Thyroid results

[Chippy10]

I have posted on here a few times but not recently as feeling so unwell.Dry skin face ears, chills,nausea , headache, sweating and exhaustion. I have a toxic nodule which was treated with Carbimazole rather than surgery. These are my results ,my TSH has been suppressed for years. Free T4 10.7 (7.5-21.1). Free T3 4.8 (3.8- 6.0) . These results are from October. Results in July were Free T4 9.6 and Free T3 5.1. I would appreciate your thoughts on these. Thankyou

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Looking at previous post

You’re not on any replacement thyroid hormones….just Carbimazole

Please add most recent vitamin results

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 with any thyroid disease

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

Have you had coeliac blood test done

Are you on absolutely strictly gluten free diet

[Chippy10 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks for taking the time to answer me, I haven't taken Carbimazole for six months , I am not on any medication. Antibodies have not been tested since November 2019 and they were low . Can't put my hand to the other results at the moment but Vit D was ok , I take a supplement regardless. I did notice my folate was on the low side. I was just wondering if these( normal results) are to low for me. My TSH has been suppressed for over twenty years. Just doesn't alter.??

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Chippy10]

Recommend getting full thyroid testing including both thyroid antibodies and all four vitamins

TSH can remain stuck low

[Chippy10 in reply to SlowDragon]

I will get the antibodies done privately.The vitamins are all ok apart from folate.Many thanks for your input Slowdragon .