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Corticotropin-releasing hormone test

I've been trawling over my posts/diaries/test results trying to establish a pattern where I feel good. Obviously there can be many co-contributing factors, and I'm not as far as I'm aware a classic hashi as I've always had negative antibodies. I suspect I might be central hypo but no-one has ever confirmed

My results on 100t4 and 5 t3 is Tsh 0.03 Ft3 5.0 (3.5-6.5) Ft4 18(12-23) Both half doses taken 12h before test since I split ny levo and lio. Still don't feel well. What would you recommend?

Hi all, I've just had latest results back from medichecks, I like to get these before I go and see my GP for nhs testing! After my last set of results in March when I was feeling so awful I increased my levothyroxine from 50mg to 75mg - my symptoms have improved a little but I still feel that I am

Hi All I would count myself as part diagnosed. As in not much info coming my way. Had to do what you guys have all done which is help myself- although there have been some pitfalls. One being that i cut so many food types out of my diet that i'm now scared to add things back in along with dosage changes

Hi! My 17yr old daughter was diagnosed with ? Hashimotos early last summer… high antibodies and TSH on 3 occasions. Commenced on thyroxine 25mcgs. TSH still above 5 so increased to 50mcgs mon/wed/fri then 25mcgs rest of week. TSH 3.45(0.27-4.2) and T4 18.7(12-22) in Feb 2024. No T3 or antibodies

Hello, I’m usually on the pernicious anaemia forum but I’ve been recovering from a diagnostic hemithyroidectomy confirming thyroid cancer. I think I am beginning to enter hypothyroidism in a big way and am waiting for my NHS TSH test results. I know that private free t3/t4 etc. testing is better but

Good morning, I asked for both T4 & T3 to be tested? The nurse explained that "it's only done at the lab if needed" so how's that going to work? How will the GP know if I need an increase etc.....no answer? What are we dealing with here? Has it always been this way or is it because the NHS is basically

Hi all, I did a home test earlier this year after covid that showed I'd become hypothyroid, (I'm now ok). I would like to show these results to my specialist but he only accepts results that have the patients name on the same page as the test results. MMH have graphs meaning my details at the top

Hi all, Could anyone please give me some advice on my latest bloods please? The last time I posed on here the advice was to up my dose from 100mcg to 125mcg. Do I need to go up a bit now again? since my last post I have been diagnosed with Polymyalgia rheumatica and have been on 20g of steroids.

My understanding is the thyroid produces both T4 and T3 although the majority of our T3 comes from conversion of T4 to T3. If we are taking thyroxine only (T4), which is lowering TSH, would it effectively cause a decrease in the amount of T3 being produced directly by the thyroid gland in the scenario

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism two years ago and my dose of Levothyroxine was increased to 100 micrograms per day in January. I had bloods taken yesterday morning at my local surgery and have just looked at results on the NHS app. TSH 0.02 mlU/L. Lab comment - Normal fT4 with suppressed

Hi everyone, I appreciate this is a pretty niche question, but I'm throwing it out there on the off-chance someone here has been through similar. As a bit of backstory, I had a failed stims cycle in Feb and the plan with my clinic has always been to do my next cycle in June. I've had various delays

Hello, I need some help please. I have recently had a couple of bouts of Atrial Fibrillation, May and July. My GP registrar wrote to the endocrinology team to ask for advise because my TSH was 0.02. The endo (who I have never met) has written back and said to halve my dose of T3 from 20mcg to 10mcg

Hi all. I have a question to ask, because my gp wasn't very helpfull as we all experienced that. I just done my thyroid bloods with medichecks. Results are back and I would like to share tho with you ask for advice what to do. I am not feeling well myself. I have heat intolerance, sweeting a lot. I am

Hi,I am taking 100 mcg levothyroxine since July, 2024.My latest TSH level was 0.03 but Ft3 and FT4 were in the normal ranges.The test was taking while fasting but my doctor advised me to take the medicine so she can check how much thyroxine is in my blood. Since last 2 months,I am getting very strange

Hello everyone, My B12 is historically low normal and one of my GP’s thinks it could be due to a fast metabolism. However, my mind wont let it rest and some people have on the thyroid uk forum have suggested i get tested for PA but i am not sure i fit the criteria to ask my GP again. Or may be just

Hello I hope it is alright, I am asking this on behalf of my brother who along with me has Hashimoto’s. My brother says.: My Tsh is apparently unmeasurable as done by my consultant Endo (NHS) and has been so for some years. I take T4 150mg daily and T3 15mg daily, the later split into 3 equal

Hi been feeling achy, exhausted,can sleep 12 hrs but wake up groggy & tired. Everything hurts. Have plantar fasciatis. Patella deformity in knee, spondylitis in my back giving me sciatica. Herniated discs both sides of neck. Causing numbess & pain. Chronic pain syndrome. Cfs/fybro/me. Arthritis in some

So since upping my dose by myself to get below 6 TSH I upped to 112.5mcg and now my levels are. TSH 2.2 (0.2-5.5) T4 20 (9-21) So I feel upping my dose has worked in yet to feel greatly better though which is disappointing and now I’m experiencing hair loss like diffuse at the top of my head like

Hello, just considering a plan B really... Poured my heart out (via the online form) with my local GP Surgery today and received a text response saying need to re-do bloods, so I booked this soonest I could get (2 and half week for just appointment with phlebotomist) so no doubt pending results would