Just had my results 12 weeks after starting levo 25mcg 6 weeks 50mcg 6 weeks and just started 75mcg
No ranges as yet will post when I have print out . Fasted early morning bloods
TSH 4.78
Folate 19.6
Ferritin 15
Serum b12 390
I have a chronic ferritin deficiency, had annual iron infusions but not sure they'll give me any more (needs to below 10 for them to consider)
I was about to order ingennus super vit b complex but it has Vit c in it and I believe it's not supposed to be taken with Vit c....any alternatives and if I take my levo @4am and ppi at 8 what time do I take vit b supplement?
T.i.a x will do a vit d test privately at some point
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Robo re ppi. Hypo folks tend to have low stomach acid. The symptoms for low and high stomach acid are very similar. Drs don't tend to realise this.If you are not getting symptom relief with your ppi then I suggest your stomach acid is already low.
I like Thorne Basic B for my B Complex, one capsule gives 400mcg of methylcobalamin and 400mcg methylfolate.
B Complex should be taken no later than lunchtime as it can be stimulating so we don't want it to stimulate us later in the day and disturb sleep. All supplements should be taken 2 hours away from thyroid meds, with a few needing 4 hours, eg iron, calcium, Vit D magnesium.
Your TSH is way too high. It needs to be around 1.00. A healthy thyroid is at this level. NHS ranges are set too wide. This was explained to me by my private Endocrinologist. You will feel lots of hypothyroidism symptoms until your TSH is brought down to about 1.00. Hopefully your Levothyroxine increase will bring your TSH to a better level. Try snd request you have your T4 and T3 checked too.
Will my TSH come down quicker in the next 6-12 weeks now dose is getting bigger 75mcg or does it just steadily decrease. Desperate to start losing the excess weight 1stone I've never been this big x
There no 'usual' when it comes to speed of TSH lowering. I've seen results on here where it drops massively in a few weeks, whereas mine dropped from 6.8 to 2.9 after 7 weeks on 50mcg , then stayed at 2.5/2.7 on 100mcg and even 150 mcg for about a year and a half , then fell through the floor to 0.001 when i took about 175mcg.
Every time I increase my dose including when I initially started I feel absolutely hyper for several days up to a week, then it wears off and once I get to the three week mark start to go back downhill. It's this normal. Also just started with breast tenderness++++ as if some hormones are waking up. I used to suffer with this years ago on and off with periods x
Yes,it is quite usual to have that 'wearing off' effect after a few weeks. and the 'too much at first' feeling doesn't surprise me in your case. Your body must have been used to having 'not enough' for a very long time , while your TSH was creeping up to 10.. so it will be having to get used to going a bit faster each time you increase. but hopefully these too much / wearing off effects will be come less as you get nearer to the right dose.
But with TSH 4 ish it looks like you are still quite a long way off being on the right dose.
I think these ups and downs are the effect of TSH noticing the higher level of T4 ,so TSH lowers a bit then your own thyroid makes a bit less., then TSH notices again and maybe goes up a bit , and this sort of thing continues till everything settles down and after 6+ weeks the TSH is hopefully at a level where it stays put. That's just my theory , because we never get TSH tested every day during the first few weeks of an increase so i don't know if it really does go up and down like this.. but there's a lot of complex rebalancing to be done when we change dose, and this will no doubt affect the deiodinases that are responsible for adjusting how much T3 you are getting.. so it's no surprise we feel too fast then slower again.
As for the breast tenderness .. thyroid hormones go to nearly every cell/system in the body . TSH is affected by the time in menstrual cycle, so yes , your theory about breast tenderness is perfectly possible too ....see this healthunlocked.com/thyroidu... do-tsh-levels-naturally-increase-during-menstruation
It’ll only decrease when you are on your correct dose and if you are converting well of T4 Levothyroxine to active T3. Also your weight will start to slowly drop when your TSH is good. Good is about a TSH of 1.00. That’s what it is for a person with a healthy thyroid. Also you need to try and get your vitamins all optimal not scrapping in at the bottom of ranges.
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