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Fed up!

Hi all I just need some advice please I have an underactive thyroid and am on 150 mg a day of levo and have been for a few years. I keep waking up with a...

Hi all I just need some advice please I have an underactive thyroid and am on 1...

vickyabp

•9 years ago

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stomach problems

I am on 25mlg of Levo was put on as a trial for my symptoms am going for blood test on tuesday. for past few weeks have been feeling very bloated and feel as...

I am on 25mlg of Levo was put on as a trial for my symptoms am going for blood t...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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Diet

Can anyone advise me on the best diet for hypothyroidism, or a website with diet advice.

Can anyone advise me on the best diet for hypothyroidism, or a website with diet...

mg999

•9 years ago

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Natural Desiccated Thyroid

Hi all, I've been on thyroxine for about 20 years. Diagnosed overactive at about age 19 then progressed through a goitre and radioactive treatment to being...

Hi all, I've been on thyroxine for about 20 years. Diagnosed overactive at about...

Randomthoughts

•9 years ago

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Private blood tests

Hello there I`m due to see my endo on 14th January and would like to get everything in place before. I `m thinking of using Blue Horizon for some finger prick...

Hello there I`m due to see my endo on 14th January and would like to get everyth...

Joyliz

•9 years ago

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NDT

Hello- am in Merseyside and searching for an endo who will prescribe NDT- specifically Westthroid as its gluten free. Any tips? Thank you Replies via...

Hello- am in Merseyside and searching for an endo who will prescribe NDT- specif...

Jewiemax15

•9 years ago

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Private gps

Could anybody point me in the right direction for a list of private GPS in the southwest area please. Happy New Year to all!,

Could anybody point me in the right direction for a list of private GPS in the s...

Gookygal

•9 years ago

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I made a typing mistake with my Ferritin results

In my last post. It was 83 (20-291)

Everdean

•9 years ago

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I am on T3 only. After my last blood test it showed below normal range.

Results were- 3.4 (3.5-6.5) Ferritin was low. 83920-291) so I supplemented that and increased my T3. However I feel worse than ever. Why?? I feel like I am...

Results were- 3.4 (3.5-6.5) Ferritin was low. 83920-291) so I supplemented that ...

Everdean

•9 years ago

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Would someone advise me plz

After asking about raising my levo in an earlier post, I phoned my thyroid nurse and she agreed with my GP to raise from 75 mcg to 150 mcg as my TSH had gone...

After asking about raising my levo in an earlier post, I phoned my thyroid nurse...

Joyliz

•9 years ago

15 Replies

Taking levo before blood test

I am due a blood test in about 5 weeks. I have read here that you shouldn't take your levo for 24 hours prior to the test. Can someone tell me why that is?...

I am due a blood test in about 5 weeks. I have read here that you shouldn't take...

Meds456

•9 years ago

8 Replies

Any advice please

I have had several health issues for sometime now however GP a joke really. Last tsh was 5.9 and tpo 789 t3 and t4 normal. I'm told subclinical hypothyroidism....

I have had several health issues for sometime now however GP a joke really. Last...

richard123

•9 years ago

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Me

I want put profile but I don't know how.

debber

•9 years ago

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Recently diagnosed Underactive thyroid

Hi all, I would be really grateful for your advice. The past few years I've been suffering with really painful joints which has steadily got worse. It's now...

Hi all, I would be really grateful for your advice. The past few years I've been...

Hidden

•9 years ago

5 Replies

Hi everyone need your help feeling really down

For the past month I've been ill, I've got a really sore throat and was given antibiotics this was the end of November then had to cancel camera down throat on...

For the past month I've been ill, I've got a really sore throat and was given an...

jayuk

•9 years ago

6 Replies

New to hypothyroidism

Hello everyone, I was diagnosed about a year ago and put on 50mg of levothyroixne. Everything went really well up to about a few months ago, I felt euphoric...

Hello everyone, I was diagnosed about a year ago and put on 50mg of levothyroixn...

Jake1987

•9 years ago

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Still low calcium despite being on supplements!! help!!!

I had a TT in 2007, with a calcium infusion after surgery. Within the last 6-8 months its been picked up on a blood test that my calcium & vitamin d levels are...

I had a TT in 2007, with a calcium infusion after surgery. Within the last 6-8 m...

MrsBargirl

•9 years ago

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Spoke to a different GP

I got a phone call at 5:30 on Christmas Eve from the surgery to tell me my VitD results had come back. Had to wait till 29th to get telephone consult!...

I got a phone call at 5:30 on Christmas Eve from the surgery to tell me my VitD ...

Barb1949

•9 years ago

22 Replies

Pulse CPD for GPs into diagnosing hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism.

The following URL is a link to the CPD for GPs to help them diagnose hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. It states that... "Since release of TSH from the...

The following URL is a link to the CPD for GPs to help them diagnose hyperthyroi...

ThyroidThora

•9 years ago

22 Replies

Differences in hypothalamic type 2 deiodinase ubiquitination explain localized sensitivity to thyroxine

helvella here! Desperately hoping that diogenes will respond with some explanation of this. My initial take is that if the hypothalamus has greater...

helvella here! Desperately hoping that diogenes will respond with some explanati...

helvella

Administrator•9 years ago

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On the New Year treadmill and panting like 'Lassie' on a rescue mission

My entire house currently would not look out of place as an extension of Tracy Emin's bedroom, evidence of mayhem and Christmas fuss is everywhere. As we...

My entire house currently would not look out of place as an extension of Tracy E...

MaryF

•9 years ago

39 Replies

Any runners out there?

Hi I'm interested to hear from fellow runners. Who have underactive thyroid. It's affected my running & my half/full marathon times since being diagnosed in...

Hi I'm interested to hear from fellow runners. Who have underactive thyroid. It'...

Wayne39

•9 years ago

12 Replies

New and Looking For Answers!

Hi Everyone and Happy New Year to all! I'm new to this site, so a little about me I have an Underactive Thyroid have done for 20years I currently take 100mg ,...

Hi Everyone and Happy New Year to all! I'm new to this site, so a little about m...

Amyxxx

•9 years ago

9 Replies

New to all this

I am new to the forum having been diagnosed with hypothyroidism in July after a routine 'well woman' blood test. The doc spoke to me on the phone, diagnosed...

I am new to the forum having been diagnosed with hypothyroidism in July after a ...

maisie53

•9 years ago

8 Replies

By what mechanism do low cortisol and hypothyroidism interact?

Hi, I'm writing a letter for my GP as she needs to write to an endo for me and I want to explain the catch 22 situation that can arise with low thyroxine take...

Hi, I'm writing a letter for my GP as she needs to write to an endo for me and I...

sulamaye

•9 years ago

9 Replies

what things can help lower iron/ferritin levels naturally? mine is pretty high and i feel crazy as hell

just curious - what food stuffs and drinks can lower iron absorption?

flashinthepan

•9 years ago

5 Replies

my methyl b12s have came through the post -I have already taken a vit b complex supplement that has vitamin b12 is it safe 2 take them both

My vit b12 is low and wonder if its possible to take the methyl b12 alongside the vitamin B12 complex I got from holland and barrat? the vit b12 complex has...

My vit b12 is low and wonder if its possible to take the methyl b12 alongside th...

flashinthepan

•9 years ago

3 Replies

Blood results on 50mcg, increase dose to 75mcg

Hi guys, so after 2 weeks on 25mcg Levo and 4 weeks on 50mcg these are my results: TSH: 4,9 (range 0,5 - 4,5) FT4: 15,2 (range 10 - 19) I don't feel any...

Hi guys, so after 2 weeks on 25mcg Levo and 4 weeks on 50mcg these are my resul...

Flower3

•9 years ago

14 Replies

Understanding my blood results and symptoms

Hi I am new to this site and wondered if you could give me some advice or point me in the right direction with my thyroid problems. I have has 95% of my...

Hi I am new to this site and wondered if you could give me some advice or point...

Natasha7511

•9 years ago

7 Replies

Post thyroidectomy advice...?

Hi there, I'm coming up to two weeks post thyroidectomy and I have just received two letters through the door...one of them is a scheduled appointment to see...

Hi there, I'm coming up to two weeks post thyroidectomy and I have just received...

loopyboo

•9 years ago

4 Replies

Posts - Thyroid UK | HealthUnlocked

Thyroid UK

All posts for January 2015

Fed up!

stomach problems

Diet

Natural Desiccated Thyroid

Private blood tests

NDT

Private gps

I made a typing mistake with my Ferritin results

I am on T3 only. After my last blood test it showed below normal range.

Would someone advise me plz

Taking levo before blood test

Any advice please

Me

Recently diagnosed Underactive thyroid

Hi everyone need your help feeling really down

New to hypothyroidism

Still low calcium despite being on supplements!! help!!!

Spoke to a different GP

Pulse CPD for GPs into diagnosing hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism.

Differences in hypothalamic type 2 deiodinase ubiquitination explain localized sensitivity to thyroxine

On the New Year treadmill and panting like 'Lassie' on a rescue mission

Any runners out there?

New and Looking For Answers!

New to all this

By what mechanism do low cortisol and hypothyroidism interact?

what things can help lower iron/ferritin levels naturally? mine is pretty high and i feel crazy as hell

my methyl b12s have came through the post -I have already taken a vit b complex supplement that has vitamin b12 is it safe 2 take them both

Blood results on 50mcg, increase dose to 75mcg

Understanding my blood results and symptoms

Post thyroidectomy advice...?

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