Glad to read you are feeling improved and think you will be able to build on this better once you get your ferritin up and maintained at least over 70 :
Folate also looks a little low -
I now aim to maintain my ferritin at around 100 : folate 20 : active B12 75++ ( serum B12 500++ ) and vitamin D at around 100 :
Are you supplementing any of these and did you remember to stop the supplements around a week before having the blood tested ?
Generally speaking we tend to feel at our best when the TSH is down at around 1 - possible even lower.
There is no Free T3 reading so it's difficult to know how well your body is utilising the T4 as this is basically a storage hormone that your body needs to convert into T3 - which is the active hormone and which runs all your bodily functions including your inner central heating system and your metabolism.
It is essential to be dosed of your Free T3 and Free T4 readings and we generally feel best when the T4 is up in the top quadrant of it's range converting to a god good level of T3 at around a 1/4 ratio T3/T4:
As no T3 was tested I wonder how good your conversion from T4 to T3 is?
Most people seem to feel better with a TSH under 1.
Ferritin definitely on the low side I would think.
Can you present ongoing symptoms to your GP to support your wish for increase in Levothyroxine. There may be resistance if s/he only goes by test results.
I think it is money well spent to do private tests to see what your T3 is like.
My GP can order T3 testing as much as she likes, the lab will not do it unless they see abnormal readings in TSH and T4, so private testing is my only way.
You will probably have to fight for this until you feel well and not just within reference range ‘normal’.
IMPORTANT......If you are taking vitamin B complex, or any supplements containing biotin, remember to stop these 7 days before ALL BLOOD TESTS , as biotin can falsely affect test results
In week before blood test, when you stop vitamin B complex, you might want to consider taking a separate folate supplement (eg Jarrow methyl folate 400mcg)
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