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which one would you increase?

I have been taking 50mcg of levothyroxine and 25mcg of T3, self medicating, just started to feel a bit hypo and want to carry on until I get to feeling ok...

I have been taking 50mcg of levothyroxine and 25mcg of T3, self medicating, just...

susie59

•10 years ago

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I have stopped taking T3 due to heavy hair loss

I have stopped taking T3 due to heavy hair loss. I was on 150mg and doing great. I don't want to stop it as it was helping me a lot but my hair has started...

I have stopped taking T3 due to heavy hair loss. I was on 150mg and doing great....

Karispitit

•10 years ago

15 Replies

Testing for Adrenal Fatigue

Can anyone tell me how reliable is the saliva test for the Adrenal Stress Profile Kit from Genova Diagnostics. I have read somewhere within a previous post...

Can anyone tell me how reliable is the saliva test for the Adrenal Stress Profil...

Suzy61Taylor

•10 years ago

15 Replies

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Private Thyroid Ultrasound & Endocrinology

Hi All, I have been told by my GP that I have a Goitre. Having battles for months and months to see an Endocrinologist for an endless list of symptoms, I think...

Hi All, I have been told by my GP that I have a Goitre. Having battles for month...

Essex21

•10 years ago

9 Replies

I'm 42 with a history of recurrent miscarriage and infertility. I've been having reflexology for 1 year & having trouble getting diagnosed.

Bloody tests which suggest I have an underactive thyroid which can't be diagnosed , free T4 11. TSH 0.885 & T3 3.6 can anyone give me some advice.

Bloody tests which suggest I have an underactive thyroid which can't be diagnose...

Sarahrae15971

•10 years ago

10 Replies

Do I need a script to order armour thyroid?

DanBrown

•10 years ago

4 Replies

Hypo Thyroid diagnostics Chart.

Thought this might give someone a lift today. Very amusing I thought :)

real_mission

•10 years ago

12 Replies

Hi I will move to bristol in april can anybody recommend me a good endo near bristol or around who prescribes natural thyroid?? Thanks

Hidden

•10 years ago

2 Replies

Been taking 50 mcg thyroxine since September. Bloods apparently now normal (oct) retest). Still have joint,bone pain and fatigue but last

Two weeks overheating especially at night. Am nearly 60. Only feel 60 per cent better. Comments, encouragement welcome. Thank you.

Two weeks overheating especially at night. Am nearly 60. Only feel 60 per cent...

Thyr0id

•10 years ago

6 Replies

My serum folate level is 5.3ug/L range (3.0 - 17.0) do I need to supplement?

With symptoms of air hunger, unable to sustain a regular exercise routine, irritability and lethargy, inability to concentrate. Its really getting me down....

With symptoms of air hunger, unable to sustain a regular exercise routine, irrit...

rollonsummerrunning

•10 years ago

4 Replies

Link between Fibromialgia / Hashi's and Thyroid?

My daughter has been diagnosed as suffering from Fibromyalgia and has suffered from this for several years. After not having much luck with her Doctors, she...

My daughter has been diagnosed as suffering from Fibromyalgia and has suffered f...

Loobs39

•10 years ago

15 Replies

I've just had my bloods back and also my read out say is Plasma TSH level 3.01mU/L. (0.35-5.5) & my result is ok

But I'm feeling tired all the time & my shoulders & neck ache all the time I have waves of feeling itchey as well I thought perhaps my dosage wasn't enough but...

But I'm feeling tired all the time & my shoulders & neck ache all the time I hav...

Mousey3

•10 years ago

2 Replies

Supplements and questions about Hemithyroidectomy

Hello, So I have just phoned the hospital and said that I wish to go ahead with a Hemithyroidectomy after getting two thy 1 inconclusives and one Thy 3a FNA...

Hello, So I have just phoned the hospital and said that I wish to go ahead with...

wysewoman

•10 years ago

3 Replies

hi I have just joined this site as I have been suffering with graves for a long time could anyone tell me the correct tsh levels for this .

I have had no treatment for this for about 10 yrs now as doctors always tell me its fine , but having had this a long time I don't feel fine an know the...

I have had no treatment for this for about 10 yrs now as doctors always tell me ...

doro17

•10 years ago

3 Replies

errr embarrassed!!! Snoring, is it thyroid related?

Am driving my lovely husband out of bed with this...... was diagnosed with Graves last year, now very well and only on minimum amount of Carb (from 40mg daily...

Am driving my lovely husband out of bed with this...... was diagnosed with Grave...

tilly83

•10 years ago

13 Replies

Hi im hypo but have panics etc has anyone any ideas how i can calm down all this adrenaline i have its raging around my body today like mad,

i just dont know what to do about it any more, all my bloods are normal according to the labs so not overactive they say gps arnt really interested all they do...

i just dont know what to do about it any more, all my bloods are normal accordin...

kimbo

•10 years ago

10 Replies

4 year old with graves

hi my poor daughter was diagnosed with graves disease over a year ago. it took a year to get her levels from hyper to hypo. now her levels are slightly...

hi my poor daughter was diagnosed with graves disease over a year ago. it took a...

poppit

•10 years ago

3 Replies

Is there anyone out there who is taking an over the counter iron supplement that has really done the trick?

rollonsummerrunning

•10 years ago

15 Replies

Vibrating inside. Hyperthryoidism? Any experience?

Hi I have a multinodular goitre. Thyroid tests are generally 'normal' but two recent ones (and odd ones in the past) show lowish levels of TSH (around 0.1...

Hi I have a multinodular goitre. Thyroid tests are generally 'normal' but two r...

Parksie7

•10 years ago

8 Replies

Who Needs A Thyroid? " Endo Visit Today" replies

Sorry ,I should have put the request to see my poem by all of you who kindly replied to my post last night ..Endo Visit Today....on here. So I got that...

Sorry ,I should have put the request to see my poem by all of you who kindly rep...

Hidden

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Can anybody tell me what happens after thyroid surgery I mean express, does carb works for hyperthyroid

Okubadejo

•10 years ago

2 Replies

Levothyroxine & Contraception.... Does any form of contraception affect your thyroid medication?

teyris

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Any help would be appreciated

I’m sorry to rant but I don’t know who else will understand how I feel. I have stage 4 endometriosis and after 5 surgeries including a bowel resection and an...

I’m sorry to rant but I don’t know who else will understand how I feel. I have s...

LadyPenelope

•10 years ago

29 Replies

Endo redeemed, a good consultation and outcome...

6 months ago I had a disastrous consultation, was assured FBC was fine and therefore ferritin, vitD, B12, folate etc. would be fine (they weren't) and FT3...

6 months ago I had a disastrous consultation, was assured FBC was fine and there...

Clutter

•10 years ago

28 Replies

Results of TSH & FT4 taken same day at 2 different hospitals:

Following some discussion about timing of TFTs I'm posting results taken at 2 different hospitals and 2.5 hours apart last week. Both tests were fasting...

Following some discussion about timing of TFTs I'm posting results taken at 2 di...

Clutter

•10 years ago

30 Replies

Apparently, starting this year, private companies will be able to buy information on us from the NHS’s new universal patient database.

More here: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/19/nhs-patient-data-available-companies-buy I opted out from the universal NHS database a few months...

More here: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/19/nhs-patient-data-avail...

sisa1975

•10 years ago

16 Replies

Does the swelling around your eyes ever go?

Ive had Graves since 2009 when pregnant and my eyes were very red and swollen. I was told I was lucky as they were still in my head and people can suffer...

Ive had Graves since 2009 when pregnant and my eyes were very red and swollen. I...

sbrady

•10 years ago

9 Replies

I keep getting a strange tightening in my stomach ....... Makes me feel winded

Has anybody else experienced anything like this? It feels very odd like my central muscles in my middle have all tightened up. It last for quite a while and...

Has anybody else experienced anything like this? It feels very odd like my centr...

Hidden

•10 years ago

2 Replies

Endo visit today.......

Just getting over my disappointment of my Endo visit today. Would you believe that even though my Endo requested FT3 testing along with FT4 and initialled the...

Just getting over my disappointment of my Endo visit today. Would you believe th...

Hidden

•10 years ago

26 Replies

Had"skanky patch" above one eye that has now spread to below the eye. Tried many creams.. Any ideas? I guess Levo dose is wrong,dr doesn't??

Chezp

•10 years ago

5 Replies

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All posts for February 2014

which one would you increase?

I have stopped taking T3 due to heavy hair loss

Testing for Adrenal Fatigue

Private Thyroid Ultrasound & Endocrinology

I'm 42 with a history of recurrent miscarriage and infertility. I've been having reflexology for 1 year & having trouble getting diagnosed.

Do I need a script to order armour thyroid?

Hypo Thyroid diagnostics Chart.

Hi I will move to bristol in april can anybody recommend me a good endo near bristol or around who prescribes natural thyroid?? Thanks

Been taking 50 mcg thyroxine since September. Bloods apparently now normal (oct) retest). Still have joint,bone pain and fatigue but last

My serum folate level is 5.3ug/L range (3.0 - 17.0) do I need to supplement?

Link between Fibromialgia / Hashi's and Thyroid?

I've just had my bloods back and also my read out say is Plasma TSH level 3.01mU/L. (0.35-5.5) & my result is ok

Supplements and questions about Hemithyroidectomy

hi I have just joined this site as I have been suffering with graves for a long time could anyone tell me the correct tsh levels for this .

errr embarrassed!!! Snoring, is it thyroid related?

Hi im hypo but have panics etc has anyone any ideas how i can calm down all this adrenaline i have its raging around my body today like mad,

4 year old with graves

Is there anyone out there who is taking an over the counter iron supplement that has really done the trick?

Vibrating inside. Hyperthryoidism? Any experience?

Who Needs A Thyroid? " Endo Visit Today" replies

Can anybody tell me what happens after thyroid surgery I mean express, does carb works for hyperthyroid

Levothyroxine & Contraception.... Does any form of contraception affect your thyroid medication?

Any help would be appreciated

Endo redeemed, a good consultation and outcome...

Results of TSH & FT4 taken same day at 2 different hospitals:

Apparently, starting this year, private companies will be able to buy information on us from the NHS’s new universal patient database.

Does the swelling around your eyes ever go?

I keep getting a strange tightening in my stomach ....... Makes me feel winded

Endo visit today.......

Had"skanky patch" above one eye that has now spread to below the eye. Tried many creams.. Any ideas? I guess Levo dose is wrong,dr doesn't??

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