Help and advice with Medichecks results

[PamBow]

Hoping my results can be assessed, not sure how to post from my photo of results onto this page

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

You can edit your first post above and click on ADD A PHOTO which gives you the opportunity to upload from were ever you have it stored.

Or you can add an image in a reply below by clicking on the last icon in the row - the rectangle with the mountains in.

Or type the results with reference ranges into a post.

[pennyannie]

Hey there Pam :

OK :

We generally feel at our best when our T4 is up in the top quadrant of its range as this should in theory convert in your body to a nice high T3 result.

It is low T3 that gives you all the symptoms of hypothyroidism just as too high a level of T3 may give you symptoms of over medication and " hyper " type symptoms.

Your T4 is currently at just around 6% and your T3 at around 13% through the ranges :

Both these vital thyroid hormones need to be up in the top quadrants of the ranges for optimal health and your TH needs to come down the range to a much lower number at around 1.

This will all happen when you start to increase your dose of Levothyroxine x 25 mcg daily and then a repeat blood test should be arranged and a review of where your levels then sit in around 8 weeks time where upon you may well find you need to repeat the whole procedure again as you build up your T4 medication to a level that relieves your symptoms.

In primary care doctors seem restricted in what blood tests they can arrange and if your doctor isn't able to order anything other than a TSH and possible a T4 I'd suggest you take this blood test with you to give the evidence of need of a dose increase in T4.

Yes, you are in the ranges but it's more about where you are in ranges that gives you your wellness and a TSH over 3 is where some countries commence treatment for hypothyroidism and this needs to be much lower in the range to support you.

[PamBow in reply to pennyannie]

Thanks… 👍🏻🤣