Supplement advice

[Sally1253]

Hi recently increased to 100 levo liquid and prescribed folate

Please see results below, would you also take b12 as possibly falsely elevated due to low folate or wait until next bloods to see if it has come down?

also started taking vitd/vit k, should i take iron for ferritin too?

tsh 4.49 (0.27-4.1)

ft4 15.7 (11.2-20.2)

antibodies 565 (0-24)

vit d 88 (50-200)

b12 830 (180-770)

folate 2.1 (4-26)

ferritin 96 (30-300)

many thanks

[Sally1253]

Follow gluten free diet, also started selenium and take methyl folate not folic acid

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Assuming your ferritin reflects your iron levels (and is not due to inflammation), it looks fine.

I'd see no reason to take any iron. Indeed, doing so could result in iron rising too high.

[Sally1253 in reply to helvella]

thank you i do have other health things going on so it could be inflammation I will keep an eye on for now

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Sally1253

should i take iron for ferritin too?

No, not without doing an iron panel consisting of serum iron, transferrin saturation percentage, total iron binding capacity as well as ferritin. If serum iron and saturation are already at good levels then taking iron tablets will take them too high and could lead to toxicity. If they are low then iron ideally should be prescribed and GP should regularly monitor your levels.

[Sally1253 in reply to SeasideSusie]

thank you