TSH level

[Bridkid67]

Hi just received this from my Drs i had to do a online assessment etc current TSH level 2.8 on 50mcg of levothyroxine been on that for about a year even one DR said it needs to be below 1 what is going on please?

[Jaydee1507 Administrator]

It might be time to contact the practice manager and tell them that you are not accepting text consultations and insist on seeing a GP in person.

You have been given responses in previous posts that you can use with your GP.

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

[Hedgeree]

Hi Bridkid67,

Your image above contains personal information of yourself and your GP! Best to edit it and repost without!

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Hedgeree]

I have just removed the image.

Bridkid67 - please edit out personal/doctor information and add it again. You can edit the original post or add it in a reply.

[Bridkid67 in reply to helvella]

Ok thanks it slipped my mind just a little annoyed he is suggesting my mental health as a cause for my thyroid problem.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Bridkid67]

Don't worry - I understood why you posted - just remove the personal identification bits!

[RedApple Administrator in reply to Bridkid67]

'mental health as a cause for my thyroid problem.'

Tell your doc (if you haven't already) that it is actually the other way around. Inappropriate levels of thyroid hormone cause mental health problems. The brain needs the right amount and types of thyroid hormones to function normally. When thyroid hormone levels are not appropriate, symptoms can range from mild depression, anxiety, poor memory to suicidal voices in head etc. etc.

This has been known since around 1949 when Richard Asher wrote his famous paper entitled Myxoedematous Madness. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

[Bridkid67 in reply to RedApple]

Just spoke to my Dr he has agreed to up my levothyroxine to 75mcg from today and book in for a blood test in a couple of months.

[Charlie-Farley]

might be worth printing off that paper referenced by RedApple and having it ready next time doctor comes out with that utter nonsense.