I got fantastic advice re my vitamins for sure and went straight out today and bought them all and started today also, so pg I will start feeling better.
So what you are saying is good news jaydee1507 with regards to my thyroid bloods.. My gp has referred me to a endocrinologist as I still have a multinodular thyroid with one nodule 2.6 cm. I wonder how this could come about id my thyroids bloods are good? any ideas anyone?
I am really thinking about changing my GP, not impressed at all at all.
I got a text from him saying all my bloods were within normal range and he would refer me to endo. That was it. Nothing about low vitamins zilch. Its just not good enough IMO. I mean I'd love to know if there is other gps out there that go the extra mile or is this it?
if yes …..push GP to run testing for pernicious anaemia
B12 is low (though within range)
As you are virtually vegetarian, low B12 could merely be mix of vegetarian diet and thyroid issues
If GP won’t test
Start B12 supplements 2 weeks after adding magnesium
With serum B12 result below 500, (Or active B12 below 70) recommended to be taking a separate B12 supplement
A week later add a separate vitamin B Complex
Then once your serum B12 is over 500 (or Active B12 level has reached 70), you may be able to reduce then stop the B12 and just carry on with the B Complex.
If Vegetarian or vegan likely to need ongoing separate B12 few times a week
IMPORTANT......If you are taking vitamin B complex, or any supplements containing biotin, remember to stop these 7 days before ALL BLOOD TESTS , as biotin can falsely affect test results
In week before blood test, when you stop vitamin B complex, you might want to consider taking a separate folate supplement (eg Jarrow methyl folate 400mcg) and continue separate B12
Post discussing how biotin can affect test results
Serum ferritin level is the biochemical test, which most reliably correlates with relative total body iron stores. In all people, a serum ferritin level of less than 30 micrograms/L confirms the diagnosis of iron deficiency.
Never supplement iron without doing full iron panel test for anaemia first and retest 3-4 times a year if self supplementing.
It’s possible to have low ferritin but high iron
Test early morning, only water to drink between waking and test. Avoid high iron rich dinner night before test
Eating iron rich foods like liver or liver pate once a week plus other red meat, pumpkin seeds and dark chocolate, plus daily orange juice or other vitamin C rich drink can help improve iron absorption
This is interesting because I have noticed that many patients with Hashimoto’s disease and hypothyroidism, start to feel worse when their ferritin drops below 80 and usually there is hair loss when it drops below 50.
Thank you for your incredible patience while you have been awaiting the outcome of our ferritin reference range review. We conducted this with Inuvi lab, which has now changed the reference ranges to the following:
Females 18 ≤ age < 40. 30 to 180
Females 40 ≤ age < 50. 30 to 207
Females 50 ≤ age < 60. 30 to 264l
Females Age ≥ 60. 30 to 332
Males 18 ≤ age < 40 30 to 442
Males Age ≥ 40 30 to 518
The lower limits of 30 are by the NICE threshold of <30 for iron deficiency. Our review of Medichecks data has determined the upper limits. This retrospective study used a large dataset of blood test results from 25,425 healthy participants aged 18 to 97 over seven years. This is the most extensive study on ferritin reference ranges, and we hope to achieve journal publication so that these ranges can be applied more widely.
ahh that great slowdragon, lots of links for me to read, thanks so much. I have to start doing some research on ferritin and Iron, im not exactly sure what ferritin is but Im learning which is good and interesting actually.
That label is from Thorne Basic B which can be hard to track down sometimes, do a google search for suppliers. Similar products are available by other manufacturers.
Could mean various things. Are you taking thyroid hormone replacement - levo, etc.? If so, could mean you're taking too much or just enough. If you have Hashi's it could mean that you're having, or just coming down from, a Hashi's 'hyper' swing.
But, even stranger than the high FT4 is the high TSH. It's far too high for someone with an FT4 level like that. And, your FT3 level is 72.73%, so you're not hypo. So, it could also mean that your thyroid is being over-stimulated, possibly by antibodies. You would need further investigation to find out what it means exactly.
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Thyroid/Extremely tired!
thyroid and high blood pressure 
My latest thyroid test results
Blood results - can anyone help?
blood results back - feeling worse than ever
