Dr's Appointment

[Carri3]

HI Everyone (Especially Slow Dragon) I have just returned from a Dr's appointment as he wanted to discuss my thyroid results, (see previous posts, TSH 0.03. He has reduced dose from 100/75 to 75 and said that I can take Iron pills for extreme tiredness even though my iron levels are fine, but my ferritin is low. I would appreciate your opinions on this as I thought you shouldn't take Iron in this case 🤔

[SlowDragon Administrator]

previous post with results

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So you need to retest vitamin D, folate, B12

and get full iron panel test too

Medichecks iron panel test

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Medichecks Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins

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Blue Horizon Thyroid Premium Gold includes antibodies, cortisol and vitamins

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Only do private testing early Monday or Tuesday morning. Avoid heatwaves

Link about thyroid blood tests

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Link about Hashimoto’s

thyroiduk.org/hypothyroid-b...

Symptoms of hypothyroidism

thyroiduk.org/wp-content/up...

Tips on how to do DIY finger prick test

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Medichecks and BH also offer private blood draw at clinic near you, or private nurse to your own home…..for an extra fee

Monitor My Health also now offer thyroid and vitamin testing, plus cholesterol and HBA1C for £65

(Doesn’t include thyroid antibodies)

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10% off code here

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[Carri3 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks a lot SD for the info, Doc said he will do next thyroid test in January including full iron panel and vitamin levels 😀👍

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Carri3]

Too long to wait

You need to test vitamins yourself now

Thyroid levels should always be retested 8-10 weeks after any dose change

[Carri3 in reply to SlowDragon]

DOH! 😏 OK Thanks again

[HealthStarDust in reply to SlowDragon]

Sorry to jump in, but I thought the standard advice on forum was 6-8 weeks. This is the first time I’ve seen 8-10 weeks mentioned since I’ve joined. What am I not getting?

I am querying this as just earlier I posted about and got this response healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

All such a maze.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to HealthStarDust]

When first starting on levothyroxine and increasing upwards testing every 6-8 weeks (NHS says at least 2 months)

When fine tuning dose ….and especially after any dose reduction wait longer……8-10 weeks

Personally i try to wait 8-12 weeks as discussed in this post earlier today

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[HealthStarDust in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you!