hi guys please advise when I take my my dose for theroyid I found that FT4 increased and my TSH going up also so the doctor advise to stop the medication so th result is TSH increased more and my FT4 is in limit but I fill shaking in the night my legs after is going up to my hand and my strokes become faster ?!
theroyid désordre : hi guys please advise when I... - Thyroid UK
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If I understand what you wrote in your Bio you had radioactive iodine to destroy your thyroid. Your high TSH and high fT4 suggest your pituitary is producing too much TSH. Sometimes this can be due to an error in the blood test but you have signs of hyperthyroidism so this is unlikely.This is a complex case so you need an endocrinologist, it is too complex for a family doctor, a GP.
Do other people in your family have similar problems? This could be due to resistance to thyroid hormone, but I think this is extremely unlikely.
It's possible you have a TSH secreting pituitary adenoma, a growth on the pituitary that causes it to secrete too much TSH. This type of growth is not cancer but it may need to be treated.
Whatever the problem you will need a specialist endocrinologist. Perhaps you are already seeing one?
In rhe short term perhaps your doctor should prescribe some medicine to slow your heart beat to protect it.
I sort of think the radioactive iodine destroyed the thyroid, not the pituitary.
Moving legs at night (called restless legs) is often low iron or ferritin
As your doctor to test iron and ferritin levels
Also vitamin D, folate and B12
How much levothyroxine are you taking
Retest 2-3 months after any dose reduction
Test in morning BEFORE taking your levothyroxine
Do you have copies of last test results
What diagnosis do you have? What did the endocrinologist say was the cause of your hyperthyroidism?
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