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I recently read an article about Nadiya Hassain, how she had two autoimmune diseases. It showed a chart of the common diseases, and what caught my eye was how...

I’ve seen this on my nhs app after my doctor asked an endocrinologist about my TSH. Endo reply. If her dose was reduced in May, then I would have expected the...

Hi I'd be interested to know if anyone can relate to my Levo experience so far. In November 2024 I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism following a blood test...

Hello everyone, I have been reading many of your posts to others trying to understand my own situation better. I have to say thank you to you all as the detail...

I have been advised on here to consider a gluten free diet. I did buy gluten free bread and couldn't eat it, so put 99% of it out for the birds, so not...

Hi Looking at any list of Levothyroxine side effects, one only sees a long list of Common side effects, Nowhere does it say X is the Number 1 side......

Hello I’m wondering about the possibility of getting off Levo and giving my thyroid another crack at natural production. I’ve been reading so many papers about...

Hello! So I’ve found a doctor who thinks I’d benefit from an iron infusion followed by b12 injections and some autoimmune testing to try and understand what’s...

A long-awaited GP appt materialised yesterday. They knew I wanted to discuss my recent ( 9th December!) blood tests results which have re- presented a...

Hello all, I have recently switched to Teva brand for part of my dose (past few days). I'm on 100mcg Accord with 12.5mcg Teva (as the pharmacist gave me Teva...

My new endocrinologist in a routine appointment just before Christmas casually mentioned "your osteoporosis". Turns out I have "very brittle bones" as a...

so I’ve just received a call from the gp stating at my endo appt I had high blood pressure - I won’t give numbers but it was high I’d been stressing about this...

My mum is really needing this test but is struggling a lot with the finger prick tests for many reasons. So I suggested blood draw at home via a nurse, as she...

Hello Here are my latest thyroid results, i have to say I don't feel like my T3 is as high as that, I have long covid so maybe my experience is unreliable,...

Hi all I haven't posted for a while on the forum. Has anyone had issues with thyroid and taking statins with side effects? Last year from May I had cardiac...

Hi, I have hypothyroidism for the last 7 years and I have the treatment with Synthroid 50mcg. Since I started the treatment for the entire 7 years I have...

Hi, My thyroid is underactive, and i take 50mg of levothyroxine a day. I'm still fatigued, and slow to lose weight. I have been testing my adrenals and...

Even though I wrap up in thermals, my body still feels as cold as ice on the inside along with my skin.

52 year old female. Postmenopausal - started HRT <2 weeks ago. My free T4 was 10.5pmol/L back in 2003. My recent TPO antibodies was 215Kiu/L Got my blood test...

Hi all, I'm new to this forum and this is my first post, so here goes nothing ☺️. I was diagnosed with Graves disease today after a blood test to check my...

If anyone could help I'd be really grateful, rang for my latest tft results today from endo secretary, nobody there so I'd spoken to a gp who didn't give me...

As someone with Hashimotoes disease should I cut out gluten ? I am an not showing as gluten intolerant via any tests but my antibodies are off the scale high....

Hi. Could someone help me understand my recent blood test results please. I take 100mcgs of Levothyroxine and 6.25mcgs of T3. Tia x Tsh result 1.33 TSH...

[40y/o male, UK, family man, previously fit] Hi all, I hope you're doing well. I'm new to the forum so this is my introduction I suppose... So... Hi! if I...

Hi all, and best wishes for 2025. I am looking for advice on being wheat free. After suffering anaphylactic shock after a wasp Sting I have had a fairly...

Having just read a post where it was stated that beta blockers inhibit T4 to T3 conversion (I’m on Beta Blockers) I did a quick search on Nebivolol (mine)....

I had a right hemithyroidectomy in December for a suspicious nodule. I do have a nodule on the left side but apparently this is ok. I was taking 5mg...

I can never be confident that I know what my conversion is like so if someone tells me how to do it with fresh blood results for FT4 and FT3, I will ask my...

Just an update for anyone and maybe hopefully it may help someone (?) sorry it’s a long one… Vencamil is sadly causing the same reaction for me but I’m going...

Hi everyone, What a relief to find this community! I know very little about thyroid issues, and I am a bit overwhelmed by the blood test results I have......