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Short synacthen test

I've recently had this test. Results show it's come back normal. Yeah that old chestnut! I'm not convinced. Can anyone shed any light on my results please....

I've recently had this test. Results show it's come back normal. Yeah that old c...

sueoathall

•8 years ago

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Living with no Thyroid since 2006.

Hi there I am new to the site and was hoping to find like people who have undergone a full or partial Thyroidectomy and how they are getting on with life. Not...

Hi there I am new to the site and was hoping to find like people who have underg...

CMBR68

•8 years ago

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beta-blockers and rt3

I just read that beta-blockers will increase T4 to rt3 conversion. I had no idea, but the fact is that since I was put on beta-blockers three years ago (when I...

I just read that beta-blockers will increase T4 to rt3 conversion. I had no idea...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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Any advice on when is the best time to take medication?

Hi, Doctor has finally agreed to put me on levothyroxine (50mg). Feeling a bit confued about the whole thing as I don't feel that he explained it very well......

Hi, Doctor has finally agreed to put me on levothyroxine (50mg). Feeling a bit c...

ada11

•8 years ago

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test results

new here. been investigating posssible hypothyroidism. got result of f t4 today its 11.85 range of 12.000 -22.000 what should i do next. my tsh was1.35 range...

new here. been investigating posssible hypothyroidism. got result of f t4 today ...

elvera111

•8 years ago

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Latest test results - info. please

After a good many years I have finally managed to starve, not take my meds and get to the doctor for a 9.15am blood test. This was my annual thyroid check...

After a good many years I have finally managed to starve, not take my meds and g...

cwill

•8 years ago

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How to stop seeing my naturopath without being rude?

Hiya people, brief update: went to see a naturopath, she correctly diagnoeed me with adrenal fatigue and candida and gave me HCL, enzymes, probiotics and a...

Hiya people, brief update: went to see a naturopath, she correctly diagnoeed me ...

Hidden

•8 years ago

13 Replies

craniopharyngioma - advice needed.

Hi everyone. I'm desperate for some advice. I'm a 36 year old woman who had a craniopharngioma (brain tumour) as a child. The tumour caused severe damage to my...

Hi everyone. I'm desperate for some advice. I'm a 36 year old woman who had a cr...

In2theGroove

•8 years ago

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Healing Hashis Summit Info

Dr Izabella Wentz (PharmD): "I'm pleased to announce that Hashimoto's Awareness, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to Hashimoto’s, is hosting a free...

Dr Izabella Wentz (PharmD): "I'm pleased to announce that Hashimoto's Awareness...

HEA72

•8 years ago

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Thyroid blood Results conundrum! Newbie.

Hi all, I've had many tests due to an anxiety and depression that has gone on for almost 4 years. In the midst of this I recalled that by beard growth had...

Hi all, I've had many tests due to an anxiety and depression that has gone on fo...

Mbarber

•8 years ago

26 Replies

Taking NDT then going back to sleep

Has anyone tried waking up in the night to take their NDT and then going back to sleep? I have to take other supplements first thing in the morning that I can...

Has anyone tried waking up in the night to take their NDT and then going back to...

Rhsana

•8 years ago

8 Replies

Endocrinologist recommendations (PM me please)

Hi everyone I'm trying to find a London-based endocrinologist or enlightened doctor, sympathetic to thyroid and metabolic disorders for my youngest sister....

Hi everyone I'm trying to find a London-based endocrinologist or enlightened doc...

Leoniebabs

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Expert online summit on Hashimotos

Check out the Healing Hashimotos summit from 13th-20th June. Lots of fantastic thyroid experts. Andrea Nakayama in particular is top drawer. It's free, or you...

Check out the Healing Hashimotos summit from 13th-20th June. Lots of fantastic t...

Feelbetter

•8 years ago

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Question on transitioning/timing

Hi all, I have switched to Thiroyd after over 20 years on levo-only meds. For anyone who saw my post last week about blood sugar issues, they seem to have...

Hi all, I have switched to Thiroyd after over 20 years on levo-only meds. For a...

Hidden

•8 years ago

16 Replies

Saliva test results help.

Here are my saliva test results. Can someone help me interpret them and send me in the right direction. Estradiol. 0.5 pg/ml. (1.3-1.7) Progesterone. 11...

Here are my saliva test results. Can someone help me interpret them and send me...

637elphaba

•8 years ago

2 Replies

Flu, swollen lymph nodes back of neck, raging headache, dizziness & fast pulse - Hashimoto's & all since trying to switch to NDT! Help!

Hi, hoping someone can give me some advice on all of the above I've been experiencing for almost 2 weeks now... So after a year of on/off anxiety, depression,...

Hi, hoping someone can give me some advice on all of the above I've been experie...

purplejuicy

•8 years ago

16 Replies

Confused and fed up.

Hi im new here and looking for some advice. I had RAISED 7 weeks ago so had to come of my carbimazole 8 weeks ago because that stops your thyroid from...

Hi im new here and looking for some advice. I had RAISED 7 weeks ago so had to c...

Chelle87

•8 years ago

4 Replies

New Dr

Hi, I have been seeing a famous Dr from Belgium and with the usual up and downs I am not bad. he changed me to NDP and 1 grain and 50 MCR of T4 and I feel lot...

Hi, I have been seeing a famous Dr from Belgium and with the usual up and downs ...

stockman27

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Myxoedema or Cushings???

Myxoedema or cushings??Hi. I'm new to here and you all seem very supportive. My daughter is having such a tough time with all over body swelling (almost 5 yrs...

Myxoedema or cushings??Hi. I'm new to here and you all seem very supportive. My ...

Beingamum

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Hemoglobin, iron, and vitamin B12 deficiencies and high blood homocysteine levels in patients with anti-thyroid autoantibodies

OK - small sample. OK - selection according to relatively low incidence other disorders. OK - hypothyroidism determined by in/out of full TSH range. But... the...

OK - small sample. OK - selection according to relatively low incidence other di...

helvella

Administrator•8 years ago

5 Replies

Conversion problem

Hello everyone, Im 34, Hashimoto for 6 years, january this year I crashed from stress and the thyroid went out of balance, TSH 24, adjusting the dose with GP....

Hello everyone, Im 34, Hashimoto for 6 years, january this year I crashed from s...

Hidden

•8 years ago

12 Replies

Does anyone know of an Adrenal Cortex I could use. Also does Thorne Adrenal Cortex have cortisol in it?

Hi there, I just wondered if anyone knows of an Adrenal Cortex I could use. I've been using Nutri Adrenal Complex for a long time now and have felt anxious and...

Hi there, I just wondered if anyone knows of an Adrenal Cortex I could use. I've...

TJM3

•8 years ago

14 Replies

Any Doctor that can help?

Hello please can someone help I have been on Thyroxine for about seven years and according to my doctor my levels are within range despite ongoing fatigue...

Hello please can someone help I have been on Thyroxine for about seven years and...

MIckeyrow

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Thyroid function test

Hi all, I wondered if anyone could explain my results. Back ground is I was diagnosed last year with a TSH of 123, was very ill and off work. Doctors slowly...

Hi all, I wondered if anyone could explain my results. Back ground is I was diag...

Jc46

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Sensitive teeth.

My lower front teeth have been aching for the past couple of months and I am wondering if anyone can advice me of a toothpaste that I can buy that has...

My lower front teeth have been aching for the past couple of months and I am won...

C70rol

•8 years ago

15 Replies

Hypothyroid Symptoms/Hyperthyroid Bloods

Hi everyone, I am hoping someone can shed some light or help me as I am getting quite desperate with this issue. Here we go: I was diagnosed with autoimmune...

Hi everyone, I am hoping someone can shed some light or help me as I am getting ...

DavyB

•8 years ago

46 Replies

Diet and supplement help please

Brief summary: CFS, hypothyroidism and total bed-based with no real brain power 2008 until a few months ago when my brain started to clear a bit. Diet was a...

Brief summary: CFS, hypothyroidism and total bed-based with no real brain power ...

cwill

•8 years ago

2 Replies

Low BMI and Antibodies

This may be a silly question but are women with low BMI likely to be affected more by slightly elevated thyroid autoantibodies- thyroid peroxodase antibodies...

This may be a silly question but are women with low BMI likely to be affected mo...

Hidden

•8 years ago

8 Replies

Pregnancy & b12

ok just had my tsh results of 1.07 lowest yet and my b12 is down too 379 from 600 somewhere do I need too worry as according too doc all is normal

ok just had my tsh results of 1.07 lowest yet and my b12 is down too 379 from 60...

nettiboo1982

•8 years ago

9 Replies

Nature-Throid and Supplements Interaction

Hi Everyone, I hope someone out there can clarify as I am a little confused! I am now finally on NDT; half a grain in the am and half in the afternoon. I know...

Hi Everyone, I hope someone out there can clarify as I am a little confused! I a...

Rhsana

•8 years ago

23 Replies

Posts - Thyroid UK | HealthUnlocked

Thyroid UK

All posts for May 2016

Short synacthen test

Living with no Thyroid since 2006.

beta-blockers and rt3

Any advice on when is the best time to take medication?

test results

Latest test results - info. please

How to stop seeing my naturopath without being rude?

craniopharyngioma - advice needed.

Healing Hashis Summit Info

Thyroid blood Results conundrum! Newbie.

Taking NDT then going back to sleep

Endocrinologist recommendations (PM me please)

Expert online summit on Hashimotos

Question on transitioning/timing

Saliva test results help.

Flu, swollen lymph nodes back of neck, raging headache, dizziness & fast pulse - Hashimoto's & all since trying to switch to NDT! Help!

Confused and fed up.

New Dr

Myxoedema or Cushings???

Hemoglobin, iron, and vitamin B12 deficiencies and high blood homocysteine levels in patients with anti-thyroid autoantibodies

Conversion problem

Does anyone know of an Adrenal Cortex I could use. Also does Thorne Adrenal Cortex have cortisol in it?

Any Doctor that can help?

Thyroid function test

Sensitive teeth.

Hypothyroid Symptoms/Hyperthyroid Bloods

Diet and supplement help please

Low BMI and Antibodies

Pregnancy & b12

Nature-Throid and Supplements Interaction

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