help needed to determine whether son has hypothyroidism

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hi all,

My name is Caroline and I was diagnosed with Hashimotos in 2004. I would

appreciate your advice concerning my 21 year old son's test results. He was very

overweight as a child and changed from a lovely boy into a moody depressed teen.

We thought that he may grow out of it. He lost interest in his school work. He

told us that he could not concentrate and that he thought he may have Adhd. We

had him tested privately to be told no he didn't have it, just maladaption to

stress. Well things have gotten worse - it is like he is on a self destruct

course and we cannot get through to him. He is smo

king cannabis and cannot seem to give it up. He has lost so much weight and is

very skinny now. He is anxious and very stressed all the time and at the least

little thing. He cannot cope with anything. He is extremely argumentative and

irritiable.He is also vey much younger than his 21 years, it is like he has the

mental age of about 14.

He is up and down (almost like bipolar). He is very depressed and says that he

suffered depression in his younger years. Also, his skin looks yellow in places

especially on his face.

According to his GP he his normal and does not have a problem with

his thyroid so I was thinking of taking him to see Dr Skinner. I would very much

appreciate your thoughts on his labs as although he is really quite horrible at

the moment I do not think that this is the real him.

Thankyou for any advice

Caroline

11/12/08:

Tsh 1.96 (0.35-4.5)

Ft4 14.4 (12-22)

Ft3 5.4 (3-6.2)

26/1/09:(9.26am)

Tsh 2.63 (0.35-6)

Tpo 7 kiu/L (>43)

Dec 2009:

Tsh 2.74 (0.35-6)

Vit B12 282 (191-663)

Ferritin 56 (10-150)

2/3/10: (4.38pm)

Tsh 3.46 (0.35-6)

Tpo 7kiu/L (>43)

Total Cholesterol 5.0

19/1/11: (11.36am)

Tsh 2.00(0.35-6)

Tpo 11kiu/L (>43)

I'm sorry that I don't have the range for the cholesterol reading.