I’m at the very early stages of trying to manage underactive thyroid. It’s been a battle with my doctor as TSH high but T3 and T4 in range but very high antibodies. I’m now 2 weeks into being on 50mg thyroxine and not noticing any difference yest. Symptoms have been tiredness, low mood, weight gain, coldness, generally feeling not right. My biggest issue of the last few months is that I’m getting up three times a night to urinate. Usually it’s once, maybe twice if perhaps I’ve been out for a few drinks. Anyway added to the general exhaustion I’m even more tired, and just wondered if anyone else has this as a symptom of underactive thyroid? I usually have a small glass of water/squash at 8pm and that’s my final drink.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you!
Have added my Medichecks blood results here too:
TSH 6.51 (R 0.27-4.2) T3 4.1 (R 3.1-6.8)T4 14.6 (R 12-22) Iron 35 (R 30-150)Folate 14.9 (R 8.85-60.8)B12 29 (R 37.5-188)Vit D 59 (R 50-250)Taking 50mg thyroxine from Accord. Been on it for 2 weeks.Age 41 and female.
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50mcg is only the standard starter dose of levothyroxine
It takes 6-8 weeks for each dose change to have full effect
Bloods will need retesting 6-8 weeks after each increase
Unless extremely petite likely to eventually be on at least 100mcg levothyroxine per day
Dose levothyroxine is increased slowly upwards in 25mcg steps over 6-12 months
Retesting 6-8 weeks after each increase
ALWAYS test thyroid levels early morning, ideally just before 9am, only water between waking and testing….and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test
What were thyroid levels before starting on levothyroxine
Which brand of levothyroxine have you started on
Important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 levels too, especially as you have autoimmune thyroid disease also called Hashimoto’s
Increased urination at night should improve as you become less hypo
Frequent night time urination is a sign of under-medication for me. 50mcg levothyroxine is a low dose, so things may improve over time, as your dose increases.
Slowdragon has given you details above of important ones to be tested :- B12 - Folate - Ferritin - VitD. Thyroid hormones tend to work better when vitamins and minerals are OPTIMAL. B12 500+ - Folate and Ferritin mid range and VitD 100+ These are rarely tested routinely - they need to be requested.
sorry yes I replied up thread with my vitamin results. New to this forum and should have replied directly to SlowDragon but just getting the hang of it!
As you can see your vits and minerals are far from good so improving them will help your thyroid hormones to work well. Take a look at Replies to SeasideSusie Click onto her name and then Replies to view excellent advice given to others.
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