mikelincs

Borderline hyper, but you must take the meds regularly, they take a few days to even out and give steady results, so the results you got are almost certainly skewed by the lack of meds. The problem is that our doc will alter dosage on the basis of those results, so you should come clean about not taking them as you should. (for interest I worked in a Path Lab doing and reporting thyroid test for many years, so am talking from knowledge)

mikelincs

results are within the reference ranges, so would be classed as normal, for a true hyperthyroid you would expect a TSH of less than 0.1 untreated.

TiddlyPom

Hi Mike, thanks for your input. However, results can still be 'within range' and the subject can still be sick, so please be careful if you're giving advice. One person's well certainly isn't another person's well, even if the numbers add up, as some doctors and all thyroid patients know! Given daunted's family history and symptoms, her lab tests are merely an indicator of what's going on and without the FT3, it's impossible to know. Only her doctor will be able to help her get to the bottom of it.

TiddlyPom

Hey hon. Part of your NTH will actually hang out in your system for about 7+ weeks so it's important that you take them every day. Your FT4 is top of the scale there... are you feeling ok?

Kooky.

It's because of doctors who rely soley on blood tests and "normal" ranges that so many of us suffer for so many years, and end up on threads such as this.

Hello everyone I've been reading with interest but Tiddly is the expert so I left it to her.

I've got yet another new doc Moving to the South Side meant Asquith's just not feasible but, after one false start, I've found a woman round the corner from my office. She took one look at the bloods from my original diagnosis and was gobsmacked that anybody, let alone an endocrinologist, could deny I have an autoimmune thyroid problem.

TiddlyPom

I'm only an expert on 'me' ... but thanks. x

Glad your new doc is on the ball... sounding good.

Has anyone here gone to a naturopath in Aus as well as a conventional doc? I was thinking of trying one out to see if there was anything I could improve on...

donna

im usually underactive,so i dont know whats going on there!
Hard to tell really Tiddly cos ive been ill with this whooping cough and run down for a few weeks now.Am tired and lethargic most of the time still, but havent had the hairloss and a lot of the other symptoms i usually have with hypo.

donna

i went to one a few years back and i felt great whilst i was being soo strict,but i had to cut out soo many bloody good things i was bound to.I couldnt live my life being so restrictive.Now the one i see is a naturopath with conventional training as well .

TiddlyPom

Donna, with your FT4 that high in the range, I'd be wondering if you're not swinging a little hypo instead? Seems odd... but I'd be looking at what your FT3 is to get the total picture. Did your doc test that?

Ok, well I might give it a shot, thanks. Not planning on giving up coffee or wine though but the rest I can live without. Saying that, I feel pretty bloody good and have lost 3kg recently and continue to lose so... if it ain't broke....

brissybee

I have found an endocrinologist that I am really pleased with on Brisbane's Southside. He seemed very on the ball when I saw him which was a relief after being messed about by quite a few GP's regarding my underactive thyroid. If anyone would like his details, pm me and I'll be happy to pass them on.

TiddlyPom

Thanks! Sounds good. Nice to find someone who takes you seriously, eh?! : )

Kooky.

Try: http://www.wholisticmedicalcentre.co...rs_deborah.htm

I started seeing a GP at that clinic but found she wouldn't prescribe what I wanted, bit too straight down the line. Deb however has an uncanny knack of "knowing" things.

Sally Simpson

Is there anyone else on the thread who has had a total thyroidectomy for cancer?
I just don't know how I should be feeling!
I had two surgeries within 6 days, 3 months ago & had radioactive iodine treatment a few weeks ago. I got the all clear after that which is great.
My thyroxine levels are being run high to suppress the TSH & apparently my blood results are great.
Yet I feel so tired & low. I don't know if my expectations of myself are too high or if I am having symptoms of hyperthyroidism. I wish I could be having the 'run around very active' or the 'weight loss' symptoms if nothing else! Is it usual after surgery to have fluctuations, even when I have no thyroid left?
Any advice greatly appreciated.

TiddlyPom

Mrs Jackaroo is your lady. I shall summon her for you.

: )

Sally Simpson

Thanks TP. Really could use some advice/reassurance right now x