After reading the responses to a post I made on here a few weeks ago, I raised my Levothyroxine from 75mcg to 100mcg a day. Then I waited two months for everything to settle down, and took a private test. The results surprised me, and it seems to me that after more than twelve years on much lower doses, I may actually have it right at last, because I feel absolutely fine, and the lab's comment is that my thyroid hormone levels are euthyroid, which sounds good to me. The results are:
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone: 0.34 mu/L (TSH range 0.27 to 4.2mU/L)
Thyroxine 19.9 pmol/L (FT4 range 12 to 22pmol/L)
Triodothyronine 4.8 pmol/L (FT3 range 3.1 to 6.8pmol/L)
TPO antibodies 280 IU/mL (TPO antibodies range above 35 IU/mL) The notes from the test say that I may have an autoimmune disease affecting the thyroid.
What I wanted to ask you all is this:
As my TPO antibodies appear to be quite high, I wondered if this means I have Hashimoto's. It sounds a bit sad, I suppose, but I'd like to have a name for whatever it is. My doctors have never talked to me about it, so I don't know, you see. Anyway, after years of 'borderline' test results, this feels like the ideal dose, I'd just like an official label too!
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I'm not taking any vitamins at the moment, but I've started eating fish, so my diet is pretty good. I'm not vegan, only vegetarian (well, technically pescatarian) for now. But you're right, and I'll look at getting the other things checked too, thank you.
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Thanks, that IS interesting. I still don't know where I fit in the spectrum, but that's okay. At least I know more than I did, which helps when talking to medics!
I don't think most medics even know anything about what’s in the article the fact is is usually autoimmune in origin is totally ignored as irrelevant. We have a way to go I’m afraid
Her other items are also very good but can be hard to grasp it’s worth trying though as the more you know about your condition the better you can address it
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Levothyroxine (50mcg) may have raised my antibodies. Do I stop it slowly or abruptly? On it for 26 months. My symptoms are mild & I'm willin
THYROID ANTIBODIES SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY AT ALL?
Right, confused with rest of blood results
Should I stop T4 and take T3 only medication?
