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Finally starting meds but vitamins are low

Hi After 6 months of very high antibodies my endo has advised my GP to start me on 25mg thyroxine. My TSH is 4.3 and free T4 is 13.57. They wouldn't check T3...

Hi After 6 months of very high antibodies my endo has advised my GP to start me ...

Greentrees1

•8 years ago

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T3 Leaving The System

December will make a year I have been on liquid T3. How long will it take to leave my system once I stop taking the hormone for good?

December will make a year I have been on liquid T3. How long will it take to lea...

Hidden

•8 years ago

7 Replies

I am new and completely lost

Good morning, I have been directed here by some lovely people over on the pernicious anaemia forum. In September I was diagnosed with a b12 deficiency and...

Good morning, I have been directed here by some lovely people over on the perni...

Bellini34

•8 years ago

13 Replies

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Results 9/9/16 Normal free T4 19.3 Free T3 low at 3.41 TSH normal at 4.4 On 75mcmgms levothyroxine Repeat test Nov Also have graves disease Thanks

Results 9/9/16 Normal free T4 19.3 Free T3 low at 3.41 TSH normal at 4.4 On 75...

Mitzy1

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Newbie

Hi, UAT stable on 100mcg for 28 years then MENOPAUSE. Had dose changed every 8wks. Too high, too low, inflammation levels sky high, then go back down. Frozen...

Hi, UAT stable on 100mcg for 28 years then MENOPAUSE. Had dose changed every 8wk...

Hidden

•8 years ago

16 Replies

Low gastric acid and B 12 ...and hush, puppies!

My B 12 -level is quite good, according to my doctor. No, it is not, with the value 363 pmol/l (range 180-700). As many of you stated earlier, it should be at...

My B 12 -level is quite good, according to my doctor. No, it is not, with the v...

autumnchill

•8 years ago

4 Replies

What happens really?

If I'm diagnosed with graves and hashimoto, does graves eventually die off, and then Hashimoto takes over last by becoming hypo? Then you have to take a pill...

If I'm diagnosed with graves and hashimoto, does graves eventually die off, and ...

sarajuarez2912

•8 years ago

44 Replies

Successful weight loss stories

Hi all Anyone got any tips on weight loss for hypothyroidism? Hints and tips or success stories, please share here to motivate us!

Hi all Anyone got any tips on weight loss for hypothyroidism? Hints and tips or ...

Letters37

•8 years ago

65 Replies

Hairloss slowing down

Since the ending of 2015 I was experiencing hairloss but did not know what the cause was. In September 2016 I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, I read that...

Since the ending of 2015 I was experiencing hairloss but did not know what the c...

blossom5

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Anyone else not able to fill Blue Horizon's tube?

I have failed to produce enough blood to send to Blue Horizon. They have been very good about it and will either refund me or send a testing kit which needs...

I have failed to produce enough blood to send to Blue Horizon. They have been ve...

Apples

•8 years ago

24 Replies

Results and treatment

I was just diagnosed. My results are Tsh 5.6 ( upper ref 5.5) Free t4 12 (10-19) Free t3 3.8 (3.5-5.3) Ferritin was 39 I have started 25mcg levo. I've...

I was just diagnosed. My results are Tsh 5.6 ( upper ref 5.5) Free t4 12 (10-...

lisan1

•8 years ago

3 Replies

What has changed !!!! Feeling worse

Hi All.. Don't know where to turn !!!!! Feeling really ill don't know what has changed !! Last week my consultant told me to increase my DHEA from 25 mg to 50...

Hi All.. Don't know where to turn !!!!! Feeling really ill don't know what has c...

Yvette65

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Goiter and ist appointment with endo next week please can someone advise me as wht to expect.

Hi thankyou for taking the time to read my post. I have a goiter lump on my thyroid, I have had a ultrasound scan and the lady said I have one large nodule on...

Hi thankyou for taking the time to read my post. I have a goiter lump on my thyr...

fern123

•8 years ago

4 Replies

help with blood test result

blood test result currently on 2 grain of nature throid since July 2016 THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE 0.565 mIU/L 0.270 -4.200 FREE THYROXINE...

blood test result currently on 2 grain of nature throid since July 2016 THYROI...

Apple0

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Under Eye Bags and circles

Hi Folks I know this is off topic so to speak but i have terrible puffiness and circles underneath my eyes, it seems to have come on rather suddenly and i look...

Hi Folks I know this is off topic so to speak but i have terrible puffiness and ...

dotti

•8 years ago

12 Replies

Are these results good?

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in May 2016 when I believe my TSH level was over 100 and prescribed 50mcg Levothyroxine. Second test in August when I was...

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in May 2016 when I believe my TSH level was...

Ziggy999

•8 years ago

18 Replies

Dont know

Hello I was looking in the mirror today because I still have swallowing problems so I did the head tilt back and swallow thing to look at my neck to see if...

Hello I was looking in the mirror today because I still have swallowing problems...

Theresa72

•8 years ago

10 Replies

Grave's relapse?

I was diagnosed with Grave's disease 2 years ago. I had 20 months on Carbimazole which I tolerated well. For the last 6 months I was on a maintenance dose of...

I was diagnosed with Grave's disease 2 years ago. I had 20 months on Carbimazole...

Tenko

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Graves advice please

Some advice for my cousin Julie please - she's just had eye op and can't see to type hence me posting this on her behalf. Julie has Graves and has a tt....

Some advice for my cousin Julie please - she's just had eye op and can't see to ...

Loo44

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Hashimoto and coeliac

hi there - anyone else out there had the experience of having hashimotos for years then discovering they are coeliac? And if so did going strictly gluten-free...

hi there - anyone else out there had the experience of having hashimotos for yea...

Hidden

•8 years ago

5 Replies

6 week test results

Still no better off with my t3 levels although they have gone up slightly from my September results. I don't know what to do. Latest results are me 6 weeks...

Still no better off with my t3 levels although they have gone up slightly from m...

Jefner

•8 years ago

39 Replies

Help with latest blood test please

Hi all here are my latest blood results I have Hashimotos and take 2grains of WP a day my last results said I was taking too much (I was taking 2 and a half...

Hi all here are my latest blood results I have Hashimotos and take 2grains of WP...

foxyeyes

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Hypothyroidism

What tests do I needed to ask the doctor to run since my TSH and T4 are normal?

What tests do I needed to ask the doctor to run since my TSH and T4 are normal? ...

crkrrk1

•8 years ago

1 Reply

Fed up

I've been exhausted for years now, and it's really taking its toll. It affects everything I do. I have depression, which I'm assuming is a result of my...

I've been exhausted for years now, and it's really taking its toll. It affects e...

eddm

•8 years ago

17 Replies

Pregnant

Just posted about my concerns about progesterone and decided I need to make sure it's optimum over 3 months . Came up with a smart plan . Haven't been tested...

Just posted about my concerns about progesterone and decided I need to make sure...

Katoir

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Test Results!

I finally got my blood results back, following a large increase in my Liothyronine dose. Quite a few levels are low in range, and any information regarding...

I finally got my blood results back, following a large increase in my Liothyroni...

forever_tired

•8 years ago

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There is lactose in my T4...

...and I cannot help it. It is a small amount, but still. No other med like Thyroxin by Orion is available within the prescription. The pharmacist said that...

...and I cannot help it. It is a small amount, but still. No other med like Thyr...

autumnchill

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Status Update

Hello my friends, It's been a while since I posted anything, so I thought I would update you on my current status since my partial thyroidectomy 3.5 months...

Hello my friends, It's been a while since I posted anything, so I thought I wo...

DanteNXS

•8 years ago

4 Replies

do I need to reduce my Armour?

I have been getting some palpitations in the past week, but I had a fast heart beat at 4 in the morning last night, when I got up for the loo. It was quite...

I have been getting some palpitations in the past week, but I had a fast heart b...

C70rol

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Grave diseas, hyperthyroid, cyst on the left lobe of the neck

I was diagnosed of grave diseass and hyperthyroid last 2 months ago. On my follow up check up, surprisingly base on my ultrasound result and Thyroid panel, my...

I was diagnosed of grave diseass and hyperthyroid last 2 months ago. On my follo...

Glexy

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Posts - Thyroid UK | HealthUnlocked

Thyroid UK

All posts for November 2016

Finally starting meds but vitamins are low

T3 Leaving The System

I am new and completely lost

Do you folks agree

Newbie

Low gastric acid and B 12 ...and hush, puppies!

What happens really?

Successful weight loss stories

Hairloss slowing down

Anyone else not able to fill Blue Horizon's tube?

Results and treatment

What has changed !!!! Feeling worse

Goiter and ist appointment with endo next week please can someone advise me as wht to expect.

help with blood test result

Under Eye Bags and circles

Are these results good?

Dont know

Grave's relapse?

Graves advice please

Hashimoto and coeliac

6 week test results

Help with latest blood test please

Hypothyroidism

Fed up

Pregnant

Test Results!

There is lactose in my T4...

Status Update

do I need to reduce my Armour?

Grave diseas, hyperthyroid, cyst on the left lobe of the neck

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