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Questions to ask GP on Brand New Diagnosis

Hello all, I have just had my first blood test since I was in my early 20s (I'm in my early 40s now) and it seems to suggest I am in the borderline...

Hello all, I have just had my first blood test since I was in my early 20s (I'm...

Cariboudle

•2 years ago

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New results

Following advice on here i asked gp to check thyroid hormones. He said wasnt necessary so i had a medichecks home test. Unfortunately the t3 test failed. From...

Following advice on here i asked gp to check thyroid hormones. He said wasnt ne...

Sandiij

•2 years ago

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Thyroid levels?? And soring pressure headache, neck ache (back & front) and soreness around eyes for 3 days.

I have just started a new batch of Thyroid S and have just had a blood test done yesterday (waiting for results). I have had a soring headache (throbbing),...

I have just started a new batch of Thyroid S and have just had a blood test don...

Hidden

•2 years ago

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Thorne Basic B - £16.91 each for 2 or more.

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Ellie-Louise

•2 years ago

1 Reply

GP appointment - NHS or NICE guidelines? Sources for TSH info?

Hallo, may I ask please two things: 1) is there anywhere, NHS or NICE or BMJ or BMP guidelines, which states that legally medication cannot be withdrawn...

Hallo, may I ask please two things: 1) is there anywhere, NHS or NICE or BMJ or...

turquoisea7

•2 years ago

37 Replies

Vitamin D & tolerating thyroid medication

Hello, Thanks so much for your time in reading my post, I would really appreciate any/all opinions on this. I am currently investigating why, ever since...

Hello, Thanks so much for your time in reading my post, I would really appreci...

Hidden

•2 years ago

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Highlighting a DippyDame essential read if your TSH is low but you still feel grim

Why are our hypothyroid patients unhappy? Is tissue hypothyroidism the answer? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169863/

Why are our hypothyroid patients unhappy? Is tissue hypothyroidism the answer? ...

TiggerMe

•2 years ago

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secondary hypo

Hi, what is the best way to get nutrient levels tested please (avoiding gp route) My daughter feels awful on 100 levo, the endo has said to do 100 and 75 levo...

Hi, what is the best way to get nutrient levels tested please (avoiding gp route...

Thyroid2212

•2 years ago

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Thyroid levels

Hi everyone j have been struggling for 10 months now with levels up an down. I just had blood tests done and TSH was 1 and free T4 was 14. I just thought 24...

Hi everyone j have been struggling for 10 months now with levels up an down. I j...

Guost

•2 years ago

1 Reply

Advice 'again' please 🙏

Good morning all, thankyou for your support last night. After an awful night of vivid dreams and adrenaline surges, I have decided to be more proactive in...

Good morning all, thankyou for your support last night. After an awful night of ...

Liam12

•2 years ago

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T3, AFIB, Anyone else have both

need to now up my T3 to 30 mg a day from 20mg I took an extra 5 in the morning then an extra 5 last night and felt the start of AF ! Only for a few beats...

need to now up my T3 to 30 mg a day from 20mg I took an extra 5 in the morning ...

Lilylui

•2 years ago

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Livalo Station and Hashimoto's

Does anyone have experience taking the "Livalo" brand of statin (Pitavastatin) if you have Hashimoto's?

Does anyone have experience taking the "Livalo" brand of statin (Pitavastatin) i...

THoa2022

•2 years ago

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THANK YOU

Thank you to everyone who responded to my post and for all the valued suggestions. I’m taking time to absorb all the suggestions. Quite an effort to even...

Thank you to everyone who responded to my post and for all the valued suggestio...

Rosebud1955

•2 years ago

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monitor my health results

TSH levels low (normal range 0.27 - 4.2 mU/L) Your result is 0.05 mu/L FT4 levels normal (normal range 12 - 22 pmol/L) Your result is 18.3 pmol/ LFT3 levels...

TSH levels low (normal range 0.27 - 4.2 mU/L) Your result is 0.05 mu/L FT4 lev...

Hidden

•2 years ago

5 Replies

Depression getting worse

Hello all, I posted on here a few months back regarding my feelings of depression and anxiety. Back then i increased my levo to 125 as suggested and felt an...

Hello all, I posted on here a few months back regarding my feelings of depressio...

Liam12

•2 years ago

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‘National shortage’ of drivers behind AAH delivery delays, wholesaler says

It is difficult to know how much to believe when it comes to explanations such as that below. I have to say, I have some scepticism. But absolutely no...

It is difficult to know how much to believe when it comes to explanations such a...

helvella

Administrator•2 years ago

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Raised a.m. cortisol and Magnesium, are these levels a concern please?

Hi Ive been having symptoms previously linked to low ferritin, dizziness, breathlessness, fatigue,frequent periods,etc, but now attempting 4th pinprick due to...

Hi Ive been having symptoms previously linked to low ferritin, dizziness, breat...

Jo5454

•2 years ago

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getting T3 in Europe

hello, A lot of posts for this are quite old so wondering if anyone is getting reasonably priced T3 in Europe. If so can up you please let me know privately...

hello, A lot of posts for this are quite old so wondering if anyone is getting ...

Jillllee

•2 years ago

1 Reply

Change to Thyroid Tests after 40 years of the same dose of Throxine

I am having a battle with my GP. Diagnosed with underactive thyroid when I was 26 and I am now 70 and for past 40 years have been on 150 thyroxine which worked...

I am having a battle with my GP. Diagnosed with underactive thyroid when I was 2...

Rymer

•2 years ago

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thoughts on these blood results?

Wondering what feedback everyone might have on these results and what the may mean? FREE T4 - 19.6 ref 12.0 to 22.0 ……..seems high TSH - .92 ref 2.7 to 4.2...

Wondering what feedback everyone might have on these results and what the may me...

Jillllee

•2 years ago

3 Replies

Dose increases but TSH rising and T4 and T3 falling

Hi everyone. I have been gradually increasing my dose of levothyroxine. After an increase I feel better for a while then worse. Over time, the more my dose...

Hi everyone. I have been gradually increasing my dose of levothyroxine. After ...

Pearlteapot

•2 years ago

6 Replies

Roma Liothyronine Capsules

It would be good to know if anyone has tried these and what your thoughts are

NikNok777

•2 years ago

4 Replies

ELTROXIN 100mg availability

Does anyone know of an online pharmacy who stocks Eltroxin (specifically 100mg)? I have a prescription and I am getting desperate now. Short story is I can...

Does anyone know of an online pharmacy who stocks Eltroxin (specifically 100mg)?...

hyporeb

•2 years ago

11 Replies

Liothyronine Capsules

I have been informed by my GP that in my area all GPs have been instructed to change from Liothyronine tablets to capsules From what I can see there are only...

I have been informed by my GP that in my area all GPs have been instructed to ch...

NikNok777

•2 years ago

4 Replies

Let down yet again - where can I get NDT?

Having at long last found an endo who promised to help it now all seems to be going wrong. Previously I have been on T3 only since Nutri discontinued their...

Having at long last found an endo who promised to help it now all seems to be go...

Puddleperson

•2 years ago

1 Reply

Lloyds Pharmacy Levothyroxine 100mcg/5ml Oral Solution ingredients?

Does anyone know anything about Lloyds Pharmacy's own brand Levothyroxine Oral Solution 100mcg/5ml? The dispensary at the doctors' surgery has not been able...

Does anyone know anything about Lloyds Pharmacy's own brand Levothyroxine Oral S...

Tintin0202

•2 years ago

20 Replies

Despairing spouse

Hoping someone out there can help. Will try and keep it short. My husband is on levothyroxine following RAI in 2006. Six months ago he was absolutely fine, a...

Hoping someone out there can help. Will try and keep it short. My husband is on ...

nimbus241

•2 years ago

11 Replies

Bloods advice on dosage please

Hello everyone I’ve had my recent Medichecks bloods back on 100mcg Levo and 15mcg T3. I have been splitting my T3 10mcg am and 5mcg late afternoon as a...

Hello everyone I’ve had my recent Medichecks bloods back on 100mcg Levo and 1...

Hidden

•2 years ago

12 Replies

Update on ENT Consultation.

Hi As anyone who reads my posts will know I've been having balance problems which came on overnight in April this year. So I saw the ENT consultant on...

Hi As anyone who reads my posts will know I've been having balance problems whi...

Sparklingsunshine

•2 years ago

6 Replies

Trying B vitamins

Hi everyone Im currently trying 25mcg of Levo (northstar) after reacting badly to a trail of 50mcg. I am 3 weeks in and am feeling slightly worse than...

Hi everyone Im currently trying 25mcg of Levo (northstar) after reacting badly...

Artynorthener

•2 years ago

4 Replies

Posts - Thyroid UK | HealthUnlocked

Thyroid UK

All posts for October 2022

Questions to ask GP on Brand New Diagnosis

New results

Thyroid levels?? And soring pressure headache, neck ache (back & front) and soreness around eyes for 3 days.

Thorne Basic B - £16.91 each for 2 or more.

GP appointment - NHS or NICE guidelines? Sources for TSH info?

Vitamin D & tolerating thyroid medication

Highlighting a DippyDame essential read if your TSH is low but you still feel grim

secondary hypo

Thyroid levels

Advice 'again' please 🙏

T3, AFIB, Anyone else have both

Livalo Station and Hashimoto's

THANK YOU

monitor my health results

Depression getting worse

‘National shortage’ of drivers behind AAH delivery delays, wholesaler says

Raised a.m. cortisol and Magnesium, are these levels a concern please?

getting T3 in Europe

Change to Thyroid Tests after 40 years of the same dose of Throxine

thoughts on these blood results?

Dose increases but TSH rising and T4 and T3 falling

Roma Liothyronine Capsules

ELTROXIN 100mg availability

Liothyronine Capsules

Let down yet again - where can I get NDT?

Lloyds Pharmacy Levothyroxine 100mcg/5ml Oral Solution ingredients?

Despairing spouse

Bloods advice on dosage please

Update on ENT Consultation.

Trying B vitamins

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