What replacement thyroid hormones are you currently taking
Was test done as early as possible in morning before eating or drinking anything other than water and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test
If taking T3 or NDT day before test split dose into 2-3 smaller doses at roughly 8 hour intervals….taking last 1/3rd daily dose approx 8-12 hours before test
Essential to test vitamin D, folate and ferritin too
Thank you for responding. More info - I have hashimoto. Taking synthroid 88mg 6 days week. Reduced one day a week as test 3 months ago TSH was .4 experienced hair loss and heart palps. Also increased bp. On this latest D was 50. Also did ferritin but will have report later. Testing was done first thing in Morning before eating or drinking. 24 hr after last medication.
I am hoping to figure this out. It seems that every time I try to raise it I have adverse symptoms - Double vision, hair loss, anxiety. I have been dealing with some form of this for a long time.
Most people when adequately treated will have Ft4 at least 50-60% through range and Ft3 at least 50% through range
Might benefit from daily vitamin B complex. But remember to stop taking any supplements that contain biotin a week before all blood tests as biotin can falsely affect test results
In previous years tried natural thyroid. Each time after a period of time I developed double vision. Also tried tirosent and did the same thing. I think the integrated doc at one pt had me taking up to 135mg. I felt terrible could not function. Also when added some cytomel to synthroid did the same thing.
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