Blue Horizon results

[Lotus77]

Please could comment on my results (2 attachments) and any recommendations you may have. Many thanks

[Lotus77]

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[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Lotus77]

high thyroid antibodies confirms autoimmune thyroid disease also called Hashimoto’s

Did you know you have Hashimoto’s?

How much vitamin D were you taking?

Obviously needs increasing

Aiming for vitamin D at least around 80nmol minimum

B12 and folate on low side, especially as you have been supplementing

What vitamin B complex

Have you been taking separate B12 too?

Ferritin is also on low side

Are you on strictly gluten free diet

If not get coeliac blood test done before considering trial for 3-6 months

[Lotus77 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you - Regular doctors & specialists never confirmed Hashimoto but I thought so, even though coeliac tested negative…

Current supplements:

> Vitamin D3 - 62.5 ug

> Vitamin B complex which has B12 50 ug

> Ferrous sulfate 200mg

> MagCitra

Not been taking folate. Will start strictly gluten free and will try half/half dose Levothyroxine.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Lotus77]

only make one change at a time

Either try splitting levothyroxine or trial strictly gluten free diet

vitamin D dose is obviously too low though it’s equivalent of 2500iu

Suggest you try Better you mouth spray or drops at 4000iu and retest in 2-3 months

Which vitamin B complex are you currently taking

[Lotus77 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you and will do - I use Terra Nova and trying to find the post from SeasideSusie as she recommended also brands.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Lotus77]

SeasideSusie always recommends Thorne vitamin B complex

In week before blood test, when you need to stop vitamin B complex, you might want to consider taking a separate methyl folate supplement and separate B12

[Lotus77 in reply to SlowDragon]

Sooo many vitamin brands…

Does seem that Terranova B-Complex (take1 per day) & Terranova Beauty (take 2 per day) provide enough? Slightly confusing as some use mg?

And apparently some people got Thorne analysed and lower then they claim, whilst others say it’s too strong for them…

Have you heard of Weightworld?

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Lotus77]

terranova beauty contains biotin

Remember to stop taking a week before all blood tests

[SlowDragon Administrator]

FT4: 19.3 pmol/l (Range 12 - 22)

Ft4 is good at 73.00% through range

FT3: 4.03 pmol/l (Range 3.1 - 6.8)

But Ft3 is low at 25.14% through range

Getting vitamins optimal and trialing strictly gluten free diet next steps

Always get same brand levothyroxine at each prescription

Retest after another 6-12 weeks

If ft3 still low and under 50-60% thorough range likely to need addition of T3 prescribed alongside levothyroxine

As a separate experiment……could try splitting levothyroxine as half dose waking and half dose at bedtime

[Lotus77 in reply to SlowDragon]

How long would you suggest splitting the Levothyroxine trial before having to be able to notice any changes?

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Lotus77]

6-8 weeks and then retest TSH, Ft4 and Ft3 together

Splitting dose levothyroxine and/or gluten free diet significantly improved conversion 

See my reply right at bottom of thread 

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