Due my yearly thyroid test

[sharonannette]

Since joining this site it has opened my eyes so much. I thought i was goi g mad forgetting things i had done or said five minutes ago, tired all the time, so cold that i cant get warm and ache all over. Im on 100mg levo. Is there anything i should be asking?

[Clarebear]

Yes - please get your actual test results - doctors often say ok if your tsh is in range, although most people actually feel better if their tsh is at the lower end of the reference range (under 1) or even suppressed. It would also be very useful to get your ft4, ft3, iron, ferritin, folate, B12 and vitamin D tested. These are all commonly low in hypot sufferers and can cause similar symptoms or even inhibit h conversion of T4 to T3 (the active thyroid hormone) xx

[lynx]

Tx to you both asking and answering this. Saves me trawling through old posts of what I think i want testing. LOL. Getting more dopey by the day.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to lynx]

Do make sure you get the reference ranges for all test results. Some of them vary a lot from one lab to the next so numbers often don't make much sense without these ranges.

[Clarebear in reply to helvella]

Thanks Rod - I completely forgot to mention that. Must be the bottle of wine I seem to have consumed after spending the whole day de-cluttering. Very over due. Finally feel well enough to contemplate a bit of home house-keeping

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Also:

Get your blood drawn as early as possible in the day. TSH is highest overnight and falls significantly through the day. I aim for 08:00 at local hospital phlebotomy unit.

Do not take thyroid hormone before blood draw - if you take at bed-time, even consider deferring that until after blood draw.