Who are the best private specialists in the UK?

[justbecky]

I have a TSH read of 5.13 (obv red zone!) and Free T3 5.9 (green) Free thyroxine 16.5 (green). Please can anyone recommend a good private dr or Endo in the uk as I have been very sensitive to thyroxine in the past and want a specialist who understands 🙏

[shaws Administrator]

The following is a link to our 'mother'website i.e. Thyroid.uk.org who is behind this forum and was started by Lyn Mynott.

thyroiduk.org/

Your TSH isn't too high - mine was 100 when I was diagnosed, except my GP had phoned to tell me the numbers were fine and I had no problems.

When we state results we allways have to put the ranges after the results. Ranges are in brackets after the results and the reason is that labs use different machinres and therefore ranges might well be different too.

It is recommended that when we have a blood test for thyroid hormones that the blood is drawn at the very earliest possible. It is a fasting test (you can drink water) and if taking thyroid hormones take them after the blood draw and not before. This gives us the best results.

If GP hasn't tested B12, Vit D, iron, ferritin and folate. Everything has to be optimal.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to shaws]

You mean TSH of 100

Not T3

[shaws Administrator in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks I'm glad you noticed it.

I was just reading through again now and realised the error.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Welcome to the forum

Are you currently taking any replacement thyroid hormones?

If on Levothyroxine, how much and which brand?

Many people find they can only tolerate one or two brands of levothyroxine

Have you had thyroid antibodies or vitamins tested yet

For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested.

Very important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Low vitamin levels are extremely common, especially with autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto’s or Ord’s thyroiditis)

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 .

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 all relevant vitamins

List of private testing options

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

Medichecks Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins

medichecks.com/products/adv...

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...

monitormyhealth.org.uk/

NHS easy postal kit vitamin D test £29 via

vitamindtest.org.uk

If TPO or TG thyroid antibodies are high this is usually due to Hashimoto’s (commonly known in UK as autoimmune thyroid disease).

About 90% of all primary hypothyroidism in Uk is due to Hashimoto’s. Low vitamin levels are particularly common with Hashimoto’s. Gluten intolerance is often a hidden issue to.

Link about thyroid blood tests

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

Link about Hashimoto’s

thyroiduk.org/hypothyroid-b...

List of hypothyroid symptoms

thyroiduk.org/if-you-are-un... .

[justbecky]

Wow thanks so much slowdragon and Shaws I am so grateful this is very helpful and i really appreciate it. I will look into and see what the other results currently are. All the best

[justbecky]

I'm not currently on any medication but I remember taking a natural supplement years ago which worked better than levothyroxine meds.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to justbecky]

Always test thyroid levels as early as possible in morning before eating or drinking anything other than water

Only do private testing early Monday or Tuesday morning and then post back via tracked postal service

Come back with new post once you get results

[justbecky]

👍 Grateful