I'm fairly new to this. I got a Hashimoto's diagnosis at the beginning of the year and started on Levo in January. My TSH wasn't massively high (6.3) but I have symptoms so they agreed but started me on a really low dose of 25mcg. I recently increased to 50mcg and have just had my bloods to review after 8 weeks at 50mcg
My other test since on Levo only covered TSH, and showed that it had fallen to 2.6 on 25mcg. However based on symptoms it feels like it fluctuates
The test was taken at 08:40, fasting apart form water with last dose of Levo 24hrs ago
This weeks test results are below. I'm still experiencing some symptoms but do feel improved
Is it worth me asking to increase to 75mcg to see if there is further improvements in symptoms? From what I've read others seem to feel at their best with TCH below 1
TCH 1.9 mIU/L (0.27-42) 41.5%
Free T4 17.7 pmol/L (12-22) 57%
Free T3 4.3 pmol/L (3.1-6.8) 32.4%
T4:T3 Ration 4.116
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Thanks both. No I've not had vitamin levels or coeliac tests yet.
I don't eat a lot of gluten so suspect I'd get a false negative anyway. I suspect there is an intolerance but I don't get the awful symptoms that my son has, who is coeliac, and even he tested negative initially.
Do people get vitamin tests through their GP's or go privately?
When I asked for the 25 increase to 50 my GP seemed open to trials, as long as my TSH stays in range
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