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Levothyroxine getting less effective?

Hi all I've written before and found it very useful so hoping you can help again. I have just switched doctors surgeries and as such lost access to my online...

Hi all I've written before and found it very useful so hoping you can help agai...

firearcade

•4 months ago

5 Replies

Blood test protocol?

I've booked a full thyroid blood test and there's no specific advice about when to take my last dose of levothyroxine (usually 10pm), or vitamins and...

I've booked a full thyroid blood test and there's no specific advice about when ...

Ripley59

•4 months ago

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Happy New Year! Newbie, posting results for help/advice please following my “shock” post in December

Still trying to digest everything from my December diagnosis of Hashimoto’s and advice given. Instead of adding to my previous post I thought it better to...

Still trying to digest everything from my December diagnosis of Hashimoto’s and...

Benjipuss

•4 months ago

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Consensus Statement...use of liothyronine... and Dr Taylor's petition for more research funding

It's been posted before but another reason to add your name to Dr Peter Taylor's petition! Please! https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/642233 The...

It's been posted before but another reason to add your name to Dr Peter Taylor'...

DippyDame

•4 months ago

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Help Reading Results

Hi the GP wants to lower my levothyroxine after my latest bloods.I currently take 100 and weigh 75kg Can someone advise me as I'm clueless. Thanks in advance

Hi the GP wants to lower my levothyroxine after my latest bloods.I currently tak...

Moonlight5

•4 months ago

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I am looking for a doctor who can prescribe me the correct ratio of T4:T3

Hi everyone, I am from outside the UK and I am looking for a doctor who can prescribe me the correct ratio of T4:T3. Do you have any recommendations?

Hi everyone, I am from outside the UK and I am looking for a doctor who can pres...

Nayeef

•4 months ago

21 Replies

HRT Questions

I wondered if any members could recommend or suggest good bioidentical HRT products. I've been on HRT for nearly 7 years. I went into menopause very abruptly...

I wondered if any members could recommend or suggest good bioidentical HRT prod...

Sparklingsunshine

•4 months ago

8 Replies

Endocrinologist recommendation in London area

hi, I’m going back to the hospital next week to repeat the blood test but I realised it’s just going to be the emergency team and I assume it’s going to be a...

hi, I’m going back to the hospital next week to repeat the blood test but I real...

Kari55

•4 months ago

1 Reply

Normal BMI, high body fat percentage - what gives?

Hi folks. Happy New Year to us all. I have what feels like a strange situation. Having done ZOE last summer and then upped my Levothyroxine per the advice on...

Hi folks. Happy New Year to us all. I have what feels like a strange situation...

WaystarRoyco

•4 months ago

19 Replies

TSH STILL 00.1 AFTER HALVING T3 DOSE TO CONCIEVE AND REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGIST RECOMMENDATIONS IN LONDON OR MANCHESTER PLEASE

Hi all HMY! I have been on T3 for about 8 years very successfully and VERY happy on 20mg daily T3 and 150mcg thyroxine. I felt great. Whichever endo I see...

Hi all HMY! I have been on T3 for about 8 years very successfully and VERY happ...

AuntieMandy

•4 months ago

18 Replies

HRT or not?

I’m currently taking 75mg of levo & a lot of other vitamins, but still feel tired in the afternoons. I usually need a 2 hour nap, but it’s difficult as I...

I’m currently taking 75mg of levo & a lot of other vitamins, but still feel tir...

Beautifulmagnolia

•4 months ago

9 Replies

Still trying to test……

Any advice please? I’ve been putting off my annual Medichecks for various reasons, looking for an optimal time to do it - ie, post colonoscopy, post covid jab,...

Any advice please? I’ve been putting off my annual Medichecks for various reason...

Calceolaria

•4 months ago

4 Replies

HRT Question

Hello Ladies I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and wishing you all a joyous, prosperous and blessed 2024, in good health and happiness! I wanted to...

Hello Ladies I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and wishing you all a joy...

Amazon07

•4 months ago

107 Replies

Iron supplement recommendations please

Can anyone recommend an iron supplement that won't cause constipation? My iron is low so GP prescribed me 200mg Ferrus Sulphate. I'm supposed to be taking 3 a...

Can anyone recommend an iron supplement that won't cause constipation? My iron i...

Mummybear0213

•4 months ago

36 Replies

hypothyroidism and surgical menopause

Anyone struggling with hypothyroidism and surgical menopause? I could use support as I am struggling with both and trying to find how to distinguish which is...

Anyone struggling with hypothyroidism and surgical menopause? I could use suppo...

MarteeAnn

•4 months ago

7 Replies

Amalgam Removal Advice

Hi. New in here and not sure what I’m doing so hope this hits the right target. I’m researching getting my old amalgams removed and replaced with better...

Hi. New in here and not sure what I’m doing so hope this hits the right target. ...

RibenaDragon

•4 months ago

12 Replies

Starting T3

Hi all,I've decided to start T3. Can you please advise me how to introduce it/how much to reduce levo by? Also, I've read posts which have recommended that...

Hi all,I've decided to start T3. Can you please advise me how to introduce it/ho...

Cassav

•4 months ago

12 Replies

Do my blood test results indicate a Thyroid issue?

Hi and Happy New Year! I am new to the forum and looking for some advice. I recently had thyroid blood tests due to symptoms and a goitre. The results have...

Hi and Happy New Year! I am new to the forum and looking for some advice. I rece...

Zephyr06

•4 months ago

5 Replies

Head/neck pressure

Does anyone know what causes this? I had it a few years back, right at the start of my thyroid journey, and when I now know I was on levo but it was doing...

Does anyone know what causes this? I had it a few years back, right at the sta...

Murphysmum

•4 months ago

7 Replies

Levothyroxine

Has anyone suffered severe headaches on the levothyroxine brands - Teva, or Mercury, or wockharedt please? looking for personal experiences as have been...

Has anyone suffered severe headaches on the levothyroxine brands - Teva, or Merc...

PureHolistica

•4 months ago

8 Replies

Looking for advice for my daughter.

Hi it's me again but this time I'm looking for advice for my daughter who has had Hypothyroidism since a teenager. Now 45. I've told her she needs to...

Hi it's me again but this time I'm looking for advice for my daughter who has ha...

Otto11

•4 months ago

5 Replies

New Member - Thank you

Since my first post a couple of weeks ago I have been reading and researching information posted on here. It's been so valuable thank you very much. So to...

Since my first post a couple of weeks ago I have been reading and researching in...

Musicfrequency

•4 months ago

8 Replies

Brilliant presentation!

It’s good to hear that the right messages are getting out there. This presentation was at a Low Carb conference....

It’s good to hear that the right messages are getting out there. This presentati...

dolphin5

•4 months ago

15 Replies

I9 years

9 years of rectal itching afyer thyroid removal. Done all all test is this worms? No movement, horrendously itchy anus. Every night. Had gallbladder out 3...

9 years of rectal itching afyer thyroid removal. Done all all test is this worms...

anetap4545

•4 months ago

22 Replies

Interesting article about Heart Failure and Thyroid Replacement…

Thyroid Replacement Therapy and Heart Failure Anthony Martin Gerdes and Giorgio Iervasi Originally published27 Jul...

Thyroid Replacement Therapy and Heart Failure Anthony Martin Gerdes and Giorgio...

Batty1

•4 months ago

8 Replies

Happy New Year Everyone!!

It's 2024!!! I want to thank this lovely group for all their support, amazing minds, determination, knowledge, ability to analyse, research and steadfastness...

It's 2024!!! I want to thank this lovely group for all their support, amazing mi...

waveylines

•4 months ago

12 Replies

Teva - short supply

Happy New Year everyone , Is anyone else finding it difficult to get 100mcg and 50 mcg Teva Levothyroxine ? I had a thyroidectomy 6 years ago and have been...

Happy New Year everyone , Is anyone else finding it difficult to get 100mcg and...

CheerfulCharlie

•4 months ago

4 Replies

Did somebody say there was a list of symptoms

Is there a list of symptoms to help you acertain if you are under or over medicated. I am struggling to get dose right. If I increase slightly I am awake all...

Is there a list of symptoms to help you acertain if you are under or over medica...

Hectorsmum2

•4 months ago

14 Replies

Posts - Thyroid UK | HealthUnlocked

Thyroid UK

All posts for January 2024

Levothyroxine getting less effective?

Blood test protocol?

Happy New Year! Newbie, posting results for help/advice please following my “shock” post in December

Consensus Statement...use of liothyronine... and Dr Taylor's petition for more research funding

Help Reading Results

I am looking for a doctor who can prescribe me the correct ratio of T4:T3

HRT Questions

Endocrinologist recommendation in London area

Normal BMI, high body fat percentage - what gives?

TSH STILL 00.1 AFTER HALVING T3 DOSE TO CONCIEVE AND REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGIST RECOMMENDATIONS IN LONDON OR MANCHESTER PLEASE

HRT or not?

Still trying to test……

HRT Question

Iron supplement recommendations please

hypothyroidism and surgical menopause

Amalgam Removal Advice

Starting T3

Do my blood test results indicate a Thyroid issue?

Head/neck pressure

Levothyroxine

Looking for advice for my daughter.

New Member - Thank you

Brilliant presentation!

I9 years

Interesting article about Heart Failure and Thyroid Replacement…

Happy New Year Everyone!!

Teva - short supply

Did somebody say there was a list of symptoms

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