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magnesium

hello all, I’m still on my journey, trying to get my levels at the right spot for me. I’ve just had a further increase of levothyroxine to 75 mcgs, much to...

hello all, I’m still on my journey, trying to get my levels at the right spot f...

TeeDee63

•1 year ago

4 Replies

Are Endocrinologists interested in Thyroid Genes?

I've got my Blue Horizon Gene Results back... very interesting! I'm even more 'Special' than even I thought 🤣 Is there any point sharing with my...

I've got my Blue Horizon Gene Results back... very interesting! I'm even more ...

TiggerMe

•1 year ago

6 Replies

Genes etc.

Hi there can someone give me a listing of any issues that might block thyroid hormone getting through in some people. Sorry not put very well but can't...

Hi there can someone give me a listing of any issues that might block thyroid ho...

posthinking01

•1 year ago

11 Replies

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Perspective: The High-Folate–Low-Vitamin B-12 Interaction Is a Novel Cause of Vitamin B-12 Depletion with a Specific Etiology—A Hypothesis

Note: This paper is presented by its own authors as a hypothesis rather than a wholly proved and accepted theory. However, excess folic acid has...

Note: This paper is presented by its own authors as a hypothesis rather than a w...

helvella

Administrator•1 year ago

7 Replies

Low ferritin and cognition, does it make you feel foggy?

Has anyone experienced a drop in cognition when ferritin levels have dropped? I was feeling mentally sharp a few weeks ago, not that my ferritin was...

Has anyone experienced a drop in cognition when ferritin levels have dropped? I...

TiggerMe

•1 year ago

9 Replies

Reformer and Rebounding

I have done reformer Pilates for 14 years but after my parathyroidectomy and partial thyroidectomy I lost most of the strength I’d built up and had a lot of...

I have done reformer Pilates for 14 years but after my parathyroidectomy and par...

RobinRosieDibs123

•1 year ago

3 Replies

Planned c-section and post partum

Hi, i have a planned c section coming up and would need to fast 12 hours prior surgery. I also need to take medications to prepare for c-section. I was...

Hi, i have a planned c section coming up and would need to fast 12 hours prior s...

Chamomile2020

•1 year ago

3 Replies

holidaying in the states

hi everyone. I am off to New York in a few days and wondered how to manage my thyroid meds with the time difference I take my levothyroxine at 5 am every day...

hi everyone. I am off to New York in a few days and wondered how to manage my th...

Wilky21

•1 year ago

14 Replies

Graves or not?

Is 2.6 U/L (Range <2.00) a borderline TSI result or is it definitely Graves? Am I trying to find the right dose for Hashimoto's when I should be blocking and...

Is 2.6 U/L (Range <2.00) a borderline TSI result or is it definitely Graves? Am...

Kriticat

•1 year ago

6 Replies

Any advice on getting stronger, less flabby and happier?

I have been thinking about strength training... A woman at work has been talking to me about it. Has anyone tried it? Last time I did a pilates class I cried...

I have been thinking about strength training... A woman at work has been talking...

GrowingVeg

•1 year ago

17 Replies

Atrial Fibrillation and thyroid function

Hello all, Managed to get myself involved in a Twitter chain about the above. BTA posted this study which seems to show different things to some of the...

Hello all, Managed to get myself involved in a Twitter chain about the above. B...

kreamtee

•1 year ago

6 Replies

Blue Horizon gene results came with this advice...? No mention of B Vit's for hypo's

I was surprised to see no mention of B Vit's for Hypo's?

TiggerMe

•1 year ago

53 Replies

Under active Thyroid with symptoms!

I have a long history of thyroid problems, diagnosed in 1986 with Graves Disease, had a Thyroidectomy in 1988, have been taking thyroxine since late 1988. In...

I have a long history of thyroid problems, diagnosed in 1986 with Graves Disease...

Chelly04

•1 year ago

3 Replies

Update to previous posts.

Hi this is really just a vent Hi, i haven't posted on her for about a year while i waited to get an appointment with a different consultant. I was advised...

Hi this is really just a vent Hi, i haven't posted on her for about a year whi...

Alfiecat22

•1 year ago

10 Replies

Sending Category B Biological Specimens During Royal Mail Strike. HELP!

Hi, got a phlebotomist booked for first thing Weds AM. Sending one package to Genova Diagnostics. No problem they have an account with DHL and courier is...

Hi, got a phlebotomist booked for first thing Weds AM. Sending one package to Ge...

MacG

•1 year ago

13 Replies

Blood tests after a year or so of T3

Hello everyone, I was recently forced to have a thyroid blood test by new gp as haven't had one for two years on levo (75mg). Obviously they want to now cut...

Hello everyone, I was recently forced to have a thyroid blood test by new gp as...

Donutlight

•1 year ago

6 Replies

Low folate

Hi all not been on here for a while..but good to be back.Ive been having tingling and calf twitching. After a holiday. On holiday i did pull my back.. and also...

Hi all not been on here for a while..but good to be back.Ive been having tinglin...

Spotydave

•1 year ago

39 Replies

Systems can degrade - the endocrine system is no different.

I put this in a string, but wanted to share as a post. I have no medical training only scientific. I think this makes me look at things differently. The...

I put this in a string, but wanted to share as a post. I have no medical traini...

Charlie-Farley

•1 year ago

58 Replies

LOST quote/guidelines, REFS? 'the primary aim in managing patients......is that the patient feels well'???

Hallo, have I completely made this up, or does anyone know what I'm on about? I'm sure I remember seeing some reference, guideline, or post which states...

Hallo, have I completely made this up, or does anyone know what I'm on about? ...

turquoisea7

•1 year ago

6 Replies

NDT and bloods advice

Hello Have been stable on ERFA 125 mg + 75mcg levothyroxine for last few years. Bloods recently TSH < 0.01 ft4 26 and sadly just seen that they only measured...

Hello Have been stable on ERFA 125 mg + 75mcg levothyroxine for last few years....

cllano

•1 year ago

8 Replies

Recent results

Hi everyone, Wondering if anyone could help my decipher my results again? For context, I am 41 and trying to conceive. These are follow up tests to the...

Hi everyone, Wondering if anyone could help my decipher my results again? For ...

Becsf

•1 year ago

8 Replies

Explain in a succinct way the meaning of all the Thyroid function jargon

I know I should know all this but I can’t get my head around the T3, T4, FTs TSHs blah blah blah and what each does and what they should do. To absorb the...

I know I should know all this but I can’t get my head around the T3, T4, FTs TSH...

Suffolklady

•1 year ago

15 Replies

Switching brands of Thyroxine

Hi there...I'm new to this forum so hello to all fellow sufferers out there. I've recently been reading about the issues that surround the swapping of...

Hi there...I'm new to this forum so hello to all fellow sufferers out there. ...

MagicMadge

•1 year ago

7 Replies

Thyroid S availability

I have not heard from my usual supplier of Thyroid S, despite sending them a number of emails. I notice someone else had this problem recently. Could someone...

I have not heard from my usual supplier of Thyroid S, despite sending them a num...

Scazzoh

•1 year ago

1 Reply

levothyroxine expiry date

Hi, This may be a daft question but I hate waste. I have a couple of unopened boxes of levothyroxine 6 months out of date and wondered if I can still use...

Hi, This may be a daft question but I hate waste. I have a couple of unopened ...

Lizf1006

•1 year ago

6 Replies

Teva liothyronine

I read that many people do not get on with TEVA liothyronine. Since it is the only NHS approved T3 without acacia which I react to I have been limited to this...

I read that many people do not get on with TEVA liothyronine. Since it is the on...

Patriciawoodward

•1 year ago

19 Replies

DHEA or PREGNENOLONE?

Hello lovely Peeps I’ve had low DHEA and my Endo prescribed 50mcg DHEA for me. I also take 4 grains of NDT and 100 Oestrogen. The DHEA has worked really...

Hello lovely Peeps I’ve had low DHEA and my Endo prescribed 50mcg DHEA for me. ...

PixieElv

•1 year ago

4 Replies

Petitions for better thyroid health treatment

When there have been petitions done about better use / availability of multiple thyroid medications, what is the biggest number of signature that this kind of...

When there have been petitions done about better use / availability of multiple ...

HowNowWhatNow

•1 year ago

57 Replies

Results with symptoms

Hello everyone: I have new results and would appreciate some advice/suggestions. I was taking 75mg Erfa thyroid + 25 mcg Synthroid @ 7am when these labs were...

Hello everyone: I have new results and would appreciate some advice/suggestion...

Rosebud1955

•1 year ago

11 Replies

Should I take my Thyroid meds before or after a Synacthen Test?

Hi all I have a 9am SST on Tuesday and I am wondering if I take my Thyroid meds before or after? Also, I’ve been taking all my other supplements and my B12...

Hi all I have a 9am SST on Tuesday and I am wondering if I take my Thyroid meds...

Lindsayf

•1 year ago

2 Replies

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All posts for November 2022

magnesium

Are Endocrinologists interested in Thyroid Genes?

Genes etc.

Perspective: The High-Folate–Low-Vitamin B-12 Interaction Is a Novel Cause of Vitamin B-12 Depletion with a Specific Etiology—A Hypothesis

Low ferritin and cognition, does it make you feel foggy?

Reformer and Rebounding

Planned c-section and post partum

holidaying in the states

Graves or not?

Any advice on getting stronger, less flabby and happier?

Atrial Fibrillation and thyroid function

Blue Horizon gene results came with this advice...? No mention of B Vit's for hypo's

Under active Thyroid with symptoms!

Update to previous posts.

Sending Category B Biological Specimens During Royal Mail Strike. HELP!

Blood tests after a year or so of T3

Low folate

Systems can degrade - the endocrine system is no different.

LOST quote/guidelines, REFS? 'the primary aim in managing patients......is that the patient feels well'???

NDT and bloods advice

Recent results

Explain in a succinct way the meaning of all the Thyroid function jargon

Switching brands of Thyroxine

Thyroid S availability

levothyroxine expiry date

Teva liothyronine

DHEA or PREGNENOLONE?

Petitions for better thyroid health treatment

Results with symptoms

Should I take my Thyroid meds before or after a Synacthen Test?

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