Hi
New here and would really appreciate any advise. I recently had a blood test with Medicheck to test my thyroid as I have a lot of symptoms of an underactive thyroid however have just had my results and the doctors comment was ‘I see you have an overactive thyroid’ do these results suggest this?
Issyp12
Medichecks doctor has got it wrong (not the first time!).
Please email them and ask how can your results suggest a overactive thyroid when all results are well within range.
For your own information, to suggest an overactive thyroid TSH would have to be below range and FT4 would have to be above range. Your TSH is well within range and your FT4 is just 25% through range.
What were your antibody and vitamin results?
Thank you for replying! These are my other results
Issyp12
Are you supplementing at all?
The following are optimal results:
Vit D - 100 - 150nmol/L
Active B12 - 100 plus
Folaqte - at least half way through range, so with Medichecks range, which is 3.89-19.45, you're looking at 12 plus
Ferritin - half way through range although some experts say the optimal level for thyroid function is 90-110ug/L.
Just a bit of advice in case you're not aware - on your Medichecks result page you will find an icon at the top right of the page which says "printable results report". If you click on that, you will get all your results on one page. That way you can see all test results together.
No, your results do not suggest that you have an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism).
In your shoes I'd ask Medichecks where the doctor got that idea from because it makes no sense at all.
Your results don't exactly suggest hypothyroidism either.
Your Free T4 is 25% of the way through the range which may be a bit low for a healthy person.
Your Free T3 is 60% of the way through the range which is quite good.
If you are going to become hypothyroid in the future it may take a while.
However, there is a lot of overlap between hypothyroid symptoms and nutrient deficiency symptoms. Perhaps your vitamin and mineral levels aren't very good? Perhaps you are anaemic?
The ones that often show up as "not good" in thyroid disease are vitamin B12, folate, vitamin D, and ferritin (which is a measure of your iron stores).
Thank you for your comment, I have also posted my vitamin results if you would be able to offer any advise on those at all please?
No ferritin result visible?
Hi ferritin is 61.2 ug/L
Not really everything is in range!
My last blood test was worse I was told borderline but then the doc said even though they used that word I am still in range. (Been of meds for a few months so waiting to see if it stabilises)
So yours looks fiiiinneeeee why are they telling you overactive?
There is nothing in your test results to indicate your are over-active, or over-medicated. On the contrary, you need a 25mcg dose increase to bring your T4 level up and hopefully help you to convert more of it to T3.
I don’t think Issyp12 is on levothyroxine
Or diagnosed as hypothyroid
No sorry for any confusion I am not on any medication and haven’t been diagnosed at all. I got my blood tested off my own back and the doctor from Medicheck suggested in the comments I have in his words an over active thyroid and it confused me
Email Medichecks and complain
These results do NOT show you are hyperthyroid
Not the first time they have given out ridiculously inaccurate assessment of results
Re results
Did you do this test early morning, ideally before 9am to get highest TSH ?
My test was just after 9am, around 9.15, I will definitely email them as I find it all confusing enough 🤦🏼♀️
Ah, I jumped to a conclusion there then! Sorry.
Hi Issyp12,Would it be worth showing the comments the Dr made? 🙂
Thyroid function test results
Boderline thyroid results.
New here is this overactive thyroid?
Thyroid test results
Thyroid Results
