Thyroid hormone not showing in blood test

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Hi Lynne,

Yes you're right, if she has no thyroid hormones she will be cold, tired,

forgetful and all the rest.... I don't think it's just a case of non

conversion... she can't convert nothing into T3.. may be a case of non

absorption? Does she have enough stomach acid to absorb the tablets?

Might it be worth tring betaine HCL? She's not taking lots of antacids is

she?

Might also be worth trying liquid thyroxine as this is sometimes more readily

absorbed.

Is your mum taking the thyroxine on it's own, without food? Recent studies

have shown it's best taken last thing at night.....

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> My mum who takes levothyroxine at 200mcg daily has just been to see her gp who

told her that there is no thyroid hormone showing at all in her recent blood

tests and asked if she was sure she had been taking it.

>

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Well Lynne, we really know to know exactly what your Mum's TFT's

showed. What were the actual numbers and what was the reference range for each

of the tests done? Your Mum should be able to get these over the telephone. Your

Mum is obviously still suffering with both the symptoms and signs of

hypothyroidism, but there is no way any GP can tell whether the thyroid hormone

is being absorbed at cellular level unless he has the results of her free T3. Can

your Mum ask her GP to write a blood form out asking for ONLY TSH and free T3

(this is what they test if a doctor suspects hyperthyroidism). That way, she

could get the fT3 tested, which they won't do if she has T4 tested as well.

If the doctor is open minded enough to prescribe natural thyroid

extract, that could be the way to go, but first, he might want to try the

synthetic route of adding some synthetic T3 to her T4, in which case, he would

lower her thyroxine when adding in T3.

Your Mum needs to feel well and it may be that her doctor is

reluctant to give her a trial of anything else, in which case, you might need

to consider whether or not she might be better having a trial of NDT herself

and following the information in our document 'How to Use Natural Thyroid

Extract' in the Files section.

You could ask the GP to test her ferritin, B12, D3, magnesium,

folate, copper and zinc, because if any of these are low in the range, she will

be unable to utilise the thyroid hormone at cellular level until they have been

supplemented. She may be suffering with low adrenal reserve, so you might

consider getting the 24 hour salivary profile done to see if this is the case.

If she is suffering with this, once again, thyroid hormone can't be utilised by

the cells.

Luv - Sheila

Sorry it has been a while since I posted, the temporal arteritis flaring not

the thyroid.

My mum who takes levothyroxine at 200mcg daily has just been to see her gp who

told her that there is no thyroid hormone showing at all in her recent blood

tests and asked if she was sure she had been taking it.

I know for a fact she takes it, first thing every morning before she gets out

of bed.

He has suggested putting the dose up to 250 a day. I feel that this is a

classic sign that it is not converting to T3.

I have told her to ask for Erfa or Armour so we are now waiting to hear from

her doctor……she is constantly

cold, fatigued and for someone who had a very sharp memory is now very

forgetful. She puts it down to her age, she is 78, but I don't think it is that

as much as the lack of thyroid hormones in her system. Am I correct in

thjinking along those lines?

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[Guest guest]

Hi there, not sure what you mean about the blood test. but it could mean that it is below the reference interval. the pains in the kneescould be some thing else like RA rhumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis. I have RA and hashimoto`s autoimmune ear disease anddermatitis. so you see it may not be all the thyroid gland. then again she may have adrenal problems. Angel.