Private thyroid test

[Pollypet]

Hi folks

Just wondering if I need to discuss altering anything with my GP after this private thyroid blood test. I’m taking 125 mg Levothyroxine, and have been for a number of years.

Thanks

TSH - 3.97mIU/L

FT4 - 15.8 pmol/L

FT3 - 4.1 pmol/L

T4 107 nmol/L

Thyroid peroxidase antibodies -157.6 - kIU/

Thyroglobulin antibodies - 136 kU/L

Active B12 -89pm/L

Vit D - 65 nmol/L

Ferritin - 104 ug/L

[PurpleNails Administrator]

How do you feel?

Are you happy & symptom free or do you feel under medicated?

 Most feel well when TSH lower (around 1) & FT4 in top 3rd of range & FT3 at least half way through range.

Can you add ranges please?  Including ranges for nutrients. 

What time did you complete test? & did you delay dose until after draw? 

Do you take any supplements? 

[tattybogle]

Hi Pollypet please could you edit to add the lab ranges used for those tests so we can see 'where' in range they are.

the majority of healthy people have TSH around 1.. so if on Levo and not feeling well, with TSH over that level , it is a good idea to try a slightly increased dose to see if it improves symptoms .. as long as the fT4 is not already high in the range .

This list of referenced tells GP's to aim to keep TSH below about 2 /2.5 in patients on Levo.

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu... list-of-references-recommending-gp-s-keep-tsh-lower-

Sometimes vitamins may need improving first , and i'm rubbish at them , so wait and see what others say about those once you have added [lab ranges]

Welcome to the forum

[Pollypet in reply to tattybogle]

All my results are on a scale like this. So, would this be 0-10?

Graph

[tattybogle in reply to Pollypet]

When written down , lab ranges are presented like this eg ,TSH 3.97 [ 0.27- 4.2]

in this instance it looks to me like 'the green bit' , is the [lab range] used for that test , but you have to be careful with making that assumption as some companies have weird/ misleading ways of presenting lab ranges vs 'optimal' ranges when shown in graph form ,, so it's best if you can find the [lab range] actually written somewhere on the information.

What company did them ?. admins here often already know the ranges used by the main blood test companies.

[Pollypet in reply to tattybogle]

Hi - it was Thriva

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Pollypet]

Pollypet

Thriva have a very confusing way of showing their results. The normal range is only ever the green part - both light and dark green. You can find your results with their normal ranges as a pdf by using the "view printable results" button on your dashboard when you log into your account with them.

Your results will then look like this:

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

and that is much easier to understand.

You haven't posted your Folate result, was this done?

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Most important question

How do you feel

Was test done early morning and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test

Do you always get same brand levothyroxine at each prescription

What vitamin supplements are you currently taking

Without ranges it’s difficult to say……except that TSH is too high

Is this Thriva test?

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

Did you know you have Hashimoto’s

Have you had coeliac blood test done

Are you on strictly gluten free and/or dairy free diet?

[tattybogle in reply to SlowDragon]

yes thriva,