Thyroid Results

[revitalise]

Been taking 100mcg and 75mcg of Teva Levothyroxine on alternate days for the last 10 weeks.

My blood draw was done before 9am and I was fasting and last Teva Levothyroxine 24 hours before.

Oct - TSH 0.97 mu/L - R ( 0.27-4.20) in July my TSH was 2.20 mu/L

B12 - 814 ng/L - R (180-999) in May B12 - 343 ng/L

Special shout out and thanks to SeasideSusie for advice on supplementing with Thorne Basic B Complex and Jarrow Methyl B12 for the last 10 weeks. I am vegetarian and have never had such a good B12 result. I was always the lower end of the normal range.

Any advice re: the TSH result would be appreciated. Posting late as had my blood draw last Wed but today when I called I was told results were not back and still showing as pending. However, just checked the NHS App and the results have been uploaded.

Thanks and Appreciation as Always!

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Next step…..get FULL Thyroid and vitamin testing done

Just testing TSH is completely inadequate

Do you have autoimmune thyroid disease…..?

TSH, Ft4 and Ft3

When were Iron and Ferritin last tested…..and vitamin D and folate?

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

medichecks.com/products/adv...

Blue Horizon Thyroid Premium Gold includes antibodies, cortisol and vitamins

bluehorizonbloodtests.co.uk...

If you can get GP to test vitamins and antibodies then cheapest option for just TSH, FT4 and FT3

£29 (via NHS private service ) and 10% off down to £26.10 if go on thyroid uk for code

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

monitormyhealth.org.uk/

Only do private testing early Monday or Tuesday morning. Watch out for postal strikes, probably want to pay for guaranteed 24 hours delivery 

[revitalise in reply to SlowDragon]

Hi SlowDragon

Will get full vitamin and the thyroid bloods done privately. I am starting to get muscle weakness again in my legs and I am feeling overwhelmingly tired/fatigued. I do have Hashimoto’s. Will come back and post full updates once I get my private results.

Thank you 💕

[revitalise in reply to SlowDragon]

I was wondering should I stop supplementing with B12 now and just continue with the Thorne Active B Complex

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to revitalise]

yes….remember week before all blood tests to stop vitamin B complex as contains biotin and biotin can falsely affect test results

During that week, instead consider taking separate folate

If B12 remains over range on just vitamin B complex, consider taking B complex and a separate folate on alternate days…..

[Spangle15]

Hi

I was just wondering if you had noticed a difference in how you felt with the increase in B12 result?

Thanks

[revitalise in reply to Spangle15]

my hair has stopped falling out and yes I did feel better more energy as well.

[Spangle15 in reply to revitalise]

Thats good to know.

[revitalise in reply to Spangle15]

would def recommend supplementing with Thorne Active B Complex and Jarrow Methyl B12. I have been supplementing for 2 months now. Good Luck and do let us know how you get on 🙏🏻

[Regenallotment]

hi,

great work on the B12, TSH has come down as you would expect with a dose increase.

As others have said, you would need more results to see other info.

Most importantly… how do you feel now on this dose?

🦋💚🦋

[revitalise in reply to Regenallotment]

I will get more results done privately