Any ideas why I am feeling weird?!

[Smpeat]

Latest Medicheck tests taken on 6th Feb following all protocols as advised here.

I am increasingly experiencing waves of feeling unwell. Difficult to describe but a sort of lightheaded swoosh/wave in head and body then feel fatigued and just unwell for 15- 30mins then it sort of eases.

Have done a home test for UTI first one showed Leukocytes positive next day barely positive. Need to follow this up with GP when I can get hold of one!

While I’m doing that I thought I’d check with you good people if you can spot any issues with latest blood test.

Currently on ERFA NDT only

105 mg daily split in 2 doses.

Supplementing VitD K2 only

Any thoughts on what may be causing this weird feeling would be helpful, thanks.

[Buddy195 Administrator]

I understand in your last post   SlowDragon suggested adding a small dose of Levothyroxine (25mcg) Did you try this, as FT4 is slightly higher than test you shared 5 months ago:

FT3 5.1

FT4 13.7 (same ranges)

[Smpeat in reply to Buddy195]

Hi Buddy 195, no I didn’t add T4 as private Endo thought give it another 6 months. He hasn’t seen this last result yet, but it seems both FT3 and FT4 have risen a bit without any change.

[Buddy195 Administrator in reply to Smpeat]

Have you previously tried adding Levo?

[Smpeat in reply to Buddy195]

Yes, and for some reason I can’t remember why the private Endo said he thought I would do better without the Levo. I’ll have to look back at my notes but I’ve been on ERFA only for over 2 years. Relieved of a number of symptoms but go in waves of not feeling quite right.

[FallingInReverse]

Random thought for a head “woosh” … how’s your blood pressure?

[Smpeat]

I have tested and seems ok - but realise I haven’t tested when I get the weird feeling 🤦‍♀️ silly me.

[pennyannie]

Hello Smpeat :

Your inflammation is a little higher than in your last post and your TPO antibodies now highlighted and just over the range -

so maybe you have been are dealing with some thyroid AI issues :

With NDT we track on the T3 - T4 may well be lower in the range than when taking synthetic T4 -

but as long as you feel well a low T4 on NDT does not matter and simply tells us you are converting well the T4 into T3 - which is the most important reading.

There are small differences in your T3 and T4 readings and vitamin and mineral readings and again, that could be because of the antibody interaction :

I now aim to maintain ferritin at around 100 - folate around 20 - active B12 125 ( serum B12 500++ ) and vitaminD at around 125.

[Smpeat]

Thanks Pennyannie, I think I do need to restart the B Complex and B12. Do you mean the antibodies interaction is due to Hashimoto’s flare up?

[pennyannie in reply to Smpeat]

Well yes as your TPO reading is a tad over range - so my thinking was you had some flare of Hashimoto's as you have had in the past, which could also explain the inflammation reading.

[Smpeat in reply to pennyannie]

Given my TPO was 900 over range when I first started testing I have just thought a slight uptick wouldn’t have any impact. Almost every test I have done the TPO has been down on the previous. I have been a bit careless re: gluten used to be strictly gluten free, maybe me falling off the waggon hasn’t helped!

[pennyannie in reply to Smpeat]

Well - I'm just comparing blood test reports - and there has been a small change in TPO - which or may not be relevant - and maybe the gluten the issue - i can't know for sure - though am also guilty as we all are of falling off that wagon from time to time.

[Smpeat in reply to pennyannie]

Thanks for your post it’s prompting me to get back properly on that waggon!

[Yogagirl1]

it could be the Erfa as I’m feeling very unwell on it now with latest batch

[Smpeat in reply to Yogagirl1]

That had crossed my mind but how do you find out if it actually is a bad batch? Unfortunately I still have two 100 x 60mg bottles…. don’t want to think I’ve wasted money!!

[Yogagirl1]

For me it changed when I bought a new batch in August last year expiry date 2026 and not been good since. The company was sold two years ago and was thinking it might be something to do with that. I have been on various NDT over the years and have had to change when they go wrong. It sure where to go this time.