hi I get my labs drawn every 3 months. any thoughts on these? I take 112 mcg tirosint in the AM. Only uploading the labs that have resulted, some are still pending!
Tsh 1.32 range 0.40-4.50
Ft4 1.2 range 0.80-1.80
Ft3 3.1 range 2.3-4.2
Folate 12.6 range >5.4
Vitamin d 47 range 30-100
Vitamin b12 639 range 200-1100
Ferritin 35 range 16-154
How are your symptoms? You have room for an increase but we don’t know very much about you to say.
Your vitamins also need some attention, and a full iron panel would help. Are you supplementing anything else?
I supplement with various vitamins occasionally but nothing consistent. My full iron panel is still pending. I feel okay (I think!) other than lethargic when dehydrated which happens frequently unfortunately.
Free T4 (fT4) 1.2 pmol/L (.8 - 1.8) 40.0%
Free T3 (fT3) 3.1 pmol/L (2.3 - 4.2) 42.1%
Suggests you have room to increase dose
Exactly what vitamin supplements are you taking
You have added hemochromatosis on your profile list
are you diagnosed with hemochromatosis ?
I don’t see on my profile it says that, but no I don’t have hemochromatosis. And I take various minerals like magnesium, etc. I do take vitamin d3k2, omega 3, sometimes organ meats
See “related tags” …..under your opening post above…..has hemochromatosis listed
So no hemochromatosis…
Your Ferritin is far too low
Are you vegetarian or vegan?
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Serum ferritin level is the biochemical test, which most reliably correlates with relative total body iron stores. In all people, a serum ferritin level of less than 30 micrograms/L confirms the diagnosis of iron deficiency
Never supplement iron without doing full iron panel test for anaemia first and retest 3-4 times a year if self supplementing.
It’s possible to have low ferritin but high iron
Test early morning, only water to drink between waking and test. Avoid high iron rich dinner night before test
If taking any iron supplements stop 5-7 days before testing
Medichecks iron panel test
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Look at increasing iron rich foods in diet
Eating iron rich foods like liver or liver pate once a week plus other red meat, pumpkin seeds and dark chocolate, plus daily orange juice or other vitamin C rich drink can help improve iron absorption
List of iron rich foods
Links about iron and ferritin
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Great in-depth article on low ferritin
oatext.com/iron-deficiency-...
drhedberg.com/ferritin-hypo...
This is interesting because I have noticed that many patients with Hashimoto’s disease and hypothyroidism, start to feel worse when their ferritin drops below 80 and usually there is hair loss when it drops below 50.
Thanks so much! Yeah I didn’t add those tags, I think they auto populated after I wrote the post. I don’t supplement iron but I have it at home. My iron is normally okay but still waiting for it to result. Probably could come up a bit
Suggest you delete hemochromatosis (if you can)
Overall, these results appear well within normal ranges, although maintaining or slightly increasing vitamin D and ferritin levels could be beneficial. If you feel well, these values suggest your current medication and supplementation are working effectively.
As usual consult with your GP for clarification .
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