TSH lab results & reference range

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I began treatment for hypothyroidism based on a

lab result from my regular doctor.

TSH 4.87 RANGE 0.400-5.00

This was supposed to be *normal*, but I had lots

of hypothyroid symptoms, so I got a second

opinion from an endocrinologist. Here is the

same test results and the *new* reference range.

TSH 4.87 H RANGE 0.300 - 3.00

I've heard the low end of the range being

anywhere from 0.300 to 0.500. These standards

are being changed, but the labs tend to use

the oldest and most lenient standards, so if

your lab flagged your result as L, it means

that it really was out of range.

With all this said, the next step that should

happen is a THYROID PANEL test, which

would look at free T3 and lots of other

key metabolic indicators.

In the mean time, are you having any

hyper thyroid symptoms like heart

palpitations? If so, contact your doctor

or go to an emergency room immediately.

It could mean that you are taking too

much medication, or have a condition

that effects your sensitivity to the medication

such as Hashimoto's thyroidism.

Hope you get it sorted out. I've had a

couple mornings where I've had a bad reaction

to my medication and was hyper to the point of

having mild hallucinations. I reported totally

inaccurate numbers to a group and embarrassed

myself. I just had to sit back and laugh at myself

and realize that I will have short periods of being

out of my head until we get the right dose

of medication, and get everything stabilized.

Hang in there man, it gets better.

-Mike

wrote:

> I just got my TSH results back.......It is 0.30 L

>

> Does this mean that I need more medication or less???

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you Mike...

Yes I have the ranges on my lab results.......Just did not know that it was

important to include them because I thought that they were pretty much the same

from most labs...

I am far from having hyper symptoms. I have hypo symptoms......

I am going to ask my dr. to run the full panel...I don't know why she did not

this time...she did the last 3 years!

Thank you again for your advice!!!

Have a good day!

Mike Lawson <mlawson66@...> wrote:

Hi ,

I began treatment for hypothyroidism based on a

lab result from my regular doctor.

TSH 4.87 RANGE 0.400-5.00

This was supposed to be *normal*, but I had lots

of hypothyroid symptoms, so I got a second

opinion from an endocrinologist. Here is the

same test results and the *new* reference range.

TSH 4.87 H RANGE 0.300 - 3.00

I've heard the low end of the range being

anywhere from 0.300 to 0.500. These standards

are being changed, but the labs tend to use

the oldest and most lenient standards, so if

your lab flagged your result as L, it means

that it really was out of range.

With all this said, the next step that should

happen is a THYROID PANEL test, which

would look at free T3 and lots of other

key metabolic indicators.

In the mean time, are you having any

hyper thyroid symptoms like heart

palpitations? If so, contact your doctor

or go to an emergency room immediately.

It could mean that you are taking too

much medication, or have a condition

that effects your sensitivity to the medication

such as Hashimoto's thyroidism.

Hope you get it sorted out. I've had a

couple mornings where I've had a bad reaction

to my medication and was hyper to the point of

having mild hallucinations. I reported totally

inaccurate numbers to a group and embarrassed

myself. I just had to sit back and laugh at myself

and realize that I will have short periods of being

out of my head until we get the right dose

of medication, and get everything stabilized.

Hang in there man, it gets better.

-Mike

wrote:

> I just got my TSH results back.......It is 0.30 L

>

> Does this mean that I need more medication or less???

>

>