Brain fog

[jodes86baldwin]

Having a right brain blank this morning. Tomorrow I've got bloods after a medication change a few weeks ago.

Can someone please remind me my bloods are at 7:30am

Do I take my medication today or not?

Call it a brain fart.

[PurpleNails Administrator]

If you mean levo replacement LT4 - delay until after draw.  

So if you take in morning take normally today but delay morning of blood draw until you have test.  If you mean other sort of medication usually it’s ok to take other medication. However with some supplements you also need to avoid. 

I remind myself of things to remember for blood tests with this checklist

A - Always check what’s being tested & collect test results with reference range.

B - Biotin - cease 3 days before draw to avoid possible test interference

C - Consistent unchanged dose - minimum 6 weeks previously. 

D - Delay replacement dose on day of test (until after blood draw) 

E - Early morning appointment. (Book draw as close to 09.00 as possible)

F - Fast overnight.  This can have a slight impact.  Drink lots of water

[tattybogle]

yes .. if you usually take levo .. in the morning ?

then:

take this mornings as usual,

then do the test tomorrow (before eating breakfast) ,

the take tomorrows tablet straight after test.

[tattybogle in reply to tattybogle]

p.s before you go to bed tonight .. hide your levo from yourself, so you can't accidentally take tomorrow mornings dose on 'auto pilot' .....

[jodes86baldwin]

Thank you. I'll take this mornings!

[SlowDragon Administrator]

when were vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 levels last tested

these need testing at least annually

How much vitamin D are you currently taking

[jodes86baldwin in reply to SlowDragon]

I'm having a full bloods done. They were done last year, I take 4000iu vit d

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to jodes86baldwin]

ideally Test twice yearly via NHS private testing service when supplementing 

vitamindtest.org.uk

[jodes86baldwin in reply to SlowDragon]

I have full bloods yearly and the gp recently tested my vit d probably about 10 weeks ago. They are on a previous post

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to jodes86baldwin]

here’s the post - 3 months ago

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Have you been taking 4000iu since this test

[jodes86baldwin in reply to SlowDragon]

Yes.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to jodes86baldwin]

time to retest then

[jodes86baldwin in reply to SlowDragon]

Retested today, new post with results