Recent tests...TSH 3.010 T4 1.10
Felt good in October of 2013 TSH 1.920 T4 1.04
Now I have been feeling tired. Normal range for labs here is (0.358-3.740)
Should I have my dosage increased? I am on 50 mcg levothyroxine
I had an ultrasound today and it says that there is "a homogeneous appearance to the echotexture of the thyroid gland. Bilateral thyroid nodules are observed. There is evidence of a complex cystic and solid lower pole right thyroid nodule measuring 1.8 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm. Within the left thyroid lobe there is evidence of a hypoechoic midpole left thyroid nodule measuring 0.6 x 0.4 x 0.7 cm. Bilateral thyroid nodules. Dominant nodule is a complex cystic and solid lower pole right thyroid nodule measuring up to 1.8 cm. what does this mean?
View 1 RepliesI have 3 thyroid nodules and 1 cyst. I have been advised to have a thyroidectomy. I do not want to go this route yet and am searching for some natural remedies. I have heard of using iodine but to be careful do to the fact that that might enlarge the nodules. I recently found out that I am very iodine deficient from a lab result. I have heard of iodine trapping, whereby the iodine taken in when their is a severe deficiency is immediately 'trapped' and held in the gland in order to preserve some iodine for the use of the thyroid. I would like to proceed with caution and try the iodine therapy.
Does anyone on this board have any experience with successfully dissolving or at least reducing the nodules/cysts?
It wasn't long after I moved to an area within 10 miles of a nuclear power plant that I was diagnosed with an enlarged thyroid with nodules. And after a surgery I had, I became extremely depressed and I still am, this was three years ago. Also a feeling of not being myself.
View 2 RepliesI am new to this site. I have been diagnosed as Euthyroid (antithyroid antibodies with a fully functioning thyroid) and I also have Anti-nuclear antibodies - Speckled 1:640.
I don't have Lupus as have been tested for that.
I am currently undergoing IVF and have had 2 failed rounds. I have been put on Aspirin (100 mg), Prednisolone 7.5mg a day and CoEnzyme Q10, folate and Vit B12 with no success.
I am desperately looking for anyone in my situation that can offer any sort of guidance, maybe a drug regime you are on or just anything at all. I desperately want children but it isn't looking too good. I'm terribly sad about the prospect of never having children.
Ive been trying for 3 years now and was pregnant once and miscarried at about 5 weeks back in 2011 and have never been pregnant since indicating a problem but I don't have any other issues except a low egg reserve which is from these other issues
I have a benign 1.4 cm cyst in the middle part of my thyroid (isthmus). It is visible in my neck. The doctor said to remove it would require to take out my thyroid and since it is benign he wants to watch to see if it gets bigger. Currently it is not causing me any problems. Has anyone had this same thing, and if so, what did you do? Also, do the cysts ever get smaller or go away on their own?
View 1 Replieshi I'm wondering if anybody can help me I need some information on my thyroid. I had a blood test taken early February Mike TSH was 6.89my T4 was 13.2 I then had another blood test a month later and myTSH was 6.47 my T4 was 12.2 I originally went to the doctors with various different symptoms such as exhaustion fatigue,unable to bear the cold weight loss.at my second blood test the doctor also did antibodies the thyroid pyroxdose test came back at 609 the doctor eventually agreed to trial me on 50 µg of levothyroxine.I have been taking this for two weeks but now she wants to do a cortisol test which I have done and has now come back at 501 but I'm now waiting for a further cortisol suppression test. I believe from what I have read it is Hashimoto's.
View 1 RepliesMy latest lab results read:
TSH with reflex to FT4 - 19.825
T4 free 0.4
I keep seeing a lot lower numbers on this board and cannot find anywhere that shows more info on my numbers.
How bad are those numbers? My Dr just upped my levothyroxine but acted like it was no big deal.
A year or so ago I woke up with heart palpitations. My heart beat was very irregular and BP was high. Because I am a heart patient, I went to the ER. They checked me out and said the only thing they could find was that my TSH was 7.9 and to notify my PCP. I thought he would put me through more testing, but instead he prescribed 25 mcg. I started to feel better right away, but after a week I felt terrible again, so I stopped taking it. Then I felt fine. When I went back for bloodwork it was "normal." I told him I was no longer taking the meds, so he testing again in 3 months. It was a little higher, but still normal to him. My reading since then have been in the mid to high 3s. (TSH 3.2, 3.7) He says that's normal, but I still get symptoms sometimes. Other times, I'm fine. So if he tests at a time that I'm feeling fine, he will get a good reading. He says my reading would not be going up and down. Recently, I have been feeling very cold, low body temperature, with dry flaky skin and constipation in spite of taking a stool softener, puffy face. On my own, I started taking 1/2 of a 25mcg tablet I had leftover from when he had prescribed the synthroid. Now I feel great! Temp is back to normal, sleeping much better, normal bowels, and I've even lost a couple pounds! But I know he is getting tired of hearing me request thyroid tests when he feels they are normal.
Also, he says that TSH up to 5 is normal, but I've heard that anything over 3 is high.
I know that a lot of people have it way worse than this, but there is such a big difference in how I feel when I'm taking this tiny bit of med.
My question is, are there any supplements I can take that will really help? I see so many touted as helping with thyroid function, but I don't want to waste my money on something that isn't really going to help.
I have had everything check that my doctor can think of, but for the last few months a have been so thirsty. I have to chew gum or Suck on a hard candy to get some relief.
I have been hypothyroid for years, without treatment, now the last few months I have been getting better on a lot of symptoms.
I have been checked for sjogren's syndrome, came back negative. My blood sugar and a1c is good also.
Any ideas? Could it still be my thyroid causing this?
I just got my tsh below a 1,and my free t3 is at the top of the range, and free t4 is in the middle of the range.
OK here whats going on with my health.in 2009 I had what drs told me it was "panic attack" later on started feeling depressed along with body aches and nausea and lost of appetite and headaches. Well I was told it was caused by depression so was prescribe drugs .i had them a few weeks but stopped taking them because they were just making me feel really sick .I was diagnosed with lupus in 2011. Before being diagnosed with lupus it took several yrs for doctors to diagnosed me with lupus. They did several lupus test until it finally showed up. Few yrs ago I started noticing that when I would swallow something in my throat would bother me and was dealing with hoarseness but drs didn't really care about it.in 2012 I went to see my Dr about stomach discomfort and some chest pains and too much gas and was told I probably had an ulcer so prescribe me some meds. Never cared to take them. Last yr September 2015 I went to see my new Dr about feeling tired,sleepy,nauseous,lost of appetite,lightheaded,insomnia, stomach discomfort,headaches. She did blood work and told me to go back in two wks. Well for some reason I never went back sooo I ended up going back last week for the same feelings except worse.I was now feeling dizzy,anxious,sad/depressed, brain fog,aches on legs and arms,fainting feeling,heart palpitation just out of it. Lucky I got to my Dr office safe because I would feel dizzy while driving. Well Dr noticed I never went back in sept to get blood results so she tells me that they have been calling me to let me know I was anemic and my thyroid was off. The calling part was mybfault because I changed my phone number and never called the Dr to change it. Well no wonder I have been feeling this way and worse! So she has me do another blood work and tells me to go back and see her in two wks and gave me iron pills. Have to take 2 a day 325 mg. And some stool softener pills and some meds for my ulcer. Today is Tuesday and still need to wait 6 more days to see my Dr. My problem is that I'm not feeling very well and my depression is getting worse and my anxiety too and all these other symptoms too excepts the dizziness has calmed down a little but still get dizzy. I also noticed teeth marks on the side of my tongue. Don't know if my tongue has gotten a little swollen since ei have the marks. My question is if she noticed I was anemic last yr why wouldn't she just prick my finger and see how low I have it. What if I need a blood transfusion. She didn't give me anything for my thyroid so what if that's the reason why I'm feeling really sluggish and really depress. The more the days go by the more depress and anxious that I get .i have trouble taking naps during the day because I don't feel right. I have 5 kids to take care of and I can't focus on them 100% because I'm feeling bad. Can't wait to see my Dr and see the results of my iron and thyroid. I never had issues with my thyroid now it seems like I do. Could it be because of my lupus. Keep in mind I never took meds for my lupus or my ulcer so there are no meds that could interfere with the blood work. I am a person that believes in taking supplements instead of drugs but the way I am feeling I am willing to take anything to make me feel better again because its not fare that my littles ones have to ask my older kids that they want something because I'm laying on the sofa feeling really Bad
View 4 RepliesI have done a health check and have gotten my thyroid blood results back:
fT3 25.70 lab range: (1.4 - 4.2 Pg/ml)
fT4 2.87 lab range: (0.80 - 2.20 Pg/ml)
TSH 4.95 lab range: (0.40 - 6.00 mIU/ml)
The T3 value is sky-high, and T4 and TSH are high as well.
The doctor was also stumped and said the results don't match an ECG that was done at the same time. I should be having heart problems, but everything looked fine.
I have done a lot of Googling, but can't find how to interpret these results.
I have taken supplemental iodine 150 mcg for the last 5 months, following the advice of a common popular diet regime. For a while, I have also taken selenium 55 mcg, but stopped this about a month ago.
To me these results look hyperthyroid (T4 and T3) and hypothyroid (high TSH)
Can you make more sense of these results?
A bit more background
I have had a pulsating "tinnitus," - something like a heartbeat in my left ear for the last week, but maybe 4 times a normal heart rate. This was the original reason for wanting to do a checkup, and also including the thyroid. My resting heart rate is about 78, which is about my normal.
I have recently had two strong cups of coffee every day - maybe about 300 mg caffeine total.
Here are my test results, should I seek treatment? My other thyroid labs look okay. Not sure what to think....
RT3 22.5 (9.2-24.1)
FT3 3.6 (2.2-4.4)
Ratio 16
Also any thoughts on these antibody tests?
TPO 15 (0-34)
Thyroglobulin antibodies < 1 (0-.9)
TSI 42 (0-139)
Also for reference, here are my thyroid labs and b-12 Vit D labs. I've started to supplement b-12 and vit d. But should I ask for anything else? Any other meds or tests?
TSH 1.32 (.45-4.5)
FT4 1.24 (.82-1.77)
FT3 3.4 (2.0-4.4)
B-12 267 (211-946)
D 37.4 (30-100)
Symptoms, fatigue, muscle and joint pain and stiffness, numbness in my hands, cold all the time, low temperature, low bp, no sex drive, losing my eyebrows, low metabolism, have trouble losing weight or gain weight for no reason, depressed mood, easily irritable, can't handle stress or I don't handle stress well, high cholesterol despite healthy diet...I'm sure there are others but these are the worst ones..
I'm just so confused... It appears that it's not my thyroid although, thyroid explains alot of my symptoms and I have a strong family history. Just not sure where to go from here. It's been suggested on another board that I have adrenal fatigue, but I'm not sure what to think about that either. Trying to get some ideas.
I was recently diagnosed with a T3 Reverse High of 35 ng/dl and the range should be 8-25. This test was done by an Integrated Internal Medicine Dr. that is insisting that most of my symptoms like ringing in the head, twitches in my legs or sometimes throughout my body, brain fog and fatigue could be coming from that number being high. I brought this test to two Endocrinologists that refuse to even look at the number saying that it has noting to do with how I feel and because all my other numbers are fine, I shouldn't worry about that number being high. Currently I am taking Synthroid 112 mcg and the Integrated Dr. suggested I switch to Nature Thyroid 97.5 mg. and on the third day of taking this, I felt like a drug addict without their drug and chickened out and went back to Synthroid again. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do and if there is another medication I can take together with Synthroid to lower the T3 Reverse?
View 1 RepliesMy natural doctor thinks that switching me from synthroid to nature throid will help my T3 levels come up. My T4 is fine but somewhere along the line my body is not converting the T4 into enough T3. Has anybody ever experienced the switch? I am open to the good, bad and ugly.
View 3 RepliesI was diagnosed with a goiter in 2010 and have suffered with severe depression, and anxiety since then but now it seems to have gone away. I went to my endo and she said she doesn't feel an enlarged thyroid and I don't feel it when I swallow anymore and I feel better with the depression and anxiety. What could have caused it and what could have made it go away??? No one made any connection to the goiter and the depression/anxiety. I was not diagnosed or medicated with anything. I made the connection which scares me because I knew something was wrong, but no one helped me...so I'm glad its gone at least for now.. I started probiotics about a month ago, could that be it?
View 2 RepliesWhat's are the causes of goiters? And a nodule. If you have a goiter do you have a thyroid disorder?
From ultrasound result: what would heterogeneous echogenicity throughout left lobe with no defined cyst or nodule mean?
I have had an enlarged Thyroid since 2004 I have had regular blood monitoring and visits with my local GP who said it was quite normal and dismissed it quite a lot. I became pregnant in 2011 and a good midwife referred me as she thought it was quite large to an Endocrine. They done my bloods etc and picked up an underactive thyroid with antibodies. I began treatment on levothyroxine 50mgs and have been on it ever since. I had my last ultrasound review three weeks ago and got a letter through from my referring doctor today stating my thyroid was quite large and radiographer had suggested a chest x ray to check for substernal possibility? I am a little nervous.....I am waiting on additional appointment with endocrine to discuss treatment options. As I have been have a swelling and shrinking sensation of gland through day I am very active run two miles per day, and am gluten free etc. My last bloods where T4 15.1, TSH 3.59, Antibody level 34.
View 3 RepliesFor the last year I have not been feeling myself tired fatigue muscle aches hair falling out small weight gain. I have just contributed to me being around the age of 50 and having a hysterectomy in the last couple years. My job is a little bit stressful as well so thought the symptoms were because of the stress. Last week I went for my annual checkup and the doctor noticed that my thyroid was enlarged especially on my left side. I went for blood work and I went for a ultrasound my blood work came back with in normal limits and the ultrasound came back saying I have several nodules on the left lobe. Because my bloodwork is normal he wants to send me for a thyroid scan at the hospital which I go in for next week. My question is has anybody had any side effects in using soy products and your thyroid? I have read that soy products specially in protein powders will affect your thyroid. In the last four days I have not used my regular protein powder in my smoothie in the morning and I have noticed a considerable shrinkage in my thyroid. Has anybody else had this experience?
View 2 RepliesI was recently referred to an endocrinologist due to 'abnormal' blood test results. The results were not shared with me. The endo gave me a full exam & at the time concluded my thyroid was fine & I was just stressed from work & maybe a psychologist would help. He took a blood test anyways.
A week later I got a call to say a prescription was in the post for 125 mg of Eltroxin!
I've managed to get a copy of the blood test result that the endo took & I'm trying to figure out if it means I have Hashimoto's disease. My endo never mentioned this to me but it seems from what I can find online that might be the case. Any help at all with this is greatly appreciated :
TSH: 13.79
Free T3: 5.2
Free T4: 14.7
ESR: 2
Anti TG: 358.8
Anti TPO: 8.1
I was diagnosed with this some years ago after suffering for years with kidney stones, they did try and remove my parathyroid glands but couldn't find them, mine aren't where they should be and further tests have come up blank as to where they might be in my body (looking for a needle in a haystack was the term used!) I take Bendroflumethiazide (sp) alternate days to alter the acid in my urine. I'm constantly tired and fed up being told i need to watch my weight and i should exercise more, i'd love to exercise more but some days it's all i can do to get my head off the pillow. I could go on and on here just wanted to know if there was any sufferers out there and wondered how they cope with this condition?
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