Happy dance time! Thanks to all your great advice

[TiggerMe]

Scores on the doors are in!

After 3 months of vit's and mins I've topped the charts 💃💃🤗 will drop back to holding doses now

"For the most part this is an excellent test result today" Thank you Mr Medichecks 🙏

Of course there is always a but.... but it's a good but!

T3 a little high (though I had lowered the dose slightly to 18.25 after the last test at the top)

so I can drop back to 12.5 👍 ( with 100 T4)

I've got 2 weeks before NHS blood tests for Endo appt, do you think my TSH might recover a bit in the time?

[TiggerMe]

I must admit Iron is still a mystery to me though... Ferritin is up from 24 😀

Iron test results

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to TiggerMe]

Will tag humanbean and SeasideSusie to comment

Have you been taking iron supplements

If so what

What are vitamin D, folate, B12 results

[TiggerMe in reply to SlowDragon]

Hello SD,

Yes I've been taking 20mg heme iron and chicken liver pate a couple of times a week as I couldn't really get any advice from my GP 🙄

I don't eat much red meat as the histamine curls me up.... though recently I found out about hangar steak and can cope with a cheeky little teriyaki beef stir fry 🙃 if I take some DAO enyzmes

Test results

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to TiggerMe]

vitamin D

How much have you been taking? Now reduce to a maintenance dose

Similarly what B vitamins are you currently taking

You can reduce amount of B12 taking

High transferrin saturation means you have too much iron. Definitely stop iron supplements now

[TiggerMe in reply to SlowDragon]

10,000 iu of Vit D & K2 now dropped back to 3000 iu

Solgar B12 complex 2000mg sublingual have swapped to Thorne Basic B

I'll stop the heme. Thanks 😉

[Imaaan in reply to TiggerMe]

To help aid in digestion, have you tried digestive enzymes? Hcl betaine? Probiotics ? Ox bile? 20mg of iron isnt really much and an increase is needed to improve the levels. Congrats and its certainly a cause for celebration to have your levels improved.

[TiggerMe in reply to Imaaan]

I do have HCL betaine when I remember to take it (on the counter right in front of my face! 😕) and DAO enzyme when I overdo the histamine.

SlowDragon suggested to stop the iron as transferrin is high... 20mg of heme (more bioavailable than non heme) seems to have done the trick though I still need to work on my ferritin

[DippyDame]

100mcg T4 with 12.5mcg T3 sounds fine!

Do NOT be persuaded to alter dose by a medic wrongly fixated on TSH....it is not an accurate marker.

Your defence!

thyroidpatients.ca/2021/07/...

The important reading is FT3 followed by FT4

Keep FT3 within range to avoid overmedication

Well done!

[TiggerMe in reply to DippyDame]

Thanks  DippyDame this is a great article! I have learnt so much from you sharing your battles 🙏

I thought I might try for some NDT as my ratio's look about right?

Surely something a little more natural is preferable to synthetic?

[DippyDame in reply to TiggerMe]

Don't upset the apple cart!!

I would stick with what works....that is what is preferable in this case

This is about more than numbers....clinical evaluation ( how you feel) is essential.

Adding NDT will upset the balance of your now therapeutic hormone levels

[TiggerMe in reply to DippyDame]

Ok, thanks 🤗 I thought swapping to something more more natural might be the icing on the cake

I've come such a long way in just 3 months

I'm taking natural adrenals as my blood pressure still drops on standing...

Having just read Dr Peatfield's excellent book I now know I should have done this first 🤷‍♀️

[DippyDame in reply to TiggerMe]

I'd say you already have " the icing".....stay well!