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Help with results please!

Did blood test with Medichecks - have attached results and would really appreciate advice. My TSH has historically been suppressed as it’s the only way I feel...

Did blood test with Medichecks - have attached results and would really apprecia...

nadchaoli

•1 year ago

6 Replies

Hi getting these new symptoms

So last couple weeks been getting some weird symptoms and doctor couldn’t fine anything wrong from what they know. I’m getting like an on and off blocked nose...

So last couple weeks been getting some weird symptoms and doctor couldn’t fine a...

Dshadzz07

•1 year ago

7 Replies

is this ok

I had a total thyroidectomy 11 years ago and I’m on 175 levothyroxine and 60 liothyronine but I feel bad and looked at my bloods and they look low on T3...

I had a total thyroidectomy 11 years ago and I’m on 175 levothyroxine and 60 li...

Justmayb

•1 year ago

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eating and NDT advice please

hi all please may I ask for advice regarding NDT? I’ve been taking my morning dose as I would t4; empty stomach and nothing for an hour after. I’m due to add...

hi all please may I ask for advice regarding NDT? I’ve been taking my morning ...

Knackeredandcross

•1 year ago

44 Replies

Newly diagnosed thinking of trying metavive.

I’m a 50 year old male and I’ve been experiencing a variety of symptoms for probably the last 4 years looking back. I didn’t even realise the thyroid was such...

I’m a 50 year old male and I’ve been experiencing a variety of symptoms for prob...

ockerdoc

•1 year ago

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euthyrox side affects

i want to mention all this side affects i have as soon as i started euthyrox shallow breathing tittinus very loud headache at the back of my scull...

i want to mention all this side affects i have as soon as i started euthyro...

morcan54

•1 year ago

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Thyroid results

I would appreciate an opinion on these results .To cut a story I have had quite a lot of stress in the past year which has elevated my cortisol levels which...

I would appreciate an opinion on these results .To cut a story I have had quite ...

Grampiangirl

•1 year ago

2 Replies

Hospital Advice

So I am going into hospital soon for major surgery and apart from the obvious stress I am concerned about my medication. It seems I am meant to take in my...

So I am going into hospital soon for major surgery and apart from the obvious st...

carnation

•1 year ago

15 Replies

6 week messed up bloodtest

Hi all, after my last bloodtest i was advised to reduce my levo dose by 12.5mcg 3 days a week, as per my last post i proper messed up and reduced by 37.5mcg 3...

Hi all, after my last bloodtest i was advised to reduce my levo dose by 12.5mcg ...

catpurple7

•1 year ago

11 Replies

Help with interpretation of Vitamins please!

Help...do need supplementation; I was taking 2 Ferrous fumarate after low levels but reduced to 1 tablet now. I take 5000 vitamin D softgel Thorne Selenium...

Help...do need supplementation; I was taking 2 Ferrous fumarate after low levels...

Lavender-Blue

•1 year ago

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Bizarre Thyroid Quote from 1941

We regularly despair at science and medicine seemingly missing so much about thyroid physiology and processes. However, every so often, we see something so...

We regularly despair at science and medicine seemingly missing so much about thy...

helvella

Administrator•1 year ago

9 Replies

Vitimins/supplements to help an under active thyroid

has anyone got any help for me. Since my radio iodine treatment, I’m flat and slow. even an alternative to Levothyroxine would be good. Thank you!

has anyone got any help for me. Since my radio iodine treatment, I’m flat and sl...

Bigthensmallthenbig

•1 year ago

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From darkness into light and almost all the way back again

I went mad in 2016. Nothing was too crazy for me. I even considered driving off a cliff. The madness was accompanied by paranoia and doubt which got very dark...

I went mad in 2016. Nothing was too crazy for me. I even considered driving off ...

Bigthensmallthenbig

•1 year ago

31 Replies

Vitamins

Is there a Vade Mercum (like Helvella"s medication list) available on here for Vitamin brands and ranges please? It would be most helpful if so!

Is there a Vade Mercum (like Helvella"s medication list) available on here for V...

Lavender-Blue

•1 year ago

10 Replies

hyperthyroidism - blood test result - what to ask doctor

My stepdaughter in Philippines has hyperthyroidism. Her recent blood test shows THS of 0.24 UIU/mL against a reference range of 0.4-5.5. So her TSH is below...

My stepdaughter in Philippines has hyperthyroidism. Her recent blood test shows ...

Adam10

•1 year ago

1 Reply

URGENT call from GP

Hi, I had my bloods taken early morning Friday. (Stupidly took my tiromel beforehand as forgot about appointment) -"menopause another story" Had an urgent call...

Hi, I had my bloods taken early morning Friday. (Stupidly took my tiromel before...

JellyJac

•1 year ago

11 Replies

Any guidance appreciated - photos in comments

Please find attached my latest bloods from gp. Prescription for 5mg of folic acid has been issued one a day for four months. Any advice on this be greatly...

Please find attached my latest bloods from gp. Prescription for 5mg of folic aci...

jodes86baldwin

•1 year ago

19 Replies

Those of you who take T3 at night

How do you split your dose if T3 if you take it just before bed?

lisan1

•1 year ago

9 Replies

Low iron in pregnancy; Spatone recommended - what was tested?

My daughter (euthyroid, six months pregnant, vegetarian) has just been for a check up with the midwife and has been told “your iron is low. It’s 109 and we...

My daughter (euthyroid, six months pregnant, vegetarian) has just been for a che...

Bearo

•1 year ago

1 Reply

How to request copies of NHS tests?

Hello, I've recently been for an ultrasound, how can I request a copy of the images? Is there a specific process/forms or how to go about it and not be fobbed...

Hello, I've recently been for an ultrasound, how can I request a copy of the im...

Kitten44

•1 year ago

1 Reply

Where to buy ndt?

I'm on Levaxin since 2012, still having alot of symtoms and in sweden ndt is rarely prescribed. I've tried with my doctor and it's a firm no. I've bought it...

I'm on Levaxin since 2012, still having alot of symtoms and in sweden ndt is rar...

Desperate_searcher

•1 year ago

2 Replies

Opinions on Dr Abbi Lulsegged

Hello, I’m considering seeing this Endocrinologist for thyroid and HRT. Please let me know your experiences by PM. Thanks.

Hello, I’m considering seeing this Endocrinologist for thyroid and HRT. Please ...

Serendipitious

•1 year ago

1 Reply

Thyroid hormone - taking it with (what?) food

This has cropped up today in the comments within another post...

RedApple

Administrator•1 year ago

11 Replies

T3, regime for starting?

So have sourced some T3, thank you to you lovely lot for the information I needed. Must admit feeling a little apprehensive but got to the point where I...

So have sourced some T3, thank you to you lovely lot for the information I neede...

Polo22

•1 year ago

9 Replies

Recommendations for Miss Tania Adib

Hi, I’ve just been recommended to see this lady. Please respond using PM with your experiences. Thanks.

Hi, I’ve just been recommended to see this lady. Please respond using PM with y...

Serendipitious

•1 year ago

1 Reply

Professor Dorota Dworakowska

I’ve just been recommended to see her for Thyroid/Hashimoto’s please send a PM with your experience. Thanks.

I’ve just been recommended to see her for Thyroid/Hashimoto’s please send a PM w...

Serendipitious

•1 year ago

1 Reply

Private Testing in Spain????

I’m working with someone who is interested to investigate his Thyroid & other hormone status. He lives in southern Spain, near Alicante. He’s working with...

I’m working with someone who is interested to investigate his Thyroid & other ho...

knackersyard

•1 year ago

6 Replies

dosage

Hi . I was taking 75mcg one day and 100 the next . A few weeks ago I was feeling awful . Freezing cold , exhausted etc . I had a blood test which came back...

Hi . I was taking 75mcg one day and 100 the next . A few weeks ago I was feelin...

1lolabear

•1 year ago

5 Replies

Thyroid and Colour Vision

An article in the Guardian the other day, has prompted me to post about the effect of thyroid hormone levels on our vision. A subject that does crop up...

An article in the Guardian the other day, has prompted me to post about the effe...

RedApple

Administrator•1 year ago

27 Replies

Does this mean better conversion

Hi all, Hope you're keeping well. Quick back story I used to take Levo and Glandular but had an issue with delivery last year and tried to move to T3 and...

Hi all, Hope you're keeping well. Quick back story I used to take Levo and Gla...

Thyroid_mum

•1 year ago

26 Replies

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All posts for May 2023

Help with results please!

Hi getting these new symptoms

is this ok

eating and NDT advice please

Newly diagnosed thinking of trying metavive.

euthyrox side affects

Thyroid results

Hospital Advice

6 week messed up bloodtest

Help with interpretation of Vitamins please!

Bizarre Thyroid Quote from 1941

Vitimins/supplements to help an under active thyroid

From darkness into light and almost all the way back again

Vitamins

hyperthyroidism - blood test result - what to ask doctor

URGENT call from GP

Any guidance appreciated - photos in comments

Those of you who take T3 at night

Low iron in pregnancy; Spatone recommended - what was tested?

How to request copies of NHS tests?

Where to buy ndt?

Opinions on Dr Abbi Lulsegged

Thyroid hormone - taking it with (what?) food

T3, regime for starting?

Recommendations for Miss Tania Adib

Professor Dorota Dworakowska

Private Testing in Spain????

dosage

Thyroid and Colour Vision

Does this mean better conversion

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