High ferritin low leucocytes

[Essexness]

Hi all , happy NY .

Hoping someone can shed some light on what’s going on as my doc hasn’t returned my call. He may not have been given the message so I will try and book an appointment next week but could be a while as have to get through the 3rd degree in the booking service🙈.

I have Hashimotos thyroiditis (diagnosed about 15 years ago) and take 1/2 a Euthyral 100mcg/20mcg tablet daily .

I had to switch to it in March 2019 as Armour thyroid isn’t allowed in France where I now live .

I’ve not been well since . I get episodes - they tend to go in what I call “waves” where I wake at night boiling hot , sweating , nauseaous and with pounding heart . Occasionally get SVTs during the day and recently one scary episode when we were eating out when my heart rate skipped from 52 to 203 in one beat. I also almost fainted .

Blood tests at the start of December read ferritin way over range (357ng/ml -“ normal” range 15-150) .

Leucocytes have been gradually going down and are now flagging as below range (3960/mm3 - normal range 4,000 - 10,000) . Also my usually good cholesterol is out of range too although triglycerides are normal . Overall cholesterol is 6.91 (range 3.87 -5.68). My HDL is always high but for the first time ever my LDL is high (4.42mmol/l - normal range > -4.13).

If anyone can cast any light on what may be causing this please do.

Thanks to all . Wishing you all a healthy New Year .

[RedApple Administrator]

'take 1/2 a Euthyral 100mcg/20mcg tablet daily .'

So that equates to 50mcg T4 and 10mcg T3 a day, yes?

How and when do you take this?

[Essexness in reply to RedApple]

Thank you for responding . Sorry I’ve only just seen your comment.

Yes it does .

I take it with a glass of water when I get up in the morning at least 30 mins to an hour before breakfast .

Did not take it on the day of the blood tests as they were “de jeune “ ie fasting blood tests.

I wondered if I overdid the ´fasting as I didn’t have any food for more than 24 hours ?

[Jaydee1507 Administrator]

If your cholesterol is high then you're likely under replaced. We really need to see your latest blood results to include an FT3 to assess. Also other key vitamins - folate and B12.

[Essexness in reply to Jaydee1507]

Thanks but these are my latest blood tests. Ft3 wasn’t requested by the doc nor was folate or B12. I’ll have to book another RDV to request them . I got fobbed off by the booking service who said doc would ring me re the last ones . Could be some time getting a RDV as docs under pressure here and some are on strike but I’ll re post if I can get them done. The episodes seem random but seem to happen when I’ve done a lot so am very tired , eaten late or eaten something that triggers them although I don’t know what .

[Jaydee1507 Administrator in reply to Essexness]

People in the UK have to book private blood tests to get the full panel to include FT3, NHS won't do it. It does seem a low dose you're taking. Whats an RDV?

High ferritin is often inflammation.

[Essexness in reply to Jaydee1507]

I live in France not the U.K. . RDV is the French for a rendezvous - the term for an appointment. Normally not an issue to ask for T3 or T4 tests etc and get them back the same day online . However there’s currently delays here as the private labs in our region are on strike this week and possibly for the whole of January 🙈. The region is huge so travelling to a lab outside it is not an option .

[Essexness in reply to Jaydee1507]

HI there

Sorry for late reply . Don’t know if these will help but I’ve just noticed that Folate and B12 were tacked on the end of the last blood tests in early December ! No T3/T4 tests though 😞. Must’ve been because I’d mentioned my hair is falling out (quite drastically) - nails are flaking now too.

Folate within range 6.8ng/ml (range 3.9-26.8)

B12 also within range 341pg/ml (range 197- 771) .

Thanks for your replies .

Kind Regards