Guest guest Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Hi Janet Your Free T3 is on the low side, and with your highish Free T4, this could be an indication that the thyroxine you are taking is not converting to the active T3, which your body and brain need to make them function. Your TSH is also still a little high and needs to be nearer to 1. You do not have antibodies to worry you so you do not appear to have an autoimmune disease. You will have been advised to take 5 mcgs Liothyronine (T3) in the morning before food and another 5 mcgs T3 in the middle of the afternoon. This is because T3 is active in the body for a very short time and therefore you need to keep your T3 boosted throughout the day. However, having said that, many members are finding taking their thyroid medication at night helps them get a good nights sleep and they feel better throughout the day. Have you considered this? Have you been told how long to take just 10mcgs Liothyronine? You would need another blood test done by your GP in say, 6 weeks, to see if there is some improvements in your levels, though I suspect you will need to increase this dose. Luv - Sheila Hi I got my blood test results today, and they are as follows free T3 4.8 reference range 3.0 to 6.2 pmol/L free T4 18.0 " 12.0 to 22.0pmol/L TSH 2.1 " 0.4 to 4.0mlU/L TgAb 24.0 " less than 60 lU/ml TPO 14.2 " less than 40lU/ml I would appreciate some help to interpret them please. I have been told to take 10mcg liothyroninl (can't read the writing properly but would this be T3) I take 50mcg levothyroxine. best wishes , janet .._,___ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 i Janet, Please try not to worry about your foggy brain- before proper treatment my daughter said I wasn't safe out without a minder and my OH was on the verge of taking my car keys away. I could never remember appointments even if I kept checking the calendar. Now I'm not memory man but I remember everything without my diary and am a keen biker- you have to be on the ball to weave through traffic at 70mph. T3 is the key here withut enough nothing works properly. Yes sadly hypo is ofter inherited- i'm third generation, but if my daughter does start to show symptoms we will be able to tackle it properly so she will never have to suffer like I did. > thyroid treatment > From: bakeacarrotcake@...> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:51:32 +0000> Subject: Re: my blood test results> > > >hello again,> > well thats really good news that I'm not autoimmune, so at least I won't be getting some > other nasty lurgy at some time soon hopefully. But if its not hashimotos, what has caused > the problem to occurr? One of my worries was that I might pass it on to my children, does > this mean that it won't be inherited, contageous or whatever, and they are clear? Another > problem that lurks in the back of my mind is that of alzheimers and with my hopeless > memory I am concerned that I may be on the way to that next - somewhere I read that the > statistics are not good if you have hypothyroidism. I have trouble with 'word retrieval' and > know what I need to say and the noun will elude me!! I actually gave the doc a list of > questions and a run down, with dates, on the progress of my demise into the pit of woolly > headedness and misery, and he didn t answer a single query for me. I find if I write things > down it will give me time to think it through and not get tongue tied whilst trying to > communicate.> > I wasn't told how to take the medicine, the script arrived in the post along with test results > and nothing else, so thanks for the help in interpreting them, I have tried looking it up > online but not very useful as I didn't find anything specific enough. I priced it up at the > chemist and its £51 for 56 pills, and this is going to be a bit of a nuisance. In fact I really > wanted to go onto armour anyway, and if I did buy some could anyone advise how much I > would need to take daily? > > > > Thanks again for the help with the test results> > love janet xxx> > Hi Janet> > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------> > TPA is not medically qualified. Consult with a qualified medical practitioner before changing medication.> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 >Hi Again My husband's test results are as follows Free T3 4.8 reference range 3.0 to 6.2 pmol/L Free T4 18.4 ref 12.0 to 22.0Opmol/L TSH 2.6 ref 0.4 to 4.0mlU/L TgAb 12.1 ref less than 60 lU/ml TPO 8.9 ref less than 40lU/ml I liked to ask him first before posting it up , and he is happy for me to do so. He would be pleased if you could help him with the analysis of the figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 > > > i Janet, > Please try not to worry about your foggy brain- before proper treatment my daughter said I wasn't safe out without a minder and my OH was on the verge of taking my car keys away. I could never remember appointments even if I kept checking the calendar. Now I'm not memory man but I remember everything without my diary and am a keen biker- you have to be on the ball to weave through traffic at 70mph. T3 is the key here withut enough nothing works properly. Yes sadly hypo is ofter inherited- i'm third generation, but if my daughter does start to show symptoms we will be able to tackle it properly so she will never have to suffer like I did. > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354026/direct/01/ > Hi Thank you for that , I shall look forward to feeling a lot more confident in future, it is really encouraging to know that someone else has had the same sorts of problems and that they have been resolved. Though I don't think you will be seeing me on a motorbike any time soon!! love janet xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 hi Shiela Thank you for your help with Danny's blood tests, I think you could be right about the candida as he is always craving sugary stuff and we will look into treating that after november, as we are having an early christmas (!!) before our youngest son goes away on his gap year. In fact I think we would both benefit from some treatment on that. I forgot to mention that he is on diovan for blood pressure (which unfortunately didn't come down on his treatment with levothyroxine) and I bet that will mess up his chemistry, also he has naturally very low cholesterol of around 3.5 which has always worried me a bit as I think its not very healthy from what I have read about it. As a younger man he was very much a type " A " person, and seemed full of energy, could this have burned out his adrenals? His temperature is low, its between 96 F and 97F (mine is too) and thats in a heated up bed. He has only been on his levothyroxine for about a year now, and I started mine in spring. He is actually not ill at the moment, and is trying to fine tune his health to keep as well as he is able to be. He does a lot of travelling and needs to keep his job a bit longer if possible, particularly with the current economic climate, and until we get our youngest through uni and into a job. Thank you again for your help, it is very much appreciated, love , janet xxx> > > > Hi Janet > > Apologies for not getting back to you sooner, but been rather busy > working on something else and it had a deadline. > > Your husband's results look fine, though his FT3 might be better if it > was a little higher. The FT4 also looks fine, but it depends upon > whether he is converting all of his mainly inactive T4 to the active T3. > I say this because his TSH when on treatment should be around 1.0 so > something isn't quite working as it should. If he is having a problem > with the conversion, this would show in his results showing FT4 fairly > high (which it is) and FT3 low, or lowish, which it is. He might be > suffering with an underlying associated condition that stops thyroid > hormone being absorbed properly. If you go to our website > www.tpa-uk.org.uk <http://www.tpa-uk.org.uk> and click on > 'Hypothyroidism' in the Menu, and then click on 'Associated Conditions' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Hi Everybody My latest blood tests, after stopping 2grains daily for a couple of days beforehand, TSH 0.71 (0.35 - 5.00) free T4 12.7 (11.0 - 23.0) I also had cholesterol, which has gone up a little bit from a year ago and is now 6.45 (<5.2 U) Also a full blood count, which show the white blood cells to be very low, and I have to go and have a repeat test in a couple of weeks to see if it has improved. Fasting glucose seems to be quite near to the top of the scale, too, even though I have been cutting down on grain and sugar to try and deal with the rosacea (it has improved) I have now come off oestrogen and started yesterday on the serenity cream. I would be very pleased if you would all comment on this lot and help me to find my way to improved health. I have been a bit puffed lately just trotting down to the shops, but other than that I am feeling really quite well at the moment. Love Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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