Good afternoon I had my finger prick blood done by Medichecks and omitted my Thyroxine 24hrs before but forgot about my vitamin D! I was on a thread about two weeks ago about night sweats! My last TSH done by the GP in Nov was 0.11 and I did feel better and less lethargic. My dose currently is 75mcgs a day.
Enclosed are my new results:
Many thanks 🥰
FT4: 14.5 pmol/l (Range 12 - 22)
Ft4 only 25.00% through range
FT3: 5.04 pmol/l (Range 3.1 - 6.8)
Ft3 52.43% through range
Helpful calculator for working out percentage through range
Request dose increase in levothyroxine to 87.5mcg (half 25mcg tablet extra)
Which brand of levothyroxine are you currently taking
Folate, B12 and vitamin D and ferritin all could be better
How much vitamin D are you currently taking
Are you currently taking any B vitamin supplements
Look at increasing iron rich foods in diet to help improve ferritin
Eating iron rich foods like liver or liver pate once a week plus other red meat, pumpkin seeds and dark chocolate, plus daily orange juice or other vitamin C rich drink can help improve iron absorption
List of iron rich foods
Hi and thank you was going to ask is there optimum levels for B12? 25 mcg is mercury pharma/ 50mcgs is accord.
Vit D is 25 ug! No vit B a present as need to read info after last sweating post . I am also vegetarian ❤️
Vitamin D at 25ug is only 1000iu
Suggest you increase to 2000iu
Test twice yearly via NHS private testing service when supplementing
Vitamin D mouth spray by Better You is very effective as it avoids poor gut function.
There’s a version made that also contains vitamin K2 Mk7. One spray = 1000iu
amazon.co.uk/BetterYou-Dlux...
It’s made from lanolin on Australian sheep
It’s trial and error what dose we need, we frequently need higher dose than average when hypothyroid
Vitamin D and thyroid disease
grassrootshealth.net/blog/t...
Vitamin D may prevent Autoimmune disease
newscientist.com/article/23...
Alternatively
SeasideSusie recommends a vitamin D gel
How long have you been vegetarian
Virtually All vegetarians need to supplement B12
academic.oup.com/nutritionr...
The present review of the literature regarding B12 status among vegetarians shows that the rates of B12 depletion and deficiency are high. It is, therefore, recommended that health professionals alert vegetarians about the risk of developing subnormal B12 status. Vegetarians should also take preventive measures to ensure adequate intake of this vitamin, including the regular intake of B12 supplements to prevent deficiency. Considering the low absorption rate of B12 from supplements, a dose of at least 250 μg should be ingested for the best results.3
Very difficult to maintain good iron/ferritin on plant based diet
You might want to do full iron panel test for anaemia
Ferritin can be high and iron low
Medichecks iron panel test
Doris11
omitted my Thyroxine 24hrs before but forgot about my vitamin D!
Do you mean you took your Vit D before the test on the day?
It wont make a difference to your thyroid results, it might make a slight difference to your Vit D result, it's advised to keep on taking it up to and including the day before but take after the test on the day. However, your Vit D could do with improving but as summer is almost on top of us you might be able to make Vit D naturally from the sun so it may improve anyway.
Hi there I forgot to not take vit d on day of test ❤️
Presumably you are no longer on folic acid prescription
To improve low folate
supplementing a good quality daily vitamin B complex, one with folate in (not folic acid) may be beneficial.
This can help keep all B vitamins in balance and will help improve B12 levels too
Difference between folate and folic acid
chriskresser.com/folate-vs-...
B vitamins best taken after breakfast
Thorne Basic B or Jarrow B Right are recommended options that contains folate, but both are large capsules. (You can tip powder out if can’t swallow capsule)
IMPORTANT......If you are taking vitamin B complex, or any supplements containing biotin, remember to stop these 7 days before ALL BLOOD TESTS , as biotin can falsely affect test results
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In week before blood test, when you stop vitamin B complex, you might want to consider taking a separate methyl folate supplement and separate B12
Low B12 symptoms
b12deficiency.info/signs-an...
With serum B12 result below 500, (Or active B12 below 70) recommended to be taking a B12 supplement as well as a B Complex (to balance all the B vitamins) initially for first 2-4 months.
once your serum B12 is over 500 (or Active B12 level has reached 70), stop the B12 and just carry on with the B Complex.
As vegetarian you may need to carry on indefinitely with separate B12…..perhaps everyday….perhaps a few times a week
B12 sublingual lozenges
amazon.co.uk/Jarrow-Methylc...
cytoplan.co.uk/shop-by-prod...
healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...
How other member saw how effective improving low B vitamins has been
Thyroid antibodies
Have you ever had high thyroid antibodies in any tests ?
Ever had ultrasound scan of thyroid
20% of Hashimoto's patients never have raised antibodies
healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...
No I don’t think so 😒
Sorry no never had u/s or high antibodies 😊
Might consider an Ultrasound scan
Can be useful
Results from medichecks
New Medichecks results. Any advice much appreciated!
Medichecks Blood Results
