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7 weeks in on NDT and I really need some help/advice...

Just wanted to post as I'm really in need of some more advice :) I've just had a blood test 6 weeks after being on Efra and the results are: TSH 0.13 (range...

Just wanted to post as I'm really in need of some more advice :) I've just had a...

Jules_Essex

•8 years ago

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Help, please, now have TSH and T3 and T4 tests done

Hello! While I was having an ultrasound the radiologist said it looked as if I have or have had autoimmune thyroiditis. So I have been sent for these tests....

Hello! While I was having an ultrasound the radiologist said it looked as if I...

LolaP

•8 years ago

11 Replies

My test results are in

Morning please take a look and see what u think

Ndobins

•8 years ago

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What is making everyone constipated???

Hi all, i've only just been diagnosed with hypothyroidism (only started meds 25g thyroxine 2 days ago) and am researching loads. I get constipated and bloated,...

Hi all, i've only just been diagnosed with hypothyroidism (only started meds 25g...

LeanneOC

•8 years ago

17 Replies

interesting poem

Hi.... My name is Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism. I'm an invisible autoimmune disease that attacks your thyroid gland causing you to become hypothyroid. I am now...

Hi.... My name is Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism. I'm an invisible autoimmune disea...

vivienneferreira

•8 years ago

2 Replies

Any ideas why Endo has told me to take my T4 & T3 doses as usual before next bloods ??

Dear All, during our last appointment he seemed very surprised that my T3 & T4 levels were extremely low (T3 was virtually "non-existent" as he said). I am on...

Dear All, during our last appointment he seemed very surprised that my T3 & T4 l...

amethyst1969

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Can anyone help with my results?

I have been ridiculously tired, my nails break and hurt, depressed and grumpy and put on over 1.5 stones in weight. I got my thyroid tests back but the doctor...

I have been ridiculously tired, my nails break and hurt, depressed and grumpy an...

MERYLB

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Ashwagandha users?

I am at my wits end with doctors. Have been under medicated for hypo for a year now . And current Doctor won't prescribe NDT which I would like to try....

I am at my wits end with doctors. Have been under medicated for hypo for a year ...

Hidden

•8 years ago

72 Replies

A change

Okay I went to see my my Endocologist and she read the TSH range which was 2.47 and my Free 4 and was amazed at the Range of the TSH and lowered my medication...

Okay I went to see my my Endocologist and she read the TSH range which was 2.47 ...

sarajuarez2912

•8 years ago

7 Replies

High FT3 with "normal" TSH/FT4

Can anyone tell me what the following test results could indicate: TSH: 1.143 (0.46-4.98) Free T4: 1.18 (0.60-1.70) Free T3: 4.19 (2.50-3.90) HIGH These...

Can anyone tell me what the following test results could indicate: TSH: 1.143 (...

clairclaire

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Biotin

I have started taking it due to my hair loss. Is there a maximum amount recommended?

I have started taking it due to my hair loss. Is there a maximum amount recomm...

Palermo

•8 years ago

10 Replies

Problems adjusting to new medication

About Five weeks ago I switched from levothyroxine tablets to liquid levothyroxine. I switched mainly due to the tablets causing pains in my side plus I've...

About Five weeks ago I switched from levothyroxine tablets to liquid levothyroxi...

Em_Lou

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Blue Horizon Test comments please

Hoping someone could comment please - TSH 1.84 T4 TOTAL 117.3 FREE T4 21.13 FREE T3 3.74 Thyroid test at doctors normal as well but feel hellish! 20 yrs...

Hoping someone could comment please - TSH 1.84 T4 TOTAL 117.3 FREE T4 21.13 FREE...

Sand9

•8 years ago

8 Replies

Partial or total thyroidectomy?!

Hi there all. I've have been told I have 3 nodules on my thyroid, 2 on the right lobe both approx 1 cm, and one on my left lobe, approx 4 mm. I've had a FNA on...

Hi there all. I've have been told I have 3 nodules on my thyroid, 2 on the right...

Louise1822

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Brain fog

Hi I think I am reading too many posts and confusing myself on the t4 tsh and t3 tests can you please tell me if t4 27.1 is high or low please I'm reading and...

Hi I think I am reading too many posts and confusing myself on the t4 tsh and t3...

veryangirl44

•8 years ago

19 Replies

Foods I should avoid

Hi A couple of weeks ago I unknowingly consumed soya for breakfast 3 days in a row,I started to feel ill on Saturday and was ill for 4 days, I saw my endo...

Hi A couple of weeks ago I unknowingly consumed soya for breakfast 3 days in a ...

phronsias

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Blood test results - help please x

Can someone please help me interpret my blood test results Many Thanks xx CRP 1.40 <5.0 mg/L Ferritin 63.4 20 - 150 ug/L TSH 3.55 0.27 - 4.20 IU/L T4 Total...

Can someone please help me interpret my blood test results Many Thanks xx CRP 1...

Michymo

•8 years ago

13 Replies

Getting t3 from a gp in the West Midlands

I saw a new endo in the West Midlands who has said he may prescribe t3 at my next appointment but am I right in thinking that my gp has to supply the...

I saw a new endo in the West Midlands who has said he may prescribe t3 at my nex...

Silverlady5

•8 years ago

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Taking naturethroid but not sure if it's working .

I've been taking 162.5 of naturehtroid for about a year. I had my thyroid "killed with the radioactive 131 pill. So it's totally inactive . 8 started out...

I've been taking 162.5 of naturehtroid for about a year. I had my thyroid "kille...

Charris465

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Rhuemy Blood Results?

I look like I'm within range on everything my rhuematologist has requested including my TSH. Does everything look ok as I haven't a clue what she has tested...

I look like I'm within range on everything my rhuematologist has requested inclu...

MissFG

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Latest blood Results .... please advise 😊

Latest blood Results SEPT 2016 Please Advise 😊 Taking 3 grains of Nature Thyroid , should I increase to 4? TSH 1.310 (0.27- 4.2) FREE TYROXINE 9.6 (12-...

Latest blood Results SEPT 2016 Please Advise 😊 Taking 3 grains of Nature Th...

Crlnfly

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Anyone taking Erfa? (Or other NDT views might help)

I've just started taking Erfa on Saturday. Was taking 75mcg Levo up until Friday. Got the Erfa from an Endo in London who I felt reasonably comfortable with....

I've just started taking Erfa on Saturday. Was taking 75mcg Levo up until Friday...

Hidden

•8 years ago

9 Replies

FT3 Does Matter!

To keep TUK members uptodate, we've been looking at patients with no thyroid owing to thyroid cancer removal and finding out how FT4 and FT3 can influence TSH...

To keep TUK members uptodate, we've been looking at patients with no thyroid owi...

diogenes

Remembering•8 years ago

18 Replies

txtspk - again, again

About eight months ago I posted a version of what you can see below, itself largely a repeat of earlier posts. Since then there appear to have been even more...

About eight months ago I posted a version of what you can see below, itself larg...

helvella

Administrator•8 years ago

26 Replies

has anybody had problems with medi check?

My friend had blood test done by MediCheck and what a job I had to get access to them from their system. I kept getting the same email +++++ but not the one...

My friend had blood test done by MediCheck and what a job I had to get access to...

busterboy

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Parathyroid

In July, my blood tests showed that my TSH was 0.04 and T4 was 15.8. I was on 75mcg Levo at the time. My doctor went into a panic and said I was overmedicated...

In July, my blood tests showed that my TSH was 0.04 and T4 was 15.8. I was on 75...

chickenmitch

•8 years ago

13 Replies

2 Months since partial thyroid lobectomy.

Hello, I just wanted to post my latest blood results and get some feedback. I have a feeling that the labs drawn by my ENT are not accurate. Here is the...

Hello, I just wanted to post my latest blood results and get some feedback. ...

DanteNXS

•8 years ago

12 Replies

new results

I have had blood tests results are TSH 3.53 ( 0.27 - 4.20 ) FT4 6.1 ( 11.0 - 25.0) due to see endo next week to review being on T3 would appreciate any...

I have had blood tests results are TSH 3.53 ( 0.27 - 4.20 ) FT4 6.1 ( 11.0 ...

lindawales

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Palpitations on levo and GP

Well went back to GP as palpitations have continued, but have felt more like me for the first time in 3 years. Got the GP who initially tested me for...

Well went back to GP as palpitations have continued, but have felt more like me ...

grainne_foss

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Can someone explain this excerpt taken from Thyroid UK

"However, there has been recent evidence to show that it may be safe for patients taking long-term thyroxine replacement therapy to have a low but not...

"However, there has been recent evidence to show that it may be safe for patient...

130396

•8 years ago

5 Replies

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All posts for October 2016

7 weeks in on NDT and I really need some help/advice...

Help, please, now have TSH and T3 and T4 tests done

My test results are in

What is making everyone constipated???

interesting poem

Any ideas why Endo has told me to take my T4 & T3 doses as usual before next bloods ??

Can anyone help with my results?

Ashwagandha users?

A change

High FT3 with "normal" TSH/FT4

Biotin

Problems adjusting to new medication

Blue Horizon Test comments please

Partial or total thyroidectomy?!

Brain fog

Foods I should avoid

Blood test results - help please x

Getting t3 from a gp in the West Midlands

Taking naturethroid but not sure if it's working .

Rhuemy Blood Results?

Latest blood Results .... please advise 😊

Anyone taking Erfa? (Or other NDT views might help)

FT3 Does Matter!

txtspk - again, again

has anybody had problems with medi check?

Parathyroid

2 Months since partial thyroid lobectomy.

new results

Palpitations on levo and GP

Can someone explain this excerpt taken from Thyroid UK

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