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Could I please get some advice on these results. I did not know that the Dr would want to do a blood draw so had taken my Teva Levothyroxine that morning before my appt. However, I was fasting.

B12 - 506 pg/ml (197-771)

Folate 9.3 ng/ml (3.9-26.8)

Ferritin 41.7 ug/L (13.0-150.0)

Iron 21.8 umol/L (5.8-34.5)

Vit D - {25 OH} - 108mmol/L

Thyroid Peroxidase Ab 100 IU/ml (0-25)

Free T4 23.0 pmol/L (11.0-21.0)

TSH 0.28 uIU/ml (0.27-4.20)

The GP called me following results and said that I am now overactive. I take 100mcg and 75mcg on alternate days. These bloods were done when I was on holiday in Ireland last week.

I will go back to my regular GP this week in London and perhaps have the tests done again but will ensure that I have not taken my Teva Levothyroxine until after the blood draw.

Been feeling nervous and very irritable.

Any advice would be appreciated .

Thanking you 🙏

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Technically you cannot be overactive - the term would be overmedicated. You might be at too high an ft4 for you but you need to get tests done under the same conditions as you usually do and then compare them with the results you had when you were feeling good. Otherwise it would be just guesswork.

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Refuse to reduce dose and retest correctly

In future never agree to surprise blood test …..just tell them you are taking high doses of biotin and will need to stop this and book test for week later

What vitamin supplements are you taking

Your folate is low , B12 only just ok

Ferritin on low side

Look at increasing iron rich foods in your diet

There’s no Ft3

High TPO confirms Hashimoto’s

Are you on gluten free/dairy free diet

Retest including Ft3

Recommended that all thyroid blood tests early morning, ideally just before 9am, only drink water between waking and test and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test

This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip)

Private tests are available as NHS currently rarely tests Ft3 or all relevant vitamins

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revitalise in reply toSlowDragon

Thank you for advice and will rem this in the future.

I only take Vit D spray but going to start on B12 and Active B complex again.

They did not test my FT3 .

I am not completly gluten or dairy free but I have lowered my intake of both.

Will post the new results when I have them .

Thanking you

Breid

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Suggest you wait (ideally) 6-8 weeks for increase in vitamin levels to have effect before testing

Gluten Free does need to be absolutely strictly gluten free to be effective

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Thank you will do that 👍

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