husband’s latest results

[Lotika]

Hi -

I’d be grateful for any thoughts on my husband’s thyroid test results. He takes 150 levo a day; test was done fasting, am, before dose.

TSH 0.08 (0.27 - 4.2)

FT3 4.4 (3.1 - 6.8)

FT4 17.2 (12-22)

Vits look pretty good, D is 125, I am incredibly jealous of the ferritin (125; range 30-400) , B12 is 95 (38 - 188) and folate is also looking like a “could do better”, 9.1 (3.9-20)?

The persistent issue is that the GP keeps reducing dose because of TSH, and the husband feels worse. We obviously haven’t been able to get the Gp to monitor fT3, but likely it drops. We feel that we’re on a merry go round with his treatment. Mine is its own long story!

He has an appointment with a private endo tomorrow. He has had AFib but is all fixed up following two procedures and is no longer on any medication for it. Wondering if we should push for T3 or not? We he first started treatment he was looking like the king of converters, but now I’m wondering if it was beginners luck and is no longer that way since the dose settled. He suffers with a lot of the usual symptoms, which I recognise from my own experience, particularly the random leg and hip pains!

Thanks,

Lotika

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Lotika

The persistent issue is that the GP keeps reducing dose because of TSH, and the husband feels worse.

This is, of course, completely wrong, dose should nkt ne adjusted according to TSH as you are probably aware.

Hubby needs to take the evidence we often give here, refuse to reduce dose unless FT3 is above range.

Has he ever felt well? If so what dose was he on and what were his results for TSH, FT4 and FT3 ?

[Lotika in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thank you for the reassurance! I think your question about whether he ever felt right on levo and where the numbers were has concentrated my mind. I feel I recall he was better earlier on but he’s less certain.

I am going to the appointment with him tomorrow, so that I can counter any outright rubbish! 😱🤞

[Cornwaller in reply to Lotika]

Sorry to hear of your experience. The doctor is mistaken: the objective is to create well being for your husband not to get the tsh number the doctor wants. Your husbands low tsh is not in itself a "problem" the t3 and t4 numbers are far more relevant - but not as important as well being. Suggest you decline to accept reduction in medication and provide the doctor with a list of his hypothyroidism symptoms and their severity.

[Buddy195 Administrator]

Good luck Lotika. Hoping your husband’s endo is an enlightened practitioner!