Underactive thyroid

[Jeo05]

Hi, I’ve had underactive thyroid for a few years now but have never really done much research into the condition, I just take my meds and crack on. I have noticed more recently struggling more with tiredness, feeling groggy and just not feeling great. I’ve had blood tests etc and all is good so I am wondering if it could be perimenopause creeping in. Does anyone else have any tips on vitamins that they have noticed a difference since taking? I take a multi vitamin and magnesium at night but always feel so groggy the next day if I do take the magnesium. Any advice would be much appreciated x

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Jeo05,

I think many here suggest that you look again at your blood test results. (If they are not recent, then probably suggest you get them re-done.)

Results which say "in normal range" or "OK" are all too often anything but OK.

This is a link to a very good article in the British Medical Journal discussing what the 'normal range' really is. Very readable.

The normal range: it is not normal and it is not a range

helvella.blogspot.com/p/the...

If you do actually have your results printed (or online) including reference intervals (ranges), then maybe post and get opinions based on some reality rather than general guesses.

[greygoose]

Totally agree with helvella . 'Good' is an opinion, and that opinion is not always correct. Also, there's the thorny question of what, exactly, was tested. Pretty certain that on the NHS you've never had a full thyroid panel done. It just the TSH is being tested each time, then it can look 'good' when it really isn't.

We never recommend multi-vits on here, for many, many reasons, one of them being that in taking a multi you are taking a lot of things that you don't actually need. And that is pointless at best, and at worst can be dangerous. What we always recommend is getting the basic nutrients tested - which is part of a full thyroid panel - vit D, vit B12, folate and ferritin, and supplementing only what you need. We can help you with that if you supply the numbers: results and ranges.