endocrinologist about it and I had some pituitary tests done which were all normal as well. I feel well so they don't worry about it now but I have regular blood test checks.
Hi , yes it I'd definitely low. Once my doctor did to me to increase my dose to 100. I was hyperactive. Tsh with t4 have a negative impact on each other . One goes up , the other one goes down. Now your symptoms should be hypertension . They need to reduce your tablet. You have passed your range. Becareful , don't pit you on depression tablets, my gp was telling me tsh is not important, which is and it was a silly comment as he did not want to accept his mistakes and my symptoms was totally different I was out all the time, I could control myself no to spend money, full of anxiety and stress. Immediately I talked with other gp, he confirmed my dose is high and he reduce the dose slowly. Now I am on 62.5 micro and I am myself. Everything is okay .
When on thyroxine only, I needed my TSH to be around 0.3-0.45 to function. My FT4 and FT3 were no where near the top of their ranges.Unfortunately, when we were ok many years ago, we didn’t have our levels checked, so we don’t actually know what our TSH was. For all we know we could have had a TSH of under 0.5 most of the time 🤷♀️