Bloods

[Health-care]

Die bloods from gp, what is it I should be asking them to check please as well as thyroid level. Medication reduced past few months I now feel very lethargic and sob ?

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Health-care

Have a read through the replies to your previous post, there is lots of helpful information there including the tests needed.

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You didn't reply to SlowDragon 's last reply to you in that post.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Previous post from 3 months ago

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Strongly recommend getting full thyroid and vitamin testing now

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)

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 have an offer on today

Medichecks Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins

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Blue Horizon Thyroid Premium Gold includes antibodies, cortisol and vitamins by DIY fingerprick test

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[Health-care in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you for your help, sorry I never replied to last message from you. I’ve not been on for a while x

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Health-care]

Come back with new post once you get results

Likely to see high TSH, rock bottom Ft4 and Ft3 and low vitamins

[Health-care in reply to SlowDragon]

Will do thanks I’ve just ask gp if I can have them repeated x

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Health-care]

Make sure you test as early as possible in morning before eating or drinking anything other than water and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test

Essential to test vitamin levels too