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Found source for NDT but not sure it's valid

I know I can't post the source here, but please PM me and I will disclose. Having surgery in 3 weeks and will be out so I'm unsure how to address hypo issues...

I know I can't post the source here, but please PM me and I will disclose. Havin...

marielp612

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Advice on T3/T4 combo bloods

Hi all Appreciate your thoughts on my blood results. I feel like there’s been a slight improvement in my general fatigue but my pins and needles has...

Hi all Appreciate your thoughts on my blood results. I feel like there’s been...

jsy_girl

•3 years ago

19 Replies

Thyroid and vitamin blood test results- help in deciphering please

Hi everyone ! I’ve had a medichecks blood test. Results below. I’m seeing an endocrinologist tomorrow and any feedback and questions I need to ask him would...

Hi everyone ! I’ve had a medichecks blood test. Results below. I’m seeing an en...

SkiingSailor

•3 years ago

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Vaccine Reaction

Hi there, Please can someone help offer my advice or have had a similar experience as myself? I received the Pfizer Vaccine about two weeks ago. Last week I...

Hi there, Please can someone help offer my advice or have had a similar experie...

Soprano67

•3 years ago

29 Replies

Testing help please

So I have been asked to have another blood test before I can have my next medication. The doctor from a message via the receptionist only put TSH on to be...

So I have been asked to have another blood test before I can have my next medica...

goofball

•3 years ago

8 Replies

Full thyroid panel help

Hi all, I posted on here a few weeks ago and received some great advice. I ordered a full thyroid panel on Thriva which I received results from last week and I...

Hi all, I posted on here a few weeks ago and received some great advice. I order...

Scottishsally

•3 years ago

2 Replies

Sweating

Hi All, I don’t know if anyone can shed any light but since I had a decrease in Levothyroxine in April this year from 150/125 alternate days to 125mg daily I...

Hi All, I don’t know if anyone can shed any light but since I had a decrease in...

misschris

•3 years ago

9 Replies

Reducing Levothyroxine and now feel awful - bloods are all normal

Hi everyone I would love some advice, I was diagnosed with under active thyroid after having my 2nd child, I have been on 75mg Levothyroxine for over a year...

Hi everyone I would love some advice, I was diagnosed with under active thyroid ...

Motherdonkey123

•3 years ago

5 Replies

Is Thyroid S available anywhere? Will Thyrovanz work in the meantime....

Hi, I'm on my last dozen of Thyroid S and am in a panic. I'm having incisional hernia surgery in 3 weeks and I don't know what to do. I do have Thyrovanz 100...

Hi, I'm on my last dozen of Thyroid S and am in a panic. I'm having incisional ...

marielp612

•3 years ago

1 Reply

Where can I get T3?

Hi all I have just started dosing with small amounts of T3 alongside 75 of levo. I have been on levo only for over 30 years and I can't recall what it's like...

Hi all I have just started dosing with small amounts of T3 alongside 75 of levo...

DizzyD

•3 years ago

1 Reply

Ambulance called, please help explain blood test results

Hi, I'm hypothyroid (self-prescribe additional T3 with help of this forum) and have been taking thyroid meds for around 25 years. Currently I take I take...

Hi, I'm hypothyroid (self-prescribe additional T3 with help of this forum) and h...

Abi-Abster

•3 years ago

4 Replies

Inflated folate

I have an inflated folate. Do I have to worry? -12.5 (3.00-12.00ng/mL. I had pains in the breast with red warm spots (apparently it was some inflammation) for...

I have an inflated folate. Do I have to worry? -12.5 (3.00-12.00ng/mL. I had pai...

Stongwave

•3 years ago

6 Replies

I think I have been hypothyroid for years, but GP reluctant to offer any treatment

This will be a bit of a long one, but I am desperate for advice as I don’t seem to be getting anywhere. I have suspected for years that I have an underactive...

This will be a bit of a long one, but I am desperate for advice as I don’t seem ...

Sleepybunny21

•3 years ago

8 Replies

Newly diagnosed

I have just been diagnosed with Sub Clinical Hypothyroidism I have no idea what to expect or how often I should get my bloods taken and what should actually be...

I have just been diagnosed with Sub Clinical Hypothyroidism I have no idea what ...

Dewa123

•3 years ago

7 Replies

Levo brands

Hi I have just got my prescription for levo. Normally I get mercury pharma, however I have been given one called aristo. Is this one any good?

Hi I have just got my prescription for levo. Normally I get mercury pharma, howe...

Jelley93

•3 years ago

2 Replies

Armour thyroid ingredients

Hi can anyone help, just received my first Armour thyroid prescription (private) I'm confused at the ingredients Levothyroxine (T4) and Liothyronine (T3) Am I...

Hi can anyone help, just received my first Armour thyroid prescription (private)...

Millie103538

•3 years ago

9 Replies

Partial Thyroidectomy/Sjogrens

Hi I had a partial thyroidectomy in 2012 and I have gained about 4 stone. I have not felt well for years, always tired, continuously trying to lose weight and...

Hi I had a partial thyroidectomy in 2012 and I have gained about 4 stone. I hav...

WalshyG

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Can DHEA be prescribed by GP

Hi all my DHEA is very low and in the past private endo prescribed DHEA at a cost of £68 x60. I tried to buy same brand online but it cannot be sold in UK but...

Hi all my DHEA is very low and in the past private endo prescribed DHEA at a co...

DizzyD

•3 years ago

30 Replies

More test results help- Cortisol and oestrogen

This may be pushing the boundaries of this forum, but does anyone know much on cortisol? The blood test came back quite high, and my estrogen is low. Any help...

This may be pushing the boundaries of this forum, but does anyone know much on c...

pennyrose

•3 years ago

5 Replies

Help with citations on low TSH with normal T4/T3 on levo/cytomel

Hello. I was hoping someone could help point me to any citations about how T3 suppresses TSH and that this isn't necessarily a problem for asymptomatic people...

Hello. I was hoping someone could help point me to any citations about how T3 su...

Orangestripeykitten

•3 years ago

4 Replies

Check your levothyroxine packaging!

How many of us realise that we can be given a different generic of our levothyroxine medication and that this may cause adverse effects due to something within...

How many of us realise that we can be given a different generic of our levothyro...

lynmynott

Partner•3 years ago

4 Replies

Help with medichecks results

Hello everyone ☺️ I'd be really grateful for some interpretation of these recent Medicheck results please? I wanted to prove to my GP that I have hashimotos...

Hello everyone ☺️ I'd be really grateful for some interpretation of these recent...

Kisca

•3 years ago

7 Replies

Thyroid ultrasound?

Hi there just need a bit of advice really. I have Hashimotos and am very poorly. Had an appt with an endo who has done a load of blood tests. Apart from the...

Hi there just need a bit of advice really. I have Hashimotos and am very poorly....

Rock_chick1

•3 years ago

1 Reply

World Thyroid Day!

It's World Thyroid Day today! Let's raise awareness amongst our friends, families, work colleagues and anyone else you can think of!

It's World Thyroid Day today! Let's raise awareness amongst our friends, familie...

lynmynott

Partner•3 years ago

1 Reply

Do I need added T3

Hi I took it upon myself in February to obtain bloods for food intolerances as my gut issues were worsening. I am already gluten free. I was becoming so...

Hi I took it upon myself in February to obtain bloods for food intolerances as ...

Ilovethesea

•3 years ago

6 Replies

Folic acid causing Hashimoto's flare?

Has anyone else experienced anxiety, flushing, tremors and tachycardia from taking folic acid? It doesn't seem to matter what form I try and even when I have...

Has anyone else experienced anxiety, flushing, tremors and tachycardia from taki...

Hashi_warrior

•3 years ago

6 Replies

Persisting symptoms in patients with Hashimoto’s disease despite normal thyroid hormone levels: Does thyroid autoimmunity play a role? A sys

A review with an unsurprising conclusion. And the usual "more research"… Persisting symptoms in patients with Hashimoto’s disease despite normal...

A review with an unsurprising conclusion. And the usual "more research"… Persi...

helvella

Administrator•3 years ago

7 Replies

Newly diagnosed with subclinical hypothyroidism

Good morning New to this forum and would be greatful for any advice, brief history. Diagnosed with fibromyalgia late 2016, worsening symptoms informed it was...

Good morning New to this forum and would be greatful for any advice, brief histo...

Nattie663

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Advice on meaning of levels

Please could someone advise me here. I was told I have borderline hypothyroidism last year and the dr wanted to start me on levothyroxine. I started taking...

Please could someone advise me here. I was told I have borderline hypothyroidism...

Buffy6956

•3 years ago

9 Replies

Low temperature

I have hypothyroidism. Currently I'm on 75mg levothyroxine a day..... which is down from the 100mg I was on previously. Yesterday I felt odd... nauseas, dry...

I have hypothyroidism. Currently I'm on 75mg levothyroxine a day..... which is d...

jme123

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Posts - Thyroid UK | HealthUnlocked

Thyroid UK

All posts for May 2021

Found source for NDT but not sure it's valid

Advice on T3/T4 combo bloods

Thyroid and vitamin blood test results- help in deciphering please

Vaccine Reaction

Testing help please

Full thyroid panel help

Sweating

Reducing Levothyroxine and now feel awful - bloods are all normal

Is Thyroid S available anywhere? Will Thyrovanz work in the meantime....

Where can I get T3?

Ambulance called, please help explain blood test results

Inflated folate

I think I have been hypothyroid for years, but GP reluctant to offer any treatment

Newly diagnosed

Levo brands

Armour thyroid ingredients

Partial Thyroidectomy/Sjogrens

Can DHEA be prescribed by GP

More test results help- Cortisol and oestrogen

Help with citations on low TSH with normal T4/T3 on levo/cytomel

Check your levothyroxine packaging!

Help with medichecks results

Thyroid ultrasound?

World Thyroid Day!

Do I need added T3

Folic acid causing Hashimoto's flare?

Persisting symptoms in patients with Hashimoto’s disease despite normal thyroid hormone levels: Does thyroid autoimmunity play a role? A sys

Newly diagnosed with subclinical hypothyroidism

Advice on meaning of levels

Low temperature

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