Help with blood results please

September 22, 2010

Hi all, would you please tell me what you think of my blood results?

I finally had my endocrinologist appt earlier this month. I have 2 young

children and am constantly tired and continue to dread the day my elder daughter

drops her daytime nap. We havent ruled out having more children but I had a

thyroid function test (TSH only) in June and my TSH was 3.42. So, having had

some advice and information from forum members, I wrote a letter to my GP

expressing my concern for risks of miscarriage, premature labour and other

problems with my TSH at this level if we were to have more children.

My GP referred me to the endocrinologist who looked at my

blood results and examined me and, basically, said I was normal and fit and

healthy and that no endocrinologist in this country or abroad would put me on

thyroid medication with a TSH at this level. And that he was not concerned about

any risks re further pregnancies. But he did take more bloods, the results of

which are:

TSH 3.9

Free T4 11

Free T3 4.4

Thyroid antibodies results not yet back.

He has since written to me saying the results are, so far, all normal and he

doesnt need to see me again.

I am, on the whole, very fit and healthy, but I need 11 or more hours sleep a

day in order to not feel tired and rough all day. And thats getting harder as

the children get older.

I don't think I am getting any worse, and this is not a new problem. I have,

since I was a teenager, needed far more sleep than most people, but I just

accepted it until I began to investigate my thyroid function earlier this year.

So I don't know what to do now. I really want to have more energy, and I am

still concerned about the risks of pregnancies with a high TSH such as mine. I

have had 2 miscarriages already.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as I now feel that I am a bit stuck. I

cant see much point in seeing a different endocrinologist, even a private one,

as I get the feeling the response will be the same as the one I saw on the NHS.

I

have read about self medicating natural thyroid replacement but, obviously this

would be a last resort, and I'm not sure if this would be the right thing for me

to do or not?

Thank you very much for your help

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