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Advice regarding Thyroid levels

Hi Could do with some advice regarding my thyroid test levels. I have Hashimoto's but am not taking thyroid medication due to my TSH levels not being high...

Hi Could do with some advice regarding my thyroid test levels. I have Hashimo...

Justine_Case

•9 months ago

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ashwaghanda & biocitin

hey all - I have been recommended to take Ashwaghanda (to addresss adrenals) & biocitin (to address gut) - can anyone who is taken / has taken recommend how...

hey all - I have been recommended to take Ashwaghanda (to addresss adrenals) & b...

Gosierunn

•9 months ago

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Problems with Teva

Hi all, lf I am having a reaction to Teva it has just been suggested to me by a friend about taking an antihistamine. Do you think this would help?. I don't...

Hi all, lf I am having a reaction to Teva it has just been suggested to me by a ...

Timmyroo

•9 months ago

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T3 and updates.

Hope everyone is having a good day and not pouring it down and misty as it is here. Managed to have a telephone consultation with my usual Dr. today that I...

Hope everyone is having a good day and not pouring it down and misty as it is he...

Benjipuss

•9 months ago

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Dr Richard Pope

Hi all. My T4-T3 conversion is rubbish, and I have had to slightly reduce my Levo to get my T4 back down into the range. Symptoms are now coming back, and I’m...

Hi all. My T4-T3 conversion is rubbish, and I have had to slightly reduce my Lev...

Ukie

•9 months ago

1 Reply

would you add more T3?

hi all, I’ve just got my latest results back, 12 hours between T3 last meds and test (26 hours for T4). I’m on 20mcg of T3 (10mcg in the morning, 5 at lunch...

hi all, I’ve just got my latest results back, 12 hours between T3 last meds an...

Thyroid_mum

•9 months ago

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Help needed with test results, my GP is unhelpful!

Hello, I am desperate for some help with my results. I have had all the symptoms of under active for the last ten years. My late mum, sister, late aunt and...

Hello, I am desperate for some help with my results. I have had all the sympto...

Maisiemophead

•9 months ago

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Problems with Teva

Hi everyone thank you so much for all you replies I am so grateful. They have taken some of the anxiety away now I know how to move forward. My Doctor has...

Hi everyone thank you so much for all you replies I am so grateful. They have t...

Timmyroo

•9 months ago

1 Reply

dose enquiry

Hi all 😊 On 125.5mcg levothyroxine my TSH went down to below normal, so my doctor reduced the dose to 100mcg. I did a medicheck test 13-12-23 TSH 2.43...

Hi all 😊 On 125.5mcg levothyroxine my TSH went down to below normal, so my doc...

Pastelart

•9 months ago

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Drug allergy: diagnosis and management

NICE Guidance I have only today found the NICE guidelines on drug allergy! (They have been in existence since 2014.) We have had numerous...

NICE Guidance I have only today found the NICE guidelines on drug allergy! (The...

helvella

Administrator•9 months ago

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Pub med article challenging traditional TSH-based approach

Hope the web address works - interesting! In a study evaluating tissue function tests before total thyroidectomy and at 1 year postoperatively when...

Hope the web address works - interesting! In a study evaluating tissue funct...

woofa27

•9 months ago

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having bloods taken for Thyroid

I have my appointment at 8.40am for my bloods , is it best to take my thyroxine after my blood test. Or should I take it in the night. I have stopped my Biotin...

I have my appointment at 8.40am for my bloods , is it best to take my thyroxine ...

Lolaknit

•9 months ago

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Blood test results

I wondered if anyone has any comments on my bloods please? I have posted about my low ferritin and suppressed TSH but wondered if anything else popped out?...

I wondered if anyone has any comments on my bloods please? I have posted about m...

CornishChick

•9 months ago

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Brilliant Charley-Farley quote repost -for a monday morning giggle

Just rediscovered this quote from Charley-Farley this weekend: The range is not a cup and the patient is not a pingpong ball and if the doctor/endo gets...

Just rediscovered this quote from Charley-Farley this weekend: The range is n...

woofa27

•9 months ago

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palpitations and cold

hi all, newbie here. I was diagnosed under active 4 yrs ago. No symptoms but it was picked up in a blood test. 4 years on and have been suffering palpitations...

hi all, newbie here. I was diagnosed under active 4 yrs ago. No symptoms but it ...

Stokie108

•9 months ago

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Medicheck home blood test

HelloHas anyone got any tips for the fingertip blood test. I've just done one this morning and hardly any blood came out. Nowhere near the amount I need to...

HelloHas anyone got any tips for the fingertip blood test. I've just done one th...

Ticman

•9 months ago

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Low Ferritin and raised Iron

I have always struggled to get my ferritin levels up. I’m into nutrition so eat the right stuff, including meat daily and have eaten liver pate until I’m sick...

I have always struggled to get my ferritin levels up. I’m into nutrition so eat ...

CornishChick

•9 months ago

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Reducing T3 - please help me understand

Hi all, I am baffled with my situation. I would be so grateful for any ideas. First, after being extremely sick for over 5 years I was finally diagnosed...

Hi all, I am baffled with my situation. I would be so grateful for any ideas. ...

jstein1979

•9 months ago

12 Replies

blood results

Hi, I have had my blood results back from blue horizon. The only one they said was low was the TSH at 0.06. I was expecting this as I’ve been self sourcing T3...

Hi, I have had my blood results back from blue horizon. The only one they said w...

Clauds123

•9 months ago

10 Replies

What is my status

Please could someone clarify this for me as had an overactive thyroid which was knocked out with RAI. I am Thyroxine which, thank goodness, has stabilised me...

Please could someone clarify this for me as had an overactive thyroid which was ...

JennyWrenn4

•9 months ago

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blood results - told all normal but I’m not so sure

I’ve had increasing symptoms of fatigue, weight gain, cold all the time, dry skin and loosing hair at an alarming rate. I’ve had a very stressful year in work...

I’ve had increasing symptoms of fatigue, weight gain, cold all the time, dry ski...

Mermaidandaman

•9 months ago

13 Replies

Help with results

Auto immune hypothyroid taking 100mcg Levo. Take iron tablets as ferritin usually 50-60 without. Suspected IBS and lots of gut issues. Feeling tired,...

Auto immune hypothyroid taking 100mcg Levo. Take iron tablets as ferritin usuall...

pinklady756

•9 months ago

6 Replies

How long for exclusion diet trial?

Hello everyone I am currently 28 days into a diet trial excluding wheat, gluten, milk, cheese, eggs, soya, and nuts. As you can imagine it hasn’t been easy to...

Hello everyone I am currently 28 days into a diet trial excluding wheat, gluten...

Andie222

•9 months ago

16 Replies

Are Mercury Pharma and Aristo the same?

Hi everyone Just opened my new prescription I collected on Saturday.They have gave me Mercury pharma Levo instead of Aristo and printed Aristo brand on the...

Hi everyone Just opened my new prescription I collected on Saturday.They have ...

jacobite33

•9 months ago

17 Replies

TSH and Vitamin results

Hello everyone, I think it's been nearly a year since I was last on here! Would like your views on my TSH results 17/1/24 taken before 9.00am no vitamins...

Hello everyone, I think it's been nearly a year since I was last on here! Wou...

sigmoid

•9 months ago

7 Replies

Antibiotics and exhaustion

Could anyone confirm if antibiotics affect thyroid function? I take thyroxine at present and recently completed a two week course (two weeks ago on Tuesday)....

Could anyone confirm if antibiotics affect thyroid function? I take thyroxine a...

Sailing14

•9 months ago

3 Replies

Feeling worse

Hi, now on 50 Levo and my breathing is worse and my mood has really been low. Is it just because its only been 3 days on 50? Do i just ride it out for a while?...

Hi, now on 50 Levo and my breathing is worse and my mood has really been low. Is...

JCMartin

•9 months ago

13 Replies

Problems with Teva?

Hi I am new on here. Never done this before. I have graves disease which was treated with radioactive iodine in 2013. Since then I have been taking Accord...

Hi I am new on here. Never done this before. I have graves disease which was tre...

Timmyroo

•9 months ago

38 Replies

A new approach for treatment of subthreshold bipolar disorders: Targeted high dose levothyroxine+repetitive TMS for mitochondrial treatment

A very interesting paper. Difficult to grab any individual bits for discussion or introduction. The whole paper isn't very long. Even if bipolar disorders...

A very interesting paper. Difficult to grab any individual bits for discussion ...

helvella

Administrator•9 months ago

44 Replies

Desperate for direction

I am diagnosed hypothyroid. I take 75mg levothyroxine a day. i have had my latest thyroid results from Monitor My Health. I think they use NHS ranges....

I am diagnosed hypothyroid. I take 75mg levothyroxine a day. i have had my late...

Bluekipper

•9 months ago

14 Replies

Posts - Thyroid UK | HealthUnlocked

Thyroid UK

All posts for January 2024

Advice regarding Thyroid levels

ashwaghanda & biocitin

Problems with Teva

T3 and updates.

Dr Richard Pope

would you add more T3?

Help needed with test results, my GP is unhelpful!

Problems with Teva

dose enquiry

Drug allergy: diagnosis and management

Pub med article challenging traditional TSH-based approach

having bloods taken for Thyroid

Blood test results

Brilliant Charley-Farley quote repost -for a monday morning giggle

palpitations and cold

Medicheck home blood test

Low Ferritin and raised Iron

Reducing T3 - please help me understand

blood results

What is my status

blood results - told all normal but I’m not so sure

Help with results

How long for exclusion diet trial?

Are Mercury Pharma and Aristo the same?

TSH and Vitamin results

Antibiotics and exhaustion

Feeling worse

Problems with Teva?

A new approach for treatment of subthreshold bipolar disorders: Targeted high dose levothyroxine+repetitive TMS for mitochondrial treatment

Desperate for direction

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