Hi everyone,
A friendly nurse practitioner agreed to run some blood tests for me this week. I remain undiagnosed. I’ve been using Metavive since January and have been trying to switch over to Thyroid S for a couple of months. I’m finding it very difficult to increase my dose (unpleasant side effects) so am currently on just 80mg of Metavive II & 0.5 of a thyroid S tablet.
Results from this week (13.6.23), blood drawn bang on 9am, stopped biotin a good 10 days prior and thyroid meds imbibed early the previous day.
TSH level 1.89 mu/L [0.35 - 4.94]
Serum free T4 level 10.1 pmol/L [9.0 - 19.1]
T4 is very low. Would this account for my symptoms, which include joint and muscle pain/weakness, exhaustion, inertia, brain fog, swollen tongue, puffy eyes?
Ferritin continues to be inadequate 42 ug/L [23.0 - 300.0] and I’ve ordered a full iron panel. I think I’ve read that low ferritin can be a factor poor tolerance of thyroid medication. Can anyone confirm or elaborate on this?
They didn’t test B12 I’m afraid so I’m also going to get that sorted privately; I’m supplementing this using sublingual drops. Also taking b-complex (liposomal).
Vitamin D was tested and is now optimal so I’ll reduce the rate with which I’ve been supplementing:
Vitamin D 114 nmol/L [50.0 - 120]
Serum thyroid peroxidase antibody concentration 16.3 ku/L [0.0 - 34.0]
I’ve previously tested positive, indicating Hashomotos.
Please can I hear from you if you have any suggestions as to what I can do to improve. I’m feeling very low and fed-up, to be honest.
Thanks.