Latest thyroid results

[purplespottycat]

Hi all

Wondered if anyone can help me understand a bit better what's going on with my thyroid levels?

Back in August, TSH was 1.01 (NHS didn't test for anything else) then in September 4 weeks later it was up to 3.13. I did an earlier post about these tests and had input from members.

At my apointment with the NHS endo on 11 October, I asked why TSH was trebling in such a short space of time and got a load of tosh about different assays and the 'importance of using an accredited laboratory' - because the UK labs are renouned for being unregulated fly-by-nights... I get that there's natural fluctuation, but totally paranoid about the 2.5 upper limit for fertility/pregnancy. Endo also started spouting that there's debates ongoing about the upper limit being 'fine' at 3.5...

Anyho, I digress.

I know the % through ranges are not great for the NHS test on 04/10, and even worse for Monday's private blood test.

Not overly pleased with antibody levels; think it's as a result of 'gluten binging' when I had the last miscarriage (Sept), then moving onto GF at home but maybe eating it unsuspectingly when at friends/eating out and in hospital they didn't have anything else to offer me than 'toast' :(.

I know BTF references raised/positive TPOs increasing risk of miscarriage - has anyone got relatively recent papers/resources that cover this in more details that you can share links with me please?

Has anyone with Hashis and both antibodies been able to get levels right down, and stay down? If so, how did you manage to do this and how long might it take?

I'm taking Jarrow B-Right - and thinking given levels reported, I maybe need to drop to 1 a week or 1 every 4 days, rather than daily? Any advice please?

Also currently taking :

Life Extension vit d3 drops 4000-6000iu/day;

Pure Encapsulations magnesium glycinate 1xcap am and 2xcaps pm;

Solaray Vit K2 menaquinone 1xcap am;

Zita West inositol & folate 1tsp am;

biofemme me probiotic 1xcap am;

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

purplespottycat

As far as testing positive for Covid on 14/10/22 and doing your Thriva test on 17/10/22 is concerned, I think there's a possibility that your results won't be accurate. Thyroid testing is advised to be avoided when acute infection is present and to wait for a few weeks after recovering before testing.

When doing your tests I'd be a bit more specific about timing of last dose of Levo, you say "at least 24 hours" but 24 hours is the recommended time and by saying "at least 24 hours" we don't know if that's 26, 30 or even more and that would give a false low FT4 result.

Life Extension vit d3 drops 4000-6000iu/day;

I would stick to a fixed amount of D3 to establish what that amount is achieving for you. A difference of 2,000iu is quite a lot, for example 4,000 might be perfect but 6,000 might be taking your level too high, so knowing exactly what dose is giving you what level will help you to establish how much you should be taking.

I'm taking Jarrow B-Right - and thinking given levels reported, I maybe need to drop to 1 a week or 1 every 4 days, rather than daily? Any advice please?

I would leave things as they are. Your current dose is giving you a good folate level, it's recommended to be at least half way through range so that's 35 plus with that range.

Your B12 of 634pmol/L= 859pg/ml and according to an extract from the book, "Could it be B12?" by Sally M. Pacholok:

"We believe that the 'normal' serum B12 threshold needs to be raised from 200 pg/ml to at least 450 pg/ml because deficiencies begin to appear in the cerebrospinal fluid below 550".

"For brain and nervous system health and prevention of disease in older adults, serum B12 levels should be maintained near or above 1000 pg/ml."

Excess B12 caused by supplementation is excreted.

[purplespottycat in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thank you SeasideSusie 😀