Hello, i have been with Health Unlocked for a while on and off since i was diagnosed with an under active thyroid!
Firstly i have tried everything i can to lose the two stone i put on when my thyroid went under-active, and nothing works, !! im getting even more frustrated because now ive been diagnosed with 'Hyperglycemia, but am not Diabetic, ! but the only thing i can do to help it, as my hands and fingers go white , and its very uncomfortable is to eat some carbohydrates, to help me warm up quicker and get my hands going pink, and we all know that carbs put on weight !! Both these health conditions now Im 60 are very frustrating, so i have finally gat another blood test booked, i had my last blood test 6 month ago where the gp diagnosed me with Hyperglycemia, as i asked the gp to test for cortisol, too, as i know this is connected to the thyroid, but now my sugar levels are going all over the place,and im really confused, and i dont know why this is happeneing and art from eating packets of glucose sweets , i dont seem to understand how to keep my blood sugar levels normal or if my levothyroxine needs upping ? why is this hapening , inm really upset, confused and frustrated ?
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Looking back on your previous posts you were asked to come back with your latest blood results to include key vitamin levels for ferritin folate B12 & d3. Were you able to do that? many people find that getting these to OPTIMAL helps make the thyroid hormone work.
You may need to pay for private blood tests to see your FT3. Thyroid UK offer a discount code for several private companies.
Unfortuntely i wasnt able to get my blood results as my gp said they had found out that i was also hyperglycemic, he also found out i had very low vit d and gave me a massive boost of vit d , i just dont know why this is hapening to me all of the sudden , i have an apointment eventually on 27th and i may ask him , but he only gives 5 minutes per thing, so a double app is 10 min and one isnt allowed any more than that ! i want to know how to stop my blood sugars going down all the time , and my vit d going down too , i dont now why this is and im hoping its not my thyroidas im on 125 levo at the moment ! sorry i wasnt able to send a copy of my blood test since last time which was august 2022. App im not diabetic, but i am hyperglycemic !!? can any one enlightne me as to what is hapening please
We could help you a lot better if you got the results. You don't need to ask the GP. Ask GP receptionist. You are legally entitled to printed copies of your blood results. You do not need an appointent to do this.
Thankyou for replying , i think my gp will give me another full blood test after he found out that i was very low on vit D and hyperglycemic !! im not diabetic, but i dont know why all of a sudden my blood sugar is going down all over the place and im also getting cold fingers, which my gp says could be raynauds !!! I spoke to him on the phone eventually and hes giving me another blood test on 27th and ive eventually got an appointment after that to see him ,, im just at a loss as to why this is hapening all of a sudden !!
I have an appointment for 09.20 am on 27th blood test, and 09.30 gp ! i wont have eaten since about 18.30 the night before anyhow . I am on 125 levothyryroxine, its not always the same brand but mostly its the same, its occasionaly they gve me a different one. My vit D levels are dropping too and i dont know what is happening to me , as to why my blpd sugar levels are dropping and vit d too although ive taken my meds every night , inow find i have to take them earlier too ?
Very common for conversion of Ft4 to Ft3 to get worse as we get older
Low vitamin levels also much more likely
For good conversion we need OPTIMAL vitamin levels ….that frequently means self supplementing vitamin D, vitamin B complex and magnesium daily
If you normally take levothyroxine at bedtime/in night ...adjust timings as follows prior to blood test
If testing Monday morning, delay Saturday evening dose levothyroxine until Sunday morning. Delay Sunday evening dose levothyroxine until after blood test on Monday morning. Take Monday evening dose levothyroxine as per normal
I wil make sure i do that ! its just such a shock when all of a sudden things happen to your body that youre not expecting it, like the cold hands and tiredness, and achiness , and sugar levels all over the place ?????? its very confusing , especially when you havent a clue how to make yourself feel better, dont want to end up in Hospital ,due to the state of the nhs, and that one has other obligations , and suddelnly youre feeling not very well !!!!
Thankyou , i really apreciate your help , one of the brands is ma holder tevo -25mg, and the 100 is accord !! i will get myself some more vit d and B and magnesium !
Suggest you get new prescription for 25mcg …..either Mercury or Wockhardt
Or get 50mcg Accord and cut in half to get 25mcg dose
Many people find Levothyroxine brands are not interchangeable.
Most easily available (and often most easily tolerated) are Mercury Pharma or Accord
Mercury Pharma make 25mcg, 50mcg and 100mcg tablets
Mercury Pharma also boxed as Eltroxin. Both often listed by company name on pharmacy database - Advanz
Accord only make 50mcg and 100mcg tablets
Accord is also boxed as Almus via Boots, and Northstar 50mcg and 100mcg via Lloyds ....but Accord doesn’t make 25mcg tablets
beware 25mcg Northstar is Teva
Northstar levothyroxine being phased out this month
Many patients do NOT get on well with Teva brand of Levothyroxine. Teva is lactose free.
Teva contains mannitol as a filler instead of lactose, which seems to be possible cause of problems. Mannitol seems to upset many people, it changes gut biome
Teva is the only brand that makes 75mcg tablet.
So if avoiding Teva for 75mcg dose ask for 25mcg to add to 50mcg or just extra 50mcg tablets to cut in half
But for some people (usually if lactose intolerant, Teva is by far the best option)
Aristo (currently 100mcg only) is lactose free and mannitol free.
Wockhardt is very well tolerated, but only available in 25mcg tablets. Some people remain on Wockhardt, taking their daily dose as a number of tablets
If a patient reports persistent symptoms when switching between different levothyroxine tablet formulations, consider consistently prescribing a specific product known to be well tolerated by the patient.
Physicians should: 1) alert patients that preparations may be switched at the pharmacy; 2) encourage patients to ask to remain on the same preparation at every pharmacy refill; and 3) make sure patients understand the need to have their TSH retested and the potential for dosing readjusted every time their LT4 preparation is switched (18).
Ive learned two things from your replys ,i didnt know that cold hands were thyroid, and also that switching brands is bad, so i will have a word with my gp when i see him , i have printed out what you said, i will stick it in my diary so it will remind me , thankyou soo very much
One problem that loads of us have is that we develop low nutrient levels because of low stomach acid. The low levels of stomach acid mean our bodies can't extract nutrients from our food very easily. Low stomach acid is a very common symptom of hypothyroidism.
If you could cure your hypothyroidism your stomach acid might improve - but nobody can do that, as far as I'm aware. As a result your vitamins and minerals might improve with supplementing, but as soon as you stop supplementing your nutrient levels will drop back to what they were before supplementation started because your underlying condition hasn't changed. Sometimes getting your thyroid hormone levels optimised might help with stomach acid, but it is not guaranteed. And it is difficult to get thyroid hormones optimised because doctors think TSH is all they need to know - and TSH is a pituitary hormone not a thyroid hormone. They don't really care about Free T4 and Free T3 or nutrients.
One thing you really need to take on board is that doctors usually only care about blood test results when dealing with thyroid disease. They don't care about symptoms.
Yes I dont know where you are in the world, but our nhs here in uk is in a mess, unfortunately .oh wouldnt it be great if we could cure hypothyroid and any type od thyroid disease or any disease for that matter. I have asked for a nutritionalist, and my gp only gave me an n line session with loads of folk, which was useless as all she thought was that we were all eating too much!! i take Milk thistle , as its supposed to help with digestion, and Magnesium and Vit B and D when i can get it, but its hard to get Vit d more than anything where I live !! i may ask the doctor for it if he will add to my prescriptiion. Youre right unless i can find a specialist that deals with the thyroid, GPS do only care about the blood results,, not the sypmtoms!!
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