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[Albaangel]

I thought I would have seen and felt a slight difference starting or Armour. What would be you advice regarding my results?

I am under private endo and was started 7 weeks ago on 1/2 grains of Armour only, I was previously on 50 Levo.

I had bloods drawn 2 days running one private by BH at 9am and the next day was by NHS at 8:30, Days before bloods I split my doze 1/4 am and 1/4 grain at 10:30pm and 10pm. I stopped Bcomplex 1 week before.

Usual symptoms, temple hairloss and thinning on top, very fatigued, brain fog getting worse, eyebrows starting to disappear at the bridge of my nose side and thinning. After a couple of weeks starting Armour, my sleep has been very disturbed, not sure if is coincidence, hearing my heart beating in my head and very dry mouth also keeping me awake. Dr says it’s a form of tinnitus. Dozing off early evening not helping either.

My blood pressure has been quite low averaging 85/58, I use a home monitor and my heart rate is also down at 30 sometimes during the night, according to my watch, oxygen levels also showing low during night low 70s. My temperature is steady. Weight still 7stone.

BH Bloods

TSH 2.69 - (0.27-4.2 mIU/L)

FreeT3 3.4 - (3.1-6.8 pmol/L)

FreeT4 11.0 - (12-22 pmol/L)

T4 Total 65.6 – (66-181 nmol/L

CRP HS <0.60 (< 5 mg/L)

Magnesium 0.88 – (0.66-0.99 mmol/L)

Ferritin 88.90 - (30-650 ug/L)

Serum Folate 43.60 - (8.83-60.8 nmol/L)

B12 Active >150 - (37.5 - 150 pmol/L)

Vitamin D 135 - (50 - 200 nmol/L)

Thyroglobulin Antibodies 13.90 - (< 115 IU/mL)

Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies <9 - (<34 IU/mL)

As recommended on here for an Iron panel to be done, I asked my GP for this and these are the test results. GP says all bloods are normal!!

NHS Bloods

Serum TSH 2.70 - (0.35–4.94 mU/L)

Serum FT4 9.2 - (8.0–19.1 pmol/L)

Serum Vit B12 635 - (200 – 700 ng/I)

Serum Ferritin 82.1 - (10.0 – 250.0 ug/I)

Serum Folate 13.4 - (3.0 – 20.0 ug/I)

Liver Function

Serum…..

Albumin 42 - (35–50 g/L)

Alkaline Phosphatase 115 - (30–130 U/L)

ALT Level 24 - (5-55 U/L)

GT Level 31 - (0-37 U/L)

Total Bilirubin Level 10 - (0–20 umol/L)

Urea and Electrolytes

Serum Sodium 134 - (133–146 mmol/L)

Serum Potassium 4.5 - (3.5-5.3 mmol/L)

Serum Chloride 98 - (95–108 mmol/L)

Serum Urea Level 3.4 - (2.5-7.8 mmol/L)

Serum Creatinine 72 - (50–100 umol/L

GFR Calculated abreviated MDRD >60 - ml/min/1.73 60–40

FBC

Haemoglobin estimation 138 - (120–160 g/l)

Red Blood cell (RBC) count 4.5 x 10^12/1 - (4.0-5.0)

Haematocrit - PVC 0.41 - (0.37- 0.47 l/l)

(MCV) 90 - (82–99 fl)

(MCH) 30.3 - (27–32 pg)

Platelet Count 486 x 10^9/1 - (140–400)

Total White Cell Count 6.0 x 10^9/1 - (4.0-10.0)

Neutrophil Count 2.8 x 10^9/1 - (1.5-7.0)

Eosinophil Count 0.22 x 10^9/1 - (0.1-0.5)

Basophil Count 0.04 x 10^9/1 - (0.01-0.10)

Lymphocyte Count 2.4 x 10^9/1 - (1.5-4.0)

Monocyte Count 0.5 x 10^9/1 - (0.2-0.8)

[Jaydee1507 Administrator]

Half a grain of Armour is a pretty low dose even for a petite person. Your FT3 isn't really any higher than it was before and your TSH is higher than on Levo so no wonder you aren't feeling the benefit of NDT.

Time for a quarter grain increase.

[Albaangel in reply to Jaydee1507]

Thanks for your reply, I'm hoping the endo ups my doze this week after seeing these results.