Bloods latest

[AleB]

Hi all, I have my latest bloods, aside from the usual problems with thyroid being unbalanced ... please could anyone offer input to the other bloods taken, Testosterone and Prolactin not sure where these should be. I am 48 years old, female.

Bloods taken 13/0/21 - 9am fasting

Serum Cortisol 256nmol/L

Free T4 19.5 (range 10.0 - 24.5)

TSH 1.5 (range 0.2 - 5.5)

Free T3 3.2 (range 3.1 - 6.8)

B12 949ng/L (range 180 - 1000.0)

Folate >23.7ug/L >4.0

Ferritin 49ug/L (range 10.0 -300.0)

Testosterone <0.5nmol/L (range <1.8)

Prolactin 245mu/L (range <700.0)

SHBG 63nmol/L 19.0 - 145.0

I am currently only taking levo, when I try to add T3, I run into problems with the slightest dose, severe sweating, heart pounding, chest tightness.

My symptons are at present, fatigue, hip stiffness and burning, shoulder stiffness and adrenal pain (right flank) dry blurry vision, brain fog, lymph pain behind jaw and ear.

I can't increase Levo passed this without causing a problem to my body. I know I need T3, but I am struggling to introduce this even by shaving the tablet (5mcg). Do I accept that my body is knackered and the rest of my life will be like this. GP is of no help, NHS endo refused to give T3. I have spent an awful lot of money with private endo in the past and not got much further forward. Any comments would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[Aslangal]

Hi AleB .... I am just a fellow sufferer I am afraid and don't have the knowledge to help you but someone who can should be along soon x

[AleB in reply to Aslangal]

Hello Slow Dragon, thanks for your reply. My diet is very good, gluten and lactose free. My last Vit D test was 24/5/21.106nmol/L. I have tried splitting doses of Levo in the past, however this causes sleep disruption for me for some reason. Always the same brand of Levo, Accord, I take B-complex 4 x per week (previously every day), I reduced this because Folate was the top end of optimal. I also take 3 x per day of ferrous fumarate with 500mg of vitamin. Selenium, zinc, vitamin d, vitamin k, magnesium, and epa Eskimo oil. In addition I take digestive enzymes prior to eating and a probiotics. Thank you for the link for Regenerus. I have had this done before, lab phoned me in a panic as cortisol was so low. At the time the endo had lowered T4 too much and I was having problems adding T3. It was only from the good advice on here that I was told to get a DHEA test done and repeat the saliva test.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Have you done cortisol and DHEA test via Regenerus

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What’s your diet like

Are you on strictly gluten free diet

Lactose free diet

Have you tried splitting levothyroxine into 2 smaller doses waking and bedtime

Which brand of levothyroxine are you currently taking

Do you always get same brand levothyroxine at each prescription

EXACTLY What vitamin supplements are you currently taking

No vitamin D result?