Hello, I've been on 50mg of Levothyroxine since Jan 2022 and my TSH has gone from 5.5 to 1.5 to 2.4 and today it is 0.814 iu/ml T3 is 3.19 pg/ml (ref 2.0-4.2) and T4 is 18.0 pg/ml (ref 8.9-17.2).
Never had a high T4 before and wondered if i should reduce my levothyroxine medication? I am due to start my 4th round of IVF next month and I am not sure what these results mean.
I also have hashimotos - In January 2022 my TPO antibodies were 600 and i started a gluten free diet. Antibodies up to 700 in April 2022 and I am waiting for the recent results of anti gluben and TPO (last anti-gluben were negative).
Thank you for any advice!
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Thank you. I’m taking a lot of supplements at the moment to improve egg quality, including DHEA , vit d, myoistol and ubiquinol. My DHEA result came back a little high too yesterday so I’ve stopped taking that supplement
Thank you for sharing. I’ll bear this in mind next time I get my levels checked. It was an ivf appointment so didn’t have thyroid on the forefront of my mind. I’m taking b12, b complex, magnesium, vit d and Selenium alongside gluten free to help with reduce the antibodies. Will keep my levothydroxine dose the same and check levels in a few months again. Thank you for your advice
Your FT4 is only just above range and your FT3 is well within, so you are not over medicated.
With Hashi's, levels do tend to jump around a bit, but your FT4 is so marginally above, I really don't think you are having a "hyper swing".
And as SlowDragon says, 50mcg levo is just a starter dose.
If you are trying to conceive, you need your FT3 as close to optimal as possible, and if your FT4 were to reduce, it is likely that your FT3 would reduce too. I'd leave your dose alone.
I am waiting for the recent results of anti gluben
If you want any testing related to gluten you need to be eating lots of gluten for six weeks beforehand. Once you stop eating gluten testing for gluten intolerance or coeliac disease or anything else related to gluten the results won't be reliable. Most likely any gluten related testing you do on a gluten-free diet would always return a negative result.
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