Medichecks Results Suggest I have No Thyroid Problems (even though I have horrible symptoms) Any suggestions on what I should do next?

[Peggy427]

I finally had my free T3 and thyroid peroxidase tested, and they suggest that my thyroid function is fine and I have no autoimmune problem.

I've been taking vitamins b12, D, iron and folate each day for a year on the advice of members of this forum. This time last year I had a low ferritin level of around 9, folate was 3, and b12 was around 50.

I do feel a bit better than I did a year ago, but not much. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2015 and had thyroid symptoms for around a decade before. I don't know what to do next. My face and ankles are puffy, I have carpal tunnel, joint aches and fatigue. Where do I go from here?

FERRITIN

15 Nov 2021

51.5 ug/L (13 - 150 R)

FOLATE - SERUM

15 Nov 2021

13.51 ug/L (> 3.89 -19.45R)

VITAMIN B12 - ACTIVE

15 Nov 2021

136 pmol/ (37.5 - 188 R)

VITAMIN D

15 Nov 2021

76.3 nmol/L (50 - 200 R)

TSH

15 Nov 2021 1.3 mU/L (0.27 - 4.2 R)

FREE T3

15 Nov 2021

5.72 pmol/L (3.1 - 6.8 R)

FREE THYROXINE

15 Nov 202

13.5 pmol/L (12 - 22 R)

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODIES

15 Nov 2021

11.4 IU/mL (< 115 R)

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODIES

15 Nov 2021

<9 IU/mL (< 34 R)

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Keep supplementing

Aiming for ferritin at least over 70

Vitamin D at least around 80nmol and around 100nmol maybe better

Suggest you consider getting ultrasound scan of thyroid

20% of Hashimoto's patients never have raised antibodies

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Paul Robson on atrophied thyroid - especially if no TPO antibodies

paulrobinsonthyroid.com/cou...

Is there autoimmune disease is your family?

[Peggy427 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks for the reply, SlowDragon. My grandfather had psoriasis, but no one else seems to have had similar problems to mine. As for the supplements, I take them religiously each morning/evening and will continue to do so. Wondering why my iron stores have hardly improved in nine months.

If anyone has any information on the way to go about getting a scan, please let me know. I'm desperate for answers.

[greygoose in reply to Peggy427]

How do you take your supplements? Do you take them all at the same time? What do you take with what?

Do you take a B complex with the B12? Vit c with iron? Magnesium and vit K2-MK7 with vit D?

[Peggy427 in reply to greygoose]

Hi Greygoose, In the morning I take B complex with B12 and iron with liposomal vitamin c, and zinc. I have my vitamin D drops in the afternoon (they contain K2) with magnesium and selenium.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Peggy427]

Don’t take B vitamins at same time as iron

Only ever take iron with vitamin C and nothing else

It often takes 12-18 months to improve low ferritin

See many posts and replies by humanbean

[thyr01d in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank-you very much SlowDragon for the link to the article on atrophied thyroid. The endo said my thyroid was 'doing nothing' and guessed it was Hashimoto's however this fits exactly my symptoms. I've always hoped I could return to Levo and stop the T3 but now think I'd better let go of that dream.