Advice on blood test results please

[Koababy20]

Hi there!

Could I please have some advice on my latest blood tests done on 26th September .

I have been on 100ug T4 since January and Endo had increased T3 to 20ug on 16th August (previously on 10ug since mid April.)

I am still experiencing fatigue and brain fog with bouts of low mood even though I have been taking an antidepressant since 7th June.

T4 16.9 (range 12-22)

T3 6.9 ( range 3.1-6.8)

TSH 0.01 ( range 0.27-4.20)

Previous results from 8th August as follows:

T4 16.9

T3 4.8

TSH 0.13

I take all the recommended vitamins . Blood test done at 9.10 am fasting, last T3 taken previous evening at 9pm.

At my appointment with Endo last Friday he was reluctant to increase T3 as it was over the range and needed more time to “bed in”.

He prescribed instead 100ug B1 , 50ug B6, 1000ug B12 per day along with Fultium D3 800ug per day. I have been taking B complex and Vit D3 75ug spray up until now but he said these were more effective for fatigue and for thyroid support.

Any comments from r advice most welcome

Thanks in advance!

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Last bloods on 22nd Feb showed Ferritin was low (45.9), been trying to eat lambs liver as often as I can, but need to work on this…

Vit D test on 19th March showed result as 77nmol/L (no range given)

Folate test on 22nd Feb was 14.5ugl (no range given)

B12 test on 22nd Feb was 908ngl (no range given)

Have you retested vitamin levels since these results

What vitamin supplements are you taking

Thyroid results

Possibly taking too much T3

Free T4 (fT4) 16.9 pmol/L (12 - 22) 

Ft4 only 49.0% through range

and possibly too little levothyroxine

I would test vitamin levels before considering changing thyroid doses

[Koababy20 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks so much for your advice Slow Dragon..I will get these tested as soon as possible…I supplement with Selenium, Magnesium, Vit D3 spray, and B complex .

I was actually expecting my T4 to be much lower due to doubling the dosage of T3 in mid August but it has remained at 16.9 in the last 2 tests ….

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Koababy20]

Did you stop B complex 5-7 days before test as it contains biotin

[Koababy20 in reply to SlowDragon]

Actually forgot to do that!!!