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Should I not take my T3 before blood test?

I’m currently taking 75mcgs T3 around 7am each morning. I want to monitor for myself whether I need to increase/ lower dosage. The results won’t be seen by a...

I’m currently taking 75mcgs T3 around 7am each morning. I want to monitor for my...

DemelzaPoldark

•6 years ago

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THYROID BLOOD TEST

Can someone put pay to this debate please. Should I hold off talking my Thyroxine 24hrs before having a blood test. Or is this really not needed I'm confused?

Can someone put pay to this debate please. Should I hold off talking my Thyroxin...

Wayne39

•6 years ago

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Hashimotos tsh tpo hypothyroid levothyroxin

Hi all, New here and happy of the support 😊 On levothyroxin 75 mcg a day, just over 2 weeks now, following mainly paleo diet, no carbs whatsoever!! Level of...

Hi all, New here and happy of the support 😊 On levothyroxin 75 mcg a day, just ...

Eilis19

•6 years ago

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Evidence of poor practising practice needed urgently

Can I share an email I have had from TPAUK needing patients experiences to present to Lord Hunt.? They need short emails by tomorrow 10.00am.

Can I share an email I have had from TPAUK needing patients experiences to prese...

Tiggywink

•6 years ago

1 Reply

Eyesight

Is anyone experiencing blurred vision or could it be fatigue. On 75 levo for hypo. Diagnosed in march this year. Eyetest in march was fine.

Is anyone experiencing blurred vision or could it be fatigue. On 75 levo for hyp...

barb62

•6 years ago

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Six week cycle feel dredful

Hi there, it seems to be that I relapse every six weeks at the moment. Started on 50 Levo in march this yeari now on 75. Is this normal?

Hi there, it seems to be that I relapse every six weeks at the moment. Started ...

barb62

•6 years ago

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After Partial Thyroidectomy

I had partial thyroidectomy, the left side was removed last year in February. Two years prior they had been monitoring me by Endocrinology Department at our...

I had partial thyroidectomy, the left side was removed last year in February. Tw...

Di01782

•6 years ago

20 Replies

Thyroid Antibodies

Hello, In a bid to get to the bottom of and understand my symptoms of hypothyroidism, I have now had a test for thyroid peroxidase which has come back with a...

Hello, In a bid to get to the bottom of and understand my symptoms of hypothyro...

fran_m

•6 years ago

27 Replies

Blurred vision

Hiya does anyone get blurred vision mainly in one eye? I wear glasses so have had my eyes checked recently

Hiya does anyone get blurred vision mainly in one eye? I wear glasses so have ha...

teyris

•6 years ago

13 Replies

Very Dry Mouth

Does anyone get a really dry mouth that happens very quickly even though they drink water all the time?

Does anyone get a really dry mouth that happens very quickly even though they dr...

teyris

•6 years ago

24 Replies

Raised TSH 14.4

Latest blood test shows my TSH has gone from 3.1 in Nov to 14.4 (normal0.3-4.2) T4 15.8 (normal 12.00-22.00) so in range. Taking 75mcg daily at night as I have...

Latest blood test shows my TSH has gone from 3.1 in Nov to 14.4 (normal0.3-4.2) ...

Stefcon

•6 years ago

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Levothyroxine 50mcg

Been taking this awful stuff 2 weeks Am I supposed to be sweating and have a constant greasy oily face? Really hate this disease I still feel anxious about...

Been taking this awful stuff 2 weeks Am I supposed to be sweating and have a co...

Hidden

•6 years ago

14 Replies

Re t3 and change from amco

Hi has anyone been prescribed liothyronine from TEVA I've been given this instead of my original from Concordia. I'm feeling quite ill tired, no energy and...

Hi has anyone been prescribed liothyronine from TEVA I've been given this instea...

Picketywitch

•6 years ago

6 Replies

Doctors say not hashimotos

Hiya everyone, im having trouble convincing my docs that they should look into my thyroid further. They only did tsh and said thats fine as in range (as they...

Hiya everyone, im having trouble convincing my docs that they should look into m...

joeblo

•6 years ago

12 Replies

Have I swung the other way?

Hello lovely people, I'm wondering if anyone can help, I've been feeling rotten the past two weeks; a huge increase in appetite, trouble sleeping, stomach...

Hello lovely people, I'm wondering if anyone can help, I've been feeling rotten ...

LeanneMarie87

•6 years ago

2 Replies

Buying Thai NDT

Last time I bought Thyroid S I got it off a large online retailer......they don't seem to have it anymore. Does anyone know where I can find it now? I'm also...

Last time I bought Thyroid S I got it off a large online retailer......they don'...

elsa142

•6 years ago

1 Reply

Off topic advice please

Yesterday I was careless enough to drop a heavy chopping board which took a fair chunk out of my shin just above the ankle . Too deep for stitches apparently I...

Yesterday I was careless enough to drop a heavy chopping board which took a fair...

Pinkpeony

•6 years ago

39 Replies

Lack of FT3

Hello everyone! I'm 30 yo woman and diagnosed with Hashimoto at may 2016. Since then I am on levothyroxine. Around one and half years ago I was on 25 mcg...

Hello everyone! I'm 30 yo woman and diagnosed with Hashimoto at may 2016. Sinc...

Misanthy

•6 years ago

3 Replies

T4 High Blood Sugar - T3 Low Blood Sugar

On T4 only my blood sugars have got higher, on T4/T3 my blood sugars lowered, does anyone know why this would be please?

On T4 only my blood sugars have got higher, on T4/T3 my blood sugars lowered, do...

Kittylitter2

•6 years ago

11 Replies

B12 injections

I have found this site; http://www.vitaminb12online.com Wondering how safe they are, if anyone has used them and what dosage to take..I'm at drs tomorrow to...

I have found this site; http://www.vitaminb12online.com Wondering how safe they ...

Michaela_l

•6 years ago

5 Replies

Nothing changes.

Hi . This site has been great to me, and everyone else. I posted my result a few months ago and got some great positive feedback. It was here when I found out...

Hi . This site has been great to me, and everyone else. I posted my result a few...

unclefester67

•6 years ago

3 Replies

Should I see an endo?

I've been on 50mcg of Levo for just over a year. I'm not feeling great, still fall asleep sitting up, cold hands and feet... but I've just been putting up with...

I've been on 50mcg of Levo for just over a year. I'm not feeling great, still fa...

Loukcol

•6 years ago

7 Replies

Metavive

Hi there! So I have had Hashimotos for 8 years and have been on Levo for that long started on 50mg and now am on 75mg-100mg. My initial TSH was a staggering...

Hi there! So I have had Hashimotos for 8 years and have been on Levo for that lo...

KateHE

•6 years ago

3 Replies

Undetectable TSH and my results

Hi everyone it’s me again. Rather than try reply individually iv done this new post. In my previous I was asking what it meant to have an undetectable TSH....

Hi everyone it’s me again. Rather than try reply individually iv done this new p...

MMAndrea52

•6 years ago

7 Replies

is it ok to slightly increase eltroxin dose ?

I was only a little bit hypothyroid when I was first tested. I've been taking 50mg Eltroxin for a few months now and I'm so happy to finally be experiencing...

I was only a little bit hypothyroid when I was first tested. I've been taking 50...

chickenwing

•6 years ago

3 Replies

Premature menopause

Hi everyone In contrast to do many people on here, My sister had a work medical about 10 years ago which showed she had sub-clinical Hypothyroidism. She was...

Hi everyone In contrast to do many people on here, My sister had a work medical...

Laundretta

•6 years ago

12 Replies

How to increase T4 and not decrease TSH

Hi I have posted some questions on here before and have some fab advice. I’m on 50mg levo which brings my tsh from 6-7 ( 0.2-4.2) down to 0.9. However my T4...

Hi I have posted some questions on here before and have some fab advice. I’m o...

Niklew

•6 years ago

5 Replies

Blood tests T4 level

Hi I am new to this forum a friend told me about this forum. I have been on Thyroxine for a very long time. I have a Under Active Thyroid and have never lost...

Hi I am new to this forum a friend told me about this forum. I have been on Thy...

Kimboichat

•6 years ago

16 Replies

Happy to be part of this community

Hi everybody. Im new here. I have had hyperthyroidism since 2014 and been on meds since then. I was hoping to go into remission on these meds but that hasn't...

Hi everybody. Im new here. I have had hyperthyroidism since 2014 and been on med...

Sheilla

•6 years ago

3 Replies

Thyroid surgery v RAI

What are the pros and cons?

Welshmumm

•6 years ago

11 Replies

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All posts for July 2018

Should I not take my T3 before blood test?

THYROID BLOOD TEST

Hashimotos tsh tpo hypothyroid levothyroxin

Evidence of poor practising practice needed urgently

Eyesight

Six week cycle feel dredful

After Partial Thyroidectomy

Thyroid Antibodies

Blurred vision

Very Dry Mouth

Raised TSH 14.4

Levothyroxine 50mcg

Re t3 and change from amco

Doctors say not hashimotos

Have I swung the other way?

Buying Thai NDT

Off topic advice please

Lack of FT3

T4 High Blood Sugar - T3 Low Blood Sugar

B12 injections

Nothing changes.

Should I see an endo?

Metavive

Undetectable TSH and my results

is it ok to slightly increase eltroxin dose ?

Premature menopause

How to increase T4 and not decrease TSH

Blood tests T4 level

Happy to be part of this community

Thyroid surgery v RAI

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