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Test results

Hi I was on 50mg levo 6 weeks ago I increased to 75mg I had blood test after 6 weeks, no B supplements the week before, and didn't take levo morning of blood...

Hi I was on 50mg levo 6 weeks ago I increased to 75mg I had blood test after 6 w...

Dawney63

•9 months ago

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T3 Source

Hello, I have been banging my head off the wall (aka NHS) for 9 months now...and they refuse to prescribe medication....just diet/exercise; which I already do...

Hello, I have been banging my head off the wall (aka NHS) for 9 months now...an...

Entropy0101

•9 months ago

1 Reply

Is there a list on here of optimal level for Results

Can someone please tell me is there anywhere on this site that just lists all the Thyroid Figures and other Blood tests and shows what is the level we should...

Can someone please tell me is there anywhere on this site that just lists all th...

Sunflower535

•9 months ago

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Iodine avidity in papillary and poorly differentiated thyroid cancer is predicted by immunohistochemical and molecular work-up

In order for radio-iodine treatment to work, the radioactive iodine has to be taken into the target tissue. "Avidity" is how strong the uptake of iodine into...

In order for radio-iodine treatment to work, the radioactive iodine has to be ta...

helvella

Administrator•9 months ago

1 Reply

Improvement then worsening thyroid

I'm on 3.5 Grain NDT. I get a improment in sleep and depression. In the 5 week my depression worsen and i got daily nightmares. Now I reached week 6 and the...

I'm on 3.5 Grain NDT. I get a improment in sleep and depression. In the 5 week m...

charley123

•9 months ago

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Why did I go looking... Zinc inhibits cortisol

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1702662/ So I need to add that into the supplement timing game... not much good taking it at the same time as Hydrocortisone...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1702662/ So I need to add that into the supplem...

TiggerMe

•9 months ago

47 Replies

Thyroid Endocrinologist

Hello, Has anyone on this forum had any experience with Dr Deborah Bosman, at St Richards Hospital Chichester , I would like some opinions on her knowledge...

Hello, Has anyone on this forum had any experience with Dr Deborah Bosman, at St...

SassyMH

•9 months ago

1 Reply

Help with supplements

I recently had bloods taken and the doctors has prescribed 100 mcg of levothyroxine which I have started. I had a lot of symptoms and just had a baby but...

I recently had bloods taken and the doctors has prescribed 100 mcg of levothyro...

NicoleHam

•9 months ago

11 Replies

Not quite right

Good afternoon I am taking 15mg (split into 3 doses) T3 and 75mg Levothyroxine daily. I am very symptomatic again - hair loss, weight gain and the awful...

Good afternoon I am taking 15mg (split into 3 doses) T3 and 75mg Levothyroxine ...

KHSC

•9 months ago

18 Replies

Very confused by blood test results - grateful for help please

Hi All, Further to my previous posts, I continue to be very unwell, with my main symptoms being severe fatigue and disabling cognitive symptoms. As I have...

Hi All, Further to my previous posts, I continue to be very unwell, with my mai...

Elizabean

•9 months ago

39 Replies

Carbimazole and weight gain

Hi all I started taking Carbimazole 20 mg last May/June and since than I have gain 2,5 pounds. I'm very sad as I'm already fat . I lost 1 stone last year by...

Hi all I started taking Carbimazole 20 mg last May/June and since than I have g...

vanbr

•9 months ago

12 Replies

Looking for Thyroid S Supplier PM only!

I have requested details from my normal supplier but I am not getting any reply. I am running very low and worried I am going to run out. Levothyroxine is no...

I have requested details from my normal supplier but I am not getting any reply....

Dramlouie

•9 months ago

1 Reply

Thyroid blood results

Hi This is my second time of posting as I didn’t include all my results and enough information in my first post. I have had a blood test done through...

Hi This is my second time of posting as I didn’t include all my results and en...

HappydaysDevon

•9 months ago

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On Thyroxine - 8 weeks bloods shows TSH has dropped but still feel dreadful.

Hi all I’m on daily 50mg Levothyroxine for 8 weeks after private bloods showed the following; TSH 6.51 (R 0.27-4.2) T3 4.1 (R 3.1-6.8) T4 14.6 (R 12-22)...

Hi all I’m on daily 50mg Levothyroxine for 8 weeks after private bloods showe...

Tired_MiddleAged

•9 months ago

16 Replies

SHBG test through Medichecks?

I'm set with an appointment with a menopause clinic in a couple of weeks for an HRT consult and noticed that their charges for some of the tests were quite a...

I'm set with an appointment with a menopause clinic in a couple of weeks for an ...

wavedancers

•9 months ago

3 Replies

Hight TSH and High LDL cholesterol connection

Hello my latest blood test shown High TSH (6.36), and high LDL cholesterol (6), I had full blood test done in May and my TSH was very low (0.26)that s why...

Hello my latest blood test shown High TSH (6.36), and high LDL cholesterol (6), ...

deni78

•9 months ago

45 Replies

eBook progress

Update on the eBook on Thyroid diagnosis/treatment. We are quite close now to putting the eBook into its final form. Throughout the chapters, the emphasis is...

Update on the eBook on Thyroid diagnosis/treatment. We are quite close now to ...

diogenes

Remembering•9 months ago

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Thoughts on bloods please :)

Hello! Here are my bloods after taking 75mcg levo, I’m doing mostly better but wondering if it is worth asking for another increase? Should I try 87.5mcg...

Hello! Here are my bloods after taking 75mcg levo, I’m doing mostly better bu...

GreenTealSeal

•9 months ago

3 Replies

Endocrinologist appointment

Hi all, I hope you're well. After being diagnosed with auto immune thyroid disease, my doctor hasn't been overly helpful and I am unable to book an...

Hi all, I hope you're well. After being diagnosed with auto immune thyroid dis...

Spenny1

•9 months ago

11 Replies

Endocrinologists and NDT Lancashire

Good morning I wonder if anyone could message me please regarding any endocrinologists who deal with NDT in the Lancashire area and advise me of their...

Good morning I wonder if anyone could message me please regarding any endocrinol...

Joeybobs

•9 months ago

1 Reply

Endocrinologists and NDT Lancashire

Good morning I'm just wondering if anyone has any recomendations for endocrinologists preferably East Lancashire otherwise Lancashire in general who have an...

Good morning I'm just wondering if anyone has any recomendations for endocrinolo...

Joeybobs

•9 months ago

1 Reply

Calculating T4 and T3

Morning all It’s been talked about many times on here regarding T4 equivalent to T3. If it’s possible to know that - and I’m not sure it is. At least not...

Morning all It’s been talked about many times on here regarding T4 equivalent t...

Noelnoel

•9 months ago

6 Replies

Please help me understand T3 etc as a medication

Hi I was diagnosed in December 2019 with an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism) with a T4 reading of 99, with palpitations and heat intolerance amongst my...

Hi I was diagnosed in December 2019 with an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidis...

GOgrannyGO

•9 months ago

10 Replies

Results

Hello allCan you help me with my results I know your not medical professionals but with your expertise maybe you can assist My doctors have changed my...

Hello allCan you help me with my results I know your not medical professionals b...

Castroll

•9 months ago

7 Replies

Cortisol

Morning, I've got a blood test for cortisol and prolactin, doc has suggested that it's done am. Question is do I still take levothyroxine/vitamins as normal......

Morning, I've got a blood test for cortisol and prolactin, doc has suggested th...

HashiJ

•9 months ago

1 Reply

Slow and irregular heart rate with T3

I have taken NHS prescribed T3 only since 2012, three doses: 20 mcg 7am 10 mcg 3pm , 20 mcg 10 pm. 65 bpm is my normal resting rate. In the past I have had...

I have taken NHS prescribed T3 only since 2012, three doses: 20 mcg 7am 10 mcg 3...

Yostie

•9 months ago

4 Replies

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All posts for August 2023

Test results

T3 Source

Is there a list on here of optimal level for Results

Iodine avidity in papillary and poorly differentiated thyroid cancer is predicted by immunohistochemical and molecular work-up

Improvement then worsening thyroid

Why did I go looking... Zinc inhibits cortisol

Thyroid Endocrinologist

Help with supplements

Not quite right

Very confused by blood test results - grateful for help please

Carbimazole and weight gain

Looking for Thyroid S Supplier PM only!

Thyroid blood results

On Thyroxine - 8 weeks bloods shows TSH has dropped but still feel dreadful.

SHBG test through Medichecks?

Hight TSH and High LDL cholesterol connection

eBook progress

Thoughts on bloods please :)

Endocrinologist appointment

Endocrinologists and NDT Lancashire

Endocrinologists and NDT Lancashire

Calculating T4 and T3

Please help me understand T3 etc as a medication

Results

Cortisol

Slow and irregular heart rate with T3

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