My mum has been complaining alot about fatigue, feeling unwell in pain and losing her voice in the mornings. We got the doctors to test her and her TSH was 4.2 (0.24- 4.2) just within borderline so will not actioned it.
I gave my mum 6.5mcg of my tiromel( I know maybe I shouldn't have) to take first month and now on 12.5mcg daily.
She's now feeling loads better and no broken voice in the mornings.
Doc's have done her bloods again and results are TSH 1.4 (0.24-4.2)
T4 8 (10.5-24.5)
They have referred to the endo saying she may have a pituitary problem. I didn't disclose to them about the t3. Should I tell them?
My son also has the same problem, tsh borderline been like this for years . He's 8 years old. Gp doesn't take any notice.
He always complains of being tired . Always irritated. Shows sighs of ADHD.
Please help. Any suggestions will be highly appreciated.
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I gave my mum 6.5mcg of my tiromel( I know maybe I shouldn't have) to take first month and now on 12.5mcg daily.
Doc's have done her bloods again and results are TSH 1.4 (0.24-4.2)
T4 8 (10.5-24.5)
They have referred to the endo saying she may have a pituitary problem. I didn't disclose to them about the t3. Should I tell them?
Well, I think you should otherwise they'll possibly get the wrong idea and be investigating something that's not necessarily appropriate.
If your mum was going to self medicate then she should have done a full thyroid panel - TSH, FT4, FT3, Thyroid antibodies, plus key nutrients - Vit D, B12, Folate and Ferritin, and if no problem with nutrients and borderline hypothyroid or suggestion of Hashimoto's then she should have started on Levo. Just my opinion.
With hypothyroidism it's normal to try Levo first, many people get on well with this, it's generally only those who don't convert T4 to T3 well enough that then add in T3, but of course you have to go the Levo route first to know that.
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