According to GPS surgery I am taking 125 of Levo with a TSH of 0.01 and T4 22.3! Have purchased some Tiromel and had a Medichecks blood test after 8 weeks. They couldn’t do TSH. T4 the same and with 12.5 of lio. T3 now 5.75. Without T3 3.89.
Now what?
Hylda2
So FT4 is slightly over Medichecks range of 12-22 if it's 22.3. What is the range of your GP FT4 test?
Did you do your test as we always advise:
* Blood draw no later than 9am.
* Nothing to eat or drink except water before the blood draw. This is because eating can lower TSH and coffee can affect TSH.
* Last dose of Levo 24 hours before blood draw, last dose of T3 8-12 hours before blood draw, splitting T3 dose into 2 the day before and taking 2nd part of the dose 8-12 hours before test. This avoids measuring hormone levels at their peak after ingestion of hormone replacement. Take your thyroid meds after the blood draw. Taking your dose too close to the blood draw will give false high results, leaving any longer gap will give false low results.
* If you take Biotin or a B Complex containing Biotin (B7), did youleave this off for 7 days before any blood test. This is because if Biotin is used in the testing procedure it can give false results (most labs use biotin).
Did you lower your dose of Levo when you added your T3?
Your FT3 level looks pretty good.
How do you feel?
Still fuzzy brained and breathless but could be AF. Everything done by the book. GP T4 range7-20. Dropped Levo to 100
Important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12
What vitamin supplements are you currently taking
Do you wear a Fitbit or equivalent
How do you feel
Wear an Apple Watch. Take B Complex, B12, Vit C and D. Still a bit breathless and foggy brain
So what’s your resting heart rate
Lowest heart rate in night?
Did you stop vitamin B complex a week before blood test
When were vitamin levels last tested
Breathlessness often low iron/ferritin
Are you on strictly gluten free diet
Lowest in night 42. During day low 50s. Had B12 tested recently by GP but it was a tussle. Stopped b complex and b12. Plenty of red meat and pate.
Is it looking like you could be on the right amount of T3 but could do with dropping some Levo? And check again in 6 weeks?
Endocrinologist letter - what now?
What to do now?
Not sure what to do?
still very unwell n lost for what to do now
TSH even lower. Now 0.02
