Hi. I have been on thyroxine for several years and generally well but still suffer with hair loss. My blood tests are fine including B vits and Iron
I found a thyroid support formula which seemed to help but it has iodine in it. Can anyone explain why iodine supplementation is not recommended.
Levothyroxine contains all the iodine you need
Iodine use to be used to test hyperthyroid patients (before Carbimazole)
Iodine can make thyroid issues much worse
Avoid any supplements called thyroid support
Suggest you get FULL thyroid and vitamin testing done
Low ferritin levels linked to hairloss
How much levothyroxine are you currently taking
Do you always get same brand
What vitamin supplements are you currently taking
For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 tested
plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested at least once
Very important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 at least once year minimum
Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests early morning, ideally just before 9am and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test
This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip)
Private tests are available as NHS currently rarely tests Ft3 or all relevant vitamins
List of private testing options and money off codes
thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...
Medichecks Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins
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Blue Horizon Thyroid Premium Gold includes antibodies, cortisol and vitamins
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Hi. Thanks for getting back to me. I haven't had tests recently but 18 months ago my antibodies were fine and thyroid hormones and vitamins were all mid range except for Ferritin which was towards the lowest part of the range. I have started taking a B complex supplement so hopefully this will be the answer.
B complex is nothing to do with ferritin
Ferritin is iron
How low was ferritin
Are you vegetarian or vegan
Suggest you get full thyroid and vitamin testing done now
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In all people, a serum ferritin level of less than 30 micrograms/L confirms the diagnosis of iron deficiency
Also See page 7 on here
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Look at increasing iron rich foods in diet
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
Links about iron and ferritin
An article that explains why Low ferritin and low thyroid levels are often linked
preventmiscarriage.com/iron...
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Great in-depth article on low ferritin
oatext.com/iron-deficiency-...
drhedberg.com/ferritin-hypo...
This is interesting because I have noticed that many patients with Hashimoto’s disease and hypothyroidism, start to feel worse when their ferritin drops below 80 and usually there is hair loss when it drops below 50.
Thyroid disease is as much about optimising vitamins as thyroid hormones
healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...
restartmed.com/hypothyroidi...
Post discussing just how long it can take to raise low ferritin
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Never supplement iron without doing full iron panel test for anaemia first and retest 3-4 times a year if self supplementing. It’s possible to have low ferritin but high iron
Medichecks iron panel test
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Iron and thyroid link
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Posts discussing why important to do full iron panel test
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Chicken livers if iron is good, but ferritin low
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Heme iron v non heme
Didn’t realise…this is your first post ….welcome to the forum
Please add actual vitamin results and ranges
Vitamin D
Folate
Ferritin
B12
Ideally full iron panel results if you have them
Do you have autoimmune thyroid disease?
Also called Hashimoto’s, usually diagnosed by high thyroid antibodies
Iodine used to be a treatment for HYPERthyroidism so its effect on hypo could be all wrong!If you are not deficient in iodine taking it could set everything out of balance. I took a multivitamin with 100% daily iodine intake in it. It knocked me all out of kilter and pushed my slightly dodgy thyroid on the slippery slope to dysfunction.
Iodine
Iodine.
Iodine Supplementation
Iodine 
The Iodine Debate 
