thyroid levels

I have felt awful for some time now and seem to have so many thyroid symptoms. My levels of tSh have always been 1.2, 2.3... Last year I was feeling awful and it was up to 4.5. My doctor did not see this as a big deal. I am once again feeling INCREDIBLY anxious, not sleeping, hoarse, .... The list goes on... Went for bloodwork yesterday. TSH is 3.7 and Free T4 is 1.2. What does this mean? My mother had thyroid cancer a couple of years ago and had hers removed.

So my thyroid levels are abnormally high and they want me to take medicine for it which I hate doing. Does anyone know what high thyroid levels can do as far as harming you or your baby? I'm almost 38 weeks.

I honestly don't know what exactly he tested... Now that I've been reading so much on thyroid levels, I definitely am going to speak up next visit, and get a printout and make sure I'm getting tested for everything you mentioned. It's crazy how much you have to research on your own!

Could very well be thyroid. In addition to TSH, which is a pituitary hormone, you also need the thyroid hormones, Free T3 and Free T4. Even though your TSH is "normal", it's very possible that your FT levels are either below range or very low in the range, causing your symptoms. It's not at all uncommon for symptoms to show up before blood levels actually indicate a problem.

My question is: when were the first thyroid levels addressed? and how were those numbers landed upon? and why those numbers? were they created by a man?

That belief assumes that TSH perfectly reflects the levels of the biologically active thyroid hormones, Free T3 and Free T4. In actuality, TSH cannot be shown to correlate well with either Free T3 or Free T4, much less with symptoms, which are most important. The best correlation of TSH to Free T3 and Free T4 that I have yet to find is shown in Fig. 2 of this link. As you can see and read, the correlation is poor. http://nahypothyroidism.

ve always been fatigued and tired and had low energy levels. I found out last year that my thyroid is underactive along with finding out I'm going through early menopause. Talk about a double Whammy. So, i'm on Synthroid now for my thyroid. Well, a few months ago I took my 9 year old daughter to the dr for a check up and the dr noticed her throat was enlarged.

Yes you have Hashimoto's Autoimmune disease. Has anyone ran a complete thyroid panel on you to see if you need meds yet? (TSH, Free T3, Free T4) All 3 are necessary in order to get a complete picture of what is going on with your thyroid. Eventually the antibodies will completely destroy your thyroid, thus you will need thyroid hormone replacement. It is very important to keep an eye on your levels to make sure you don't suffer symptoms....catch it before it starts.

I am going through thyroid problems right now myself.. i have an underactive thyroid. I am seeing my doctor every 4 weeks and am on pure vitamins. My thyroid is getting better slowly but surely. most doctors put people on medications right away but i would consider trying the vitamins if you are able to. doing it the natural way may be easier than doing it the medication way. keep your head up! thats what i am trying to do..

My definition of a good thyroid doctor is one that will treat your symptoms by testing and adjusting the biologically active thyroid hormone (FT3 and FT4) levels with whatever type of medication is required to alleviate symptoms, without being constrained by resultant TSH levels. I suggest that you tell your doctor that this is the approach you would like to take and start with testing for FT3, in addition to the FT4 and TSH testing.

Also be aware that Anti-thyroid meds can change your levels very quickly so that you go from hyper to hypo in no time at all. Get her tested every 2 weeks if I was you until things start to stabilise. I had RAI done in June 08 and havent looked back. I too have Graves and was hyperthyroid.

is not good either and can also cause many issues so keep a close eye on thge available thyroid levels. Good luck at your ENDOCRINOLOGIST apt. I hope it goes well and that you get to feeling better real soon!

i had thyroid cancer had my thyroid removed now my level is 89 its not suppose to be above 5 im scared

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