Thyroxine results

[Rocky123]

Hi

These ate my latest results.My levo was increased from200 to 225 after the first results.G P says he is happy with results.I have terrible problems with sleep and palpitations.I have started taking Zopiclone sleeping tablets but they give me bad tinatus.

Does anyone have any ideas getting pretty desperate with it.

Thanks

[Jaydee1507 Administrator]

It;s really difficult to read the numbers on your results. Is it possible to type them out or enlarge it at all?

Have you had key vitamins tested? Ferritin, folate, B12 and D3?

[SlowDragon Administrator]

just testing TSH and Ft4 is completely inadequate

Here’s my reply to previous post you made a year ago

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Do you always get same brand levothyroxine at each prescription

Do you take levothyroxine waking or at bedtime

On day of test ALWAYS do test early morning, ideally just before 9am and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test

What vitamin supplements are you currently taking

Please add most recent vitamin results and ranges

[Rocky123 in reply to SlowDragon]

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Thanks for your reply.Is this the best test to get to cover everything you need to see to draw any conclusions?Do i need one of their other tests as well

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Rocky123]

You really want to test vitamin levels too and thyroid antibodies if GP never tested these when diagnosed

Do you have access to your blood test results online

Medichecks Thyroid test that includes antibodies and vitamins £86

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Or

Monitor My Health also now offer thyroid and vitamin testing, plus cholesterol and HBA1C for £65 

(Doesn’t include thyroid antibodies) 

monitormyhealth.org.uk/full...

Low vitamin levels are extremely common and important to maintain at GOOD levels

Or you could ask GP to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 then just test thyroid levels yourself

Only do private testing early Monday or Tuesday morning. 

Last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test

Watch out for postal strikes, probably want to pay for guaranteed 24 hours delivery 

Tips on how to do DIY finger prick test 

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[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Rocky123

Your FT4 is close to the top of the reference range.

It would be useful to see how well you convert T4 to T3 and for that you need to test FT3 at the same time as FT4 and TSH .

It's unlikely that your GP will be able to get all three tested so you might want to consider doing a private test with one of our recommended labs, many of us need to do this as we can't get full testing with the NHS .

MonitorMyHealth is the cheapest, see link for details and discount code

thyroiduk.org/help-and-supp...

[Rocky123 in reply to SeasideSusie]

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Hi is this y th he best test to get ?Should i have other of their tests to cover everything ?Would this then give enough information to draw a conclusion?

[Jaydee1507 Administrator in reply to Rocky123]

That looks ridiculously expensive. Try Medichecks.

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Rocky123]

Rocky123

That is a very comprehensive test and I don't think it's necessary. Certainly not Reverse T3 (which is making the test very expensive and it's not a useful test). There are cheaper options which will do the job just as well and which we tend to suggest to get a full picture.

Comparable full Thyroid and Vitamin test bundles as follows:

Medichecks ADVANCED THYROID FUNCTION medichecks.com/products/adv...

Check this page for details of any discounts: thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

or

Blue Horizon Thyroid PREMIUM GOLD bluehorizonbloodtests.co.uk...

Check this page for discount code thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

Both tests include the full thyroid and vitamin panel. They are basically the same test with just a few small differences:

Blue Horizon includes Total T4 (can be useful but not essential). Medichecks doesn't include this test.

B12 - Blue Horizon does Total B12 which measures bound and unbound (active) B12 but doesn't give a separate result for each. Medichecks does Active B12.

Total B12 shows the total B12 in the blood. Active B12 shows what's available to be taken up by the cells. You can have a reasonable level of Total B12 but a poor level of Active B12. (Personally, I would go for the Active B12 test.)

Blue Horizon include magnesium but this is an unreliable test so don't let this sway your decision, it also tests cortisol but that's a random cortisol test and to make any sense of it you'd need to do it fasting before 9am I believe.

Both tests can be done by fingerprick or you can pay extra for blood draw and details of that will be on their websites.

There is also this one with Monitor My Health which is an NHS lab at Exeter hospital who do home tests for the general public but only offer fingerprick tests:

monitormyhealth.org.uk/full...

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They all offer a basic thyroid function test - TSH, FT4 and FT3 - which is much cheaper if you prefer to just do that at this stage.

MonitorMyHealth is Thyroid Test (£29 less discount) and this is the cheapest and as it's an NHS lab it's the one more likely to be accepted by a doctor

Medichecks is Thyroid Function Blood Test (£45 less discount)

Blue Horizon is Thyroid Premium Bronze (£69 less discount)

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Examples of results

Medichecks

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